Vintage rolex documents from the 50's!

[figsgrandpa]

Originally Posted by andromeda160

Thank you very much!

Then you gotta think about how cheap the Swiss Franc was compared to the USD at the time. Wish I was alive back then!

Everything is relative. Given the exchange rate in effect in 1955, a Rolex listing for 300 swiss francs, would cost about $70 US. Of course, the minimum wage in 1955 was 75 cents an hour, and even if you earned double that, for most people, a Rolex watch would have been beyond their means.

By the way, I WAS alive back then, but I wasn't paying too much attention to watches, beyond learning how to tell time so I'd know when the Mickey Mouse Club was on.

[jdmi32]

Wonderful stuff you've got there. All in great condition as well.

[D111s]

I have decided to start the slow process of uploading the photos onto photo bucket so once complete I'll post a link

Here's a couple more images

[D111s]

Number 2

[ww12345]

Interesting that it says no perishable items are used in construction - they still used rubber gaskets, right? Perhaps a tiny stretching of the truth... :)

[ww12345]

Thanks for scanning these by the way! Can't wait to see the rest of the scans!!

[D111s]

Originally Posted by ww12345

Interesting that it says no perishable items are used in construction - they still used rubber gaskets, right? Perhaps a tiny stretching of the truth... :)

The joys of marketing hey?

[stillsane]

awesome thanks

[mineral]

Awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[D111s]

After a suggestion from Old Expat Beast I'm now going to start separate threads over on the reference forum for each book/catalog so hopefully it'll be easier than having it all in one thread as you'll be able to pin point a particular piece of interest rather than wade through lots of bits :)