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When I was a young man I used to enjoy the Rolex ads in National Geographic...
...and dreamt of owning a Sub or GMT and an exciting life exploring wild and remote places. I did eventually get some wonderful watches but, sadly, the call of the wild went unheard and I became a desk diver. I love those old ads though. Regards Kev.
Iconic Advertisements
As the watch collecting man cave further develops I’ve taken an interest in watch advertising. The modern day ROLEX coverage of F1 and Tennis etc is somewhat another planet away from the iconic adverts such as the below I can’t help but become increasingl...
Not the whole weekend but most of it.
You can see a few scattered images of mine. But was fun.
One more memorable print ad . . .
. . . from Omega. Pretty good copy, if I may say so. Art ...
I presented the iwc womans ad once to my students in a lecture
I love the new IWC apple ad. Im a bit nostalgic when it comes to their early 2000s ads since everyone knows that these will never again be possible and even then they were to old fashiond for the current zeitgeist so for me as a nostalgic im happy that th...
When I was a young man I used to enjoy the Rolex ads in National Geographic...
...and dreamt of owning a Sub or GMT and an exciting life exploring wild and remote places. I did eventually get some wonderful watches but, sadly, the call of the wild went unheard and I became a desk diver. I love those old ads though. Regards Kev.
I Remember seeing the last one (IWC - 7 days one) in Zermatt 12 years ago.
I knew nothing about watches then but remember being captivated by this watch and that poster. I think my passion might have started then. The other poster I remember from that holiday was for A Lange
Some interesting points of view.
The world is changing and with it Advertising. Talking with a friend in the business the other day he told me his company now have whole departments focussing on product placement within video games! Whilst some will like the older school of thought the m...
