A team of six swimmers have successfully taken on the English Channel, raising more than £40,000 for a hospital unit in the ...

Rolex used the opportunity to test the newly patented waterproof Oyster by having Gleitze wear it during the swim, and used the publicity to launch the timepiece as "the greatest triumph in ...

The watch worn by the first British woman to swim the English Channel on an unsuccessful subsequent crossing is expected to sell for over £900,000. Mercedes Gleitze wore the Rolex Oyster on an attempt ...

Mercedes Gleitze swam the Channel in this watch in 1927. It’s not the only sporty-elegant timepiece causing a stir ...

"Exhausting and emotional" is how one man has described taking part in a 16-hour swim relay across the English Channel. Mark Baber, from Rothwell in Leeds, undertook the challenge along with three ...

It almost felt like an out-of-body experience. And that was refreshing, because every inch of jellyfish-stung Michelle Goodwin was sore and exhausted as she swam toward the shore of Northern ...

An early Rolex Oyster — arguably the most famous watch in Rolex history — is to be auctioned off by Sotherby’s in Geneva, ...

A local man has become possibly the only person from the area to swim the English Channel not once but three times.

In the open water, the distances are long; the effort is exhausting. Lorelei Schmidt thinks about quitting frequently. It would be easy, expected even, considering the difficulty she faces. The ...