Rolex Submariner Ad

Genuine Vintage Rolex Submariner ad removed from an old magazine and expertly framed.

This one tells a story of when Luis Marden found the Bountys Shipwreck, text below:

 After Captain Bligh and 18 loyal men had been put into a boat and cast adrift, Fletcher Christian sailed away in the Bounty -and disappeared. Eighteen years later, in 1808, an American ship called at Pitcairn Island and uncovered the grim fate of the Bounty and her crew. Mr. Christian had run the ship ashore and burnt her. Of the crew, all but one died violent deaths. Pitcairn Island is 1,300 miles south of Tahiti. Luis Marden went there to see if he could find the Bounty. He knew some of her charred timbers had been found in 1841 and that her rudder was found in 1933. It seemed likely that the shallow water round that totally exposed coast would have swept away every trace of the Bounty, but Marden felt there was a chance. He dived again and again in the rough seas in Bounty Bay and found nothing, but his luck turned. One day Marden came upon what he believes to be the complete keel line of the ship. All around were fragments of the copper that had sheathed the Bounty's hull, as well as a pintle, an oarlock and fastenings and nails, all covered in hard limey growths.

Marden has dived all over the world in his work for the National Geographic Magazine. He always wears a Rolex. A Rolex Oyster case is carved from a solid block of 18ct. gold, platinum or stainless steel; so you'll find no seam around its elegant circum-ference. In all other watches the winder is a weakness. The patented Rolex winding crown holds a unique strength, screwing down onto the case rather like a submarine hatch, to provide a perfect, impenetrable seal. The Rolex crystal is another unique device and becomes even tighter under pressure. Luis Marden has been wearing his Rolex Submariner for over 16 years. He still calls it his new watch. But then he expects to be wearing it for a long time to come.

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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