Favourite watch adverts

[whatmeworry]

A post by Der Amf in the MWC thread got me thinking about watch advertising and led me to revisit this favourite Rolex ad of mine.



I think it does so many things right. It's visually striking and manages to combine the appeal of both luxury and lifestyle in the brief text.
The first line is amazing: "This is the watch we engineered for the lonely places".
That it's an ad for a watch I love doesn't hurt either.

Which ads really strike a chord with you?

[tribe125]

[whatmeworry]

Ha! Touche

[OhDark30]

I find it interesting that he says 'I *carried* your watch to the summit', not 'I wore it'

[whatmeworry]

I find it interesting that he says 'I *carried* your watch to the summit', not 'I wore it'

On that basis maybe it should have been "My Sherpa carried your watch to the summit"

[Teeritz]

A post by Der Amf in the MWC thread got me thinking about watch advertising and led me to revisit this favourite Rolex ad of mine.



I think it does so many things right. It's visually striking and manages to combine the appeal of both luxury and lifestyle in the brief text.
The first line is amazing: "This is the watch we engineered for the lonely places".
That it's an ad for a watch I love doesn't hurt either.

Which ads really strike a chord with you?

That's one of my favourites. I even ripped it off a couple of years ago;



An Italian Rolex forum went to town on me for that one. I wanted to respond, but that would have meant signing up and joining just to make a reply. Couldn't be bothered.

[whatmeworry]

That's one of my favourites. I even ripped it off a couple of years ago;



An Italian Rolex forum went to town on me for that one. I wanted to respond, but that would have meant signing up and joining just to make a reply. Couldn't be bothered.

That's superb

[popoki nui]

The ad that started my 43-year-and-counting love affair with LED watches. From late 1972:


I have another Pulsar ad around here somewhere. I'll post it when I find it.

~Sherry.

[Der Amf]

The ad that started my 43-year-and-counting love affair with LED watches. From late 1972:


I have another Pulsar ad around here somewhere. I'll post it when I find it.

~Sherry.

So the battery gives you about 3 hours 10 mins of display....
.....I'm never bitching about my phone battery again

[popoki nui]

So the battery gives you about 3 hours 10 mins of display....
.....I'm never bitching about my phone battery again

If you were lucky! Most LED watch owners pushed the button way more than 25 times a day, at least at first. Most of us managed to get only six months out of a set of batteries. Many of us LED-heads thought that was a small price to pay in exchange for having such a revolutionary piece on our wrists. Some of us still do.

~Sherry.