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1 June 2022, 04:24 PM | #31 |
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Pity this sort of thing doesn't still continue, isn't it? I'd certainly spend time dreaming up some far-fetched but just credible tale if a nice piece was the reward. Then again, perhaps it's just called working in advertising?
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1 June 2022, 05:41 PM | #32 |
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The vintage watch ads would have appeared in high end lifestyle magazines so also try old interior design or art magazines. For example I recall old Architectural Digests would have a bunch of watch ads from Patek to Rolex.
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1 June 2022, 06:22 PM | #33 |
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Many thanks for your input I will check out a few high end lifestyle magazines too
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1 June 2022, 09:12 PM | #34 | |
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The first two Rolex advertisements pictured are from 1943, the other two are from the 1960s. |
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1 June 2022, 10:16 PM | #35 |
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I'd love to find some vintage ads for the platinum Day-Dates. So far I've only seen two.
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2 June 2022, 12:18 AM | #36 |
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Some of the older ads (1960s & 1970s) seem to have bizarre spacing and text slapped just about anywhere. The Explorer Matterhorn climber's hand being the best I've come across so far for layout IMO.
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I have just acquired a copy of the first edition and it does not mention the publication date. I wonder if anyone on here knows when the book was first published? |
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2 June 2022, 03:32 AM | #38 |
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[QUOTE=conmcn;12194979]Hi
I am interested in vintage Rolex adverts from the 1950s onwards and particularly the 1970s. Really interesting thread, sent me into my garage to look through a pile of 1970s Sunday Times magazines, not one Rolex advert! Found a Rothmans ad, with a wristwatch (Rolex sub by the look of it) 1/2 covered by jacket and shirt sleeve but not enough of the dial to make it a Rolex ad. |
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Some Rolex advertisements before 1954 (1951-1953) offered a free publication: "FREE! BLUEPRINT OF SUPREMACY The fascinating exposé of some of the secrets that make Rolex one of the finest watches in the world. For your free copy, write to the Rolex Watch Co.,Ltd., Geneva,Switzerland." (refer to the bottom-right of the 1951 Rolex advertisement with the ship, Graphis magazine # 38). |
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Many thanks.
Looks like I need to find ‘The blueprint of supremacy’ now. Could be useful! |
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fantastic....just fantastic....
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2 June 2022, 10:44 PM | #42 |
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Thanks to everyone that has contributed I really do appreciate your input. I should have some ads by next week (post jubilee celebrations) when the mail arrives. I will post a few photos and if anyone has an interest in a specific advert I will let them know which magazine I got it from.
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I have managed to track down the following adverts so far:
Peter Scott - Submariner advert Haroun Tazieff - Explorer II advert Wally Herbert - Explorer advert Thor Heyerdahl - GMT advert Tom Sheppard - GMT advert These all came from National Geographic magazines from the 1970s |
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4 June 2022, 08:22 AM | #45 |
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Does anyone know the Punch or Illustrated London News the 7 years under the sea advert was in? I have tracked down a few I think but really want that one. Thanks
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I’ve only seen 4-5 of the Fanstatic Story advertisements in the Illustrated London News archive…but maybe a Rolex expert can chime in. |
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I think I have tracked down the adverts shown in your message:
A letter from Brazil Four years buried The professor of Milan I will post details when they arrive for others if anyone is interested. My favourite is proving to be very elusive! Thanks EzraPound for all your comments and help to date. |
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I think I have tracked down the adverts shown in your message:
A letter from Brazil Four years buried The professor of Milan I will post details when they arrive for others if anyone is interested. My favourite is proving to be very elusive! Thanks EzraPound for all your comments and help to date. |
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Amazing and thanks for sharing. I have been looking for one from the old AirKing.
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Drop me a PM I have a list somewhere that I compiled from 1960 to 1980 using National Geographic, just need to find it!! Waiting to do 1980 to present day!
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Note: the Professor of Milan advertisement is the only color version of the Rolex Fantastic Story advertisements I've ever seen and the only Fantastic Story advertisement to feature a gold Rolex. Note: fans of the British illustrator Eric Fraser will know the artist also did the Rolex Tribute to Everest advertisement illustration and illustrated the Rolex Swiss Landscapes advertising campaign. |
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I really enjoyed seeing the vintage ads ! Thank you all for posting !
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His (Fraser) work is absolutely stunning. Fraser, almost a British Rockwell (with a hint of Eric Gill) |
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Enclosed are two samples of Eric Fraser's Rolex Swiss landscape advertisements from the late 1940s. |
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Don't know if OT (because not so vintage)
but one of my all time favourite (and perhaps one of the most iconic) ad is "A Time for revolution". I find terrific the idea that - as a cliche' - people to whom is addressed the advertisement, probably disapprove the person depicted in the ad... which however wears a rolex. And even the title: A time fo revolution... Probably people to whom is addressed the advertisement, do not think to any revolution. I find indeed brilliant. |
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