Advertisements can be time capsules which can capture and preserve the styles and moods of a particular era in human history. I am gathering some vintage watch advertisement images from the late 1800s to around the 1990s to get a feel for the various styles that were manufactured over the past 100+ years. Some are very interesting and a few are almost comical compared to current times.

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American Waltham Watch Company

(circa 1911) - Spirit of Christmas

(circa 1925) - All Sizes and Styles

Audemars Paguet

(circa 1973) - Grand Complication - for the price of a Rolls Royce you can own a watch

Benrus Watch Company

(circa 1960) - You'll Swear Your Benrus Has Nine Lives Too!

(circa 1962) - Three Full Years Guarantee

Bulova Watch Company

(circa 1972) - Caravelle Line "Best Selling Watch in Jewelry Stores"

(circa 1949) - Christmas Ad "Gift of a Lifetime"

(circa 1963) - Accutron - Why you should wear a Spaceview

(circa 1972) - Oceanographer - Swimming with Sharks

Dueber-Hampden

(circa 1901) - Accurate to the Second

Edox

(circa 1960s) - Swiss Precision

E Howard Watch Company

(circa 1919) - The Finest Complement You Can Pay a Man Is To Give Him a Howard Watch.

Elgin National Watch Company

(circa 1899) - Mermaid (Time and Tide)

(circa 1903) - "Millions in Numbers One in Accuracy"

(circa 1923) - Is it typically American to Apologize for your watch?

(circa 1926) - Santa Claus' Christmas Present

(circa 1935) - Norman Rockwell

(circa 1935) - Friendly Service

(circa 1941) Lord Elgin - Heirs to a noble tradition

Girard-Perregaux

(circa 1952) - "Gyromatic" ad

Gruen Watch Company

(circa 1943) - Pan American - Thin as a wafer

Hamilton Watch Company

(circa 1914) - Railroad Pocket Watch 

(circa 1951) - "Someone you Love" 

(circa 1959) - Electric Watches

(circa 1962) - Worlds most advanced watch the 505

Harvel Watch Company

(circa 1940s) - One of the Worlds Fine Watches

Illinois Watch Company

(circa 1928) - the joy of living

(circa 1930) - "A Great American Watch"

Ingersoll

(circa 1901) - See My Christmas Ingersoll - (Dollar Watch)

Longines Watch Company

(circa 1920s) - Around the World with the Graf Zeppelin

(circa 1951) "Admiral"

(This is my personal favorite!)

LeCoultre Watch Company

(circa 1951) "The Most Exceptional Watches in the World"

Movado

(circa 1970s) - Worn by the Musuem of Modern Art

Omega

(circa 1969) - the Perfectionists watch

(circa 1970) - the watch worn by Gemini and Apollo Astronauts

Rado

(circa 1969) - When you buy a mans watch buy a mans watch

Rolex

(circa 1969) - If taming oil fires were your job you would wear a Rolex

Swatch

(circa 1985) - the family that ticks together sticks together

Timex

(circa 1955) - American Watch Wins the World

Ulysses Nardin

(circa 1960s) - Lady in Pokka Dots

Wyler

(circa 1949) - Smooth Performance

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