Started this post to share a few of the more interesting vintage Newspaper ads I've found recently. Some have new information and models listed. Some are just interesting to show marketing used at the time. The dates of publication are confirmed from the top of the publication. They may not warrant a spot in the ad database, but are noteworthy.
Here's one from December 1933, found in the Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania "Independent". The watch on the top right is listed as "Miss Princeton". Doesn't look like a ladies model to me. Perhaps a typo?
This next one shows a watch currently listed in the database as "unknown". The ad is from December 1949. It's a shame so many of these ads I'm finding don't have model names associated with some of the watches listed.
Next is one of several ads from the very early 1920's which shows watches without model names (or numbers). We know at this time many of the watches had numbers for names. Apparently too boring to list the model numbers, so these ads don't give much, if any, new "information". This one's from December 1923. I don't think I see Bulova on the dial either, but noted the little "whited-out" area on the band w/ the wording "BULOVA" which suggests this was a Bulova-generated watch graphic.
From Texas, Bobbee found several like this December 1923 Corsicana Sun Newspaper ad.
And these two from October 1926
I'm guessing the descriptions are beside the watch rather than below/above watch. NOTE: The 39744 looks exactly like the Oxford named in the ad from 1924 (in next comment box down). They used the same watch graphic for both ads- two years apart and two different names, with the numbered name appearing after the Oxford named model.
Lets start threads of every decade for these and submit them accordingly...1920-1929, 1930-1939, ect..up to 1970-1979, Accutrons can have there own thread, that way we can choose the best quality ads that are of value to the ad database while still being able to refer back to what is posted in each decade thread...it can keep evolving as new ads are found in the future.
Stephen can request the ads in full resolution when he wants to ad them to the database ads, that way his e-mail account will not explode and he won't have to develop a drinking problem trying to make sense of what is being sent to him.
Good idea OT. Many of the ads I've processed are in source resolution which would prohibit them from being uploaded to a forum thread, so I have saved a "WEB" resolution copy for those which are bigger than allowed in comment fields. I'm saving the "WEB" versions at 640 pixels wide by what ever height the come out to be.
If Stephen wants an ad perhaps he can reply "yes" and then I'll send him the full resolution version so it includes detail lost in the "WEB" version. I won't send them to him piecemeal, but I'll wait till he chooses a "group" from me, and send in one link.
I'm sure Stephen will have some suggestions once they let him out of the straight jacket.
In reply to Good idea OT. Many of the by William Smith
That is what I have been doing with mine, one copy for posting, and the higher resolution for the database if needed.
If it is done this way, it will be half way organized and easy to pick and choose, plus its another way to view new found ads right away verses waiting for them to get published or starting a new thread, and Stephen won't have to download & sort through them, they will be all displayed in decade form.
In reply to That is what I have been by OldTicker
Here are two new ads for models which we already have examples in the ad database. They don't give us new information, necessarily, but they are still interesting. I've posted them here vs in their respective decades threads because they are not "New" models or variants. Just cool old ads.
The first is for a 1930 Watertite. It's from The Ogdenburg Republic Jorunal, August 27th, 1930.
The second is a different ad for the new Bulova "Doug Corrigan"- from the Casa Grande Dispatch, AZ, dated December 1st, 1939. Apparently Doug was a better pilot than orator.. "I think my Bulova watch is swell..."