Rolex GMT-Master II Ad

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

This one tells a story of Dick Rutan, text below:

Dawn in the Mojave desert, California. Out of a clear blue sky a frail, insect-like aircraft touches down at Edwards Airforce Base. This is the moment that marked the end of one of the most extraordinary feats of aviation history. Dick Rutan and his co-pilot Jeana Yeager had just become the very first people to fly around the world without stopping or refueling. In the course of their record-breaking 26,000-mile flight, the couple had shared a cockpit little bigger in size than a telephone kiosk. They had been buffeted by winds from a typhoon in the Pacific. They had climbed to 20,000 feet to avoid severe turbulence over Africa. And they had been subjected to constant engine noise that, despite ear-protectors, Dick Rutan described as, "Like flying next to a jack hammer for nine days solid" The Voyager had a wing-span longer than a 727's, yet was lighter than a small car. This enabled the plane to carry more than five times its weight in fuel; as much as is carried by a tanker truck. Even so, the weight of each item on board the Voyager had to be carefully measured. Nothing but vitally essential equipment could be tolerated. Two such items were Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager's Rolex Chronometers. These recorded the fact that Voyager's historic journey lasted 216 hours, 3 minutes and 44 seconds.

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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