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By Laura McCreddie Even its launch was the ultimate display of quiet luxury. At last year’s Watches and Wonders trade show in Geneva, while everyone was losing their minds over Rolex’s Emoji watch, the brand also launched something else: the 1908 – its first brand-new collection in a decade. Named after the year founder Hans Wilsdorf filed the name “Rolex” in London, this was an elegant dress watch inspired by a vintage model Rolex discovered from 1930. Make no mistake, this isn’t a slavish vintage reissue, it took the art-deco design cues – sans serif numerals complemented by the Breguet-styl…

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