How cool is this?:

[Alcan]

Today I received a package from England that Nancy ordered. It's a very cool original page from the June 6, 1953, The Illustrated London News. It's a Rolex ad, with a blurb about Sir Francis Drake and a pic of his "time machine" which included a circumferentor (whatever the h*ll that is), tide table, nocturnal, and diagram of the planetary aspects. The main blurb of the ad talks about Queen Elizabeth I and II and Rolex Datejust "And recently a Datejust became the 200,000th Rolex watch to receive the proud title "Officially Certified Chronometer".

I guess they've sold a few since then.

Sorry, no pix until I scan it. The eBay seller deleted the pix as soon as it was sold.

P.S. The back of the page has an ad for Moss Bros. of Convent Gardens, the complete man's store. Anyone know if they're still around?