Classic Submariner Ads - TURF

harb · 30th April 2009, 04:45 PM

[Credit: All pictures and text by Subfiend unless noted otherwise]

Let's start this thread off with what is probably the very first ad for the "new" Submariner, from May 1954.

The watch was so new the artist didn't know what it looked like. The watch pictured is actually
the Deep Sea Special with a bezel drawn on to it. The ad appeared in National Geographic
magazine, along with an article about the 1953 conquest of Mt. Everest and deep diving in the
bathyscaphe Trieste to 10,350 ft.

harb · 30th April 2009, 04:45 PM

"Time for Sports," May 1955

This ad features the Turn-O-Graph, Skindiver (err...., Submariner?), Sportsman (a/k/a OP) and
Chronograph. The drawings are correct, but the names are a little off.

harb · 30th April 2009, 04:46 PM

1955

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1957

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1961

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1967

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1967

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1968

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1969

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1970. Time for a little color.

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1980 Red Sub.

harb · 30th April 2009, 04:48 PM

1985 TT Black Sub. For Harb.

harb · 30th April 2009, 04:49 PM

1990 TT Black Sub. George is the only guy I know who actually dives with his TT Sub, other than me.

harb · 30th April 2009, 04:49 PM

TT Blue Sub. Bob Ballard

harb · 30th April 2009, 04:50 PM

Here's another TT Black -- National Geographic photographer David Doubilet from 1999

harb · 30th April 2009, 04:50 PM

Lots of Bling. Early 1990s.

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Another Doubilet TT Black Sub

harb · 30th April 2009, 04:51 PM

Back to the TT Blue Sub. 1998.

harb · 30th April 2009, 04:55 PM

[Credit: SoCalSam]

1966

1967

1985

1983

2003

harb · 30th April 2009, 04:56 PM

[Credit: laurentjoseph]

1984

30th April 2009, 04:45 PM	#1
harb Administrator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 39,358	Classic Submariner Ads [Credit: All pictures and text by Subfiend unless noted otherwise] Let's start this thread off with what is probably the very first ad for the "new" Submariner, from May 1954. The watch was so new the artist didn't know what it looked like. The watch pictured is actually the Deep Sea Special with a bezel drawn on to it. The ad appeared in National Geographic magazine, along with an article about the 1953 conquest of Mt. Everest and deep diving in the bathyscaphe Trieste to 10,350 ft. Last edited by harb; 30th April 2009 at 05:15 PM.

30th April 2009, 04:55 PM	#19
harb Administrator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 39,358	[Credit: SoCalSam] 1966 1967 1985 1983 2003 Last edited by harb; 30th April 2009 at 04:58 PM.

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30th April 2009, 04:46 PM	#3
harb Administrator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 39,358	1955

30th April 2009, 04:47 PM	#6
harb Administrator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 39,358	1967

30th April 2009, 04:48 PM	#10
harb Administrator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 39,358	1970. Time for a little color.

30th April 2009, 04:49 PM	#13
harb Administrator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 39,358	1990 TT Black Sub. George is the only guy I know who actually dives with his TT Sub, other than me.

30th April 2009, 04:50 PM	#15
harb Administrator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 39,358	Here's another TT Black -- National Geographic photographer David Doubilet from 1999

30th April 2009, 04:51 PM	#18
harb Administrator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 39,358	Back to the TT Blue Sub. 1998.

30th April 2009, 04:56 PM	#20
harb Administrator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 39,358	[Credit: laurentjoseph] 1984