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·Advert from 1898 "The Jewelers' Circular"
Vintage advertising.
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·Some more, 1922:
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·And one more from the 1950 Jewelers Circular Keystone:
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·Joining in the fun!
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·Universal - *affordable* back in the day they said...
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Do you suppose the watch in the top ad is a ref 14710?
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CaptainWinsor
·Do you suppose the watch in the top ad is a ref 14710?
no idea.
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Very interesting. The first advertisement is touting the Seamaster as a sports watch that’s waterproof but elegant and versatile enough that you can wear at a dinner, as well as dive to 60 meters deep.
The second advertisement claims, very strangely, that over 50% of RAF crews experienced the waterproof capabilities of the Seamater “during the war”. What war? Certainly not WWII as the Seamaster did not exist back then- and that’s not what RAF crews were using.
One has to guess back then there were no regulations about fairness and accuracy in advertising- and that anyone including Omega was free to BS to their heart’s content….
The second advertisement claims, very strangely, that over 50% of RAF crews experienced the waterproof capabilities of the Seamater “during the war”. What war? Certainly not WWII as the Seamaster did not exist back then- and that’s not what RAF crews were using.
One has to guess back then there were no regulations about fairness and accuracy in advertising- and that anyone including Omega was free to BS to their heart’s content….
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·no idea.
I think so:
https://www.omegawatches.com/en-us/watch-omega-seamaster-special-ck-14710
This is mine:
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wagudc
·Very interesting. The first advertisement is touting the Seamaster as a sports watch that’s waterproof but elegant and versatile enough that you can wear at a dinner, as well as dive to 60 meters deep.
The second advertisement claims, very strangely, that over 50% of RAF crews experienced the waterproof capabilities of the Seamater “during the war”. What war? Certainly not WWII as the Seamaster did not exist back then- and that’s not what RAF crews were using.
One has to guess back then there were no regulations about fairness and accuracy in advertising- and that anyone including Omega was free to BS to their heart’s content….
Thanks for the translation summary.
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CaptainWinsor
·Very interesting. The first advertisement is touting the Seamaster as a sports watch that’s waterproof but elegant and versatile enough that you can wear at a dinner, as well as dive to 60 meters deep.
The second advertisement claims, very strangely, that over 50% of RAF crews experienced the waterproof capabilities of the Seamater “during the war”. What war? Certainly not WWII as the Seamaster did not exist back then- and that’s not what RAF crews were using.
One has to guess back then there were no regulations about fairness and accuracy in advertising- and that anyone including Omega was free to BS to their heart’s content….
Thank you for the translation. I can’t remember what magazine or year that was from but I did pull it from the internet. I’ll go back and see if I can find it again
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·Bulletin de la Société Neuchâteloise des Sciences Naturelles. 1961
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·Bulletin de la Société Neuchâteloise des Sciences Naturelles. 1961
Makes sense that it would be for a ref 14710 made 60-62.
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·Cool vintage trilogy advert from 1964 Newspaper:
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··Never Used A KodakFrom some old popular mechanics magazines.
