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I used to cut out the 1:1s and put it on my wrist to admire it when I was in college and no money!! Now I go after the real deal one by one. Life goals to me now is acquiring objects I missed when I was a child.
Photo borrowed from the internet
Any guys remember these???
How sad was I??? Over 20 years ago all from the National Geographical magazine. The Newbies will think I’m crazy. Back in the day before the internet this sort of thing excited some of us. The only way we could gain experience with Watches was to touch an...
Yes definitely I'd forgotten I had them.
Along with dozens and dozens of boxes dials bezels straps and all sorts of other bits and pieces. Car boot sale I reckon. M.
About 1927.
Here’s another showing the lady swimmer Mercedes Gleitz - the first woman to swim the English Channel and featured on Rolex ads. Regards Kev. ...
I remember for those from Time magazine
never thought one time will have the privilege to own it(not one but severals).
Amazing times
it nurtured imagination more than today. I still remember looking at these pictures, dreaming of these watches more then 30 years ago. Somehow made me dream more back then compared with the information overflow of today. Br, Dirk
100% agree sir.
Made us dream of ownership rather than just owning at the click of a mouse or swipe of our screens. M.
This ads are now a piece of history. Digitize and they will live forever.
So would you clip the ads for reference or for watches you planned to own or own. Thanks for sharing. Bill
Thanks Bill. Like the Watches the chase was the exiting bit.
Finding them was the fun. M.
That was PPro but without the community..
There was really no one to share this guilty pleasure with.. It was easier to share Playboy favorites with friends than share your enthusiasm over a watch.. a mechanical one at that during the era of quartz. Going to a watch store never even crossed my mi...
That is exactly how I felt.
And the exact response I was hoping to evoke by this post. Thank you so much for taking the time to reply and your honesty. They brought up the exact same emotion in me the other day when I found them. M.
Which I think what brings us together now..
Unknown to us, probably years of being “alone” is what makes for these great online fridnships now. Thanks for the reply Miles. Now I know I wasnt alone Echi
Those are nice
I really like those old Rolex advertisements. I also took some of them from magazines. And as you wrote at that time it was much more difficult to see them on computer. Connections were rather slow and while trying to open a large pic on the computer scre...