Rolex GMT-Master Ad

Genuine Vintage Rolex GMT-Master II ad removed from an old magazine and expertly framed.

This one tells a story of Janusz Kurbiel, text below:

Every year for over ten years, Janus Kurbiel has experienced hell. For the unimaginable cold of the Arctic is hell in reverse. That's why, since 1975, Kurbiel's expeditions have been to establish how scientists and technicians will one day be able to utilise the natural resources of this vast fortress of ice. Janusz Kurbiel is a scientific explorer. In the very worst conditions he tests electronic apparatus, rescue and surveillance systems, survival equipment and... his Rolex. But science often gives way to adventures in which he must surpass himself, risking everything to get out of trouble. Kurbiel smiles as he recalls setting out by skidoo to look for magnetic north. When the magnetic field had rendered his sophisticated navigational equipment useless, he simply navigated by his Rolex. Again, after capsizing near Greenland and losing all his instruments, he got back to France by taking a bearing on the dial of his Rolex. Today Janusz, Kurbiel is planning new expeditions. They will take him in the tracks of Eric the Red, who discovered Greenland in 982; in the footsteps of Amundsen, who opened up the North-West Passage. As usual, he will wear a Rolex. "Because in the Arctic, he says, "a watch is the basic equipment of survival (" But it also allows him to record precisely when the first seal appears, to rendezvous with his colleagues and to remember at dead of night that, on the banks of the Seine, it is seven in the evening.

Due to the layout and printing of magazines it is sometimes hard to cut out the Vintage Ads in good alignment, therefore some framed ads may not be perfectly centered inside of the frames. 

These Ads are often over 20 years old so will show general signs of wear such as light creases or blemishes

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