Why is Rolex so popular? Even the Cuban leader wore two at the same time when visiting the Soviet Union

　　At the end of 1963 4, the then-Cuban leader Castro began a 40-day state visit to the Soviet Union, focusing on the development of Soviet socialist agriculture. During a meeting between Castro and Khrushchev in the Kremlin, Castro casually lit a cigar, inadvertently revealing two Rolex watches worn on the same wrist—a photograph that later went viral.

　　Everyone knows that Cuban leader Castro was a guerrilla hero and an anti-American figure, and his choice of wristwatch showed no sign of delicate softness whatsoever.

　　Two months after the US government under Kennedy banned Americans from trading with Cuba and imposed a total economic embargo, Cuban leader Fidel Castro visited the Soviet Union for the first time to meet with Khrushchev, the leader of the communist stronghold.

　　In the photograph, taken in a Kremlin meeting room decorated with a portrait of Marx, Khrushchev and other senior Soviet officials are smiling at Castro, while Castro, sitting opposite Khrushchev, looks down to light a cigar with two [watches] on his left handRolex watches。

　　Why did the photograph show Castro wearing two Rolex watches simultaneously? Was he showing off his wealth? Some experts believe that Castro wore two Rolex watches because Cuba and the Soviet Union were far apart, allowing the two timepieces to track the local times of both Cuba and the Soviet Union.

　　During his visit, Castro travelled extensively across the Soviet Union, visiting various Russian cities, factories and military bases. In addition, the Cuban side signed a sugar-for-arms agreement with the Soviet Union.

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