Books Booklets Papers

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Original Catalogues, pricelists, technical brochures, printed documents, photos, etc

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L'histoire de Rolex1905-1948
28 pages

H.Wilsdorf as a first person story teller:

"until 1915, our world distribution center was in London...but when custom taxes went up 33.33%...we were obliged to transfer our head office in swiss, where I established in 1919 our actual company"

prep. byJW Thompson cy ltd
205*143mm
PPN Tribute

Centerfold scan

500.000  "certificats" stepstone 1962
PPN Tribute

Marketing directive 

Artist sketch for Beguin Philippe sole agent in Genf swiss
PPN Tribute

"THE STORY OF TIME"
movie booklet 

150.000 certified  Rolex "chronometers" 1951
doc ref : "blueprint of supremacy "  
951.50M printed  in USA

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Information technique
multilingual edition
CALIBRE 2030-2035
many other calibers available 1500 - 1700 - ....

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Original edition of 75th H. Wilsdorf anniversary booklet

containing :
- The speech of Mr Wilsdorf (22/3/1956) on 5 pages.
- An original B&W (103*150mm) photo of Mr Wilsdorf in his office the morning of march 22d, 1956. 

8 light green monochrome pages 147*210mm (A5).
printed in Switzerland

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1940's Rolex collection illustrated catalogue.
French edition.
pre-owned empty catalogue : original color images missing ( T.B.Recovered soon) 
was used as private photobook in first 10 pages.
Hard cover with  25 pages each protected by a silk paper page.  
282*210mm (150grms cardboard)
Below for illustration purpose only : excerpts of UK/US edition recovered from Italian collector ad. 

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15 stapled pages "temporary" provisionnal  catalogue from march 1948
French English & Italian
15*21cm printed by Haefeli&co chx-de-fds

refs : 170/100/150/160/161/180/250/
200/300/360/400/420/500/520/600/
620/700/720/740/800/850

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"Il me faut une montre"  Pearl in Oyster

Belgian 1976 pricelist & pocket catalogue
catalogue : 24 color pages
ref 24.374.45 by Haefeli
152*67mm
pricelist  : 4 pages
ref. 32.600001




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Original Rolex centerfold excerpt from Time magazine in the late 50's. 
full color Front page, Black & white p2.3.4
285*215mm
printed in switzerland

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With the aviation industry developping, all watchmakers were looking at airlines and airlines crew.....here is a look at the ads from the 50's and more...

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The Rolex magazine 
french edition
set with ed 02->08

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Patek Philippe Museum booklet
2005
10 pages
210*107mm

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Book "the Anatomy of time"monochrome
original first illustrated edition from +- 1946
( there were several re-editions later, distributed freely via simple mail request ! )
dimensions: 218*143*9mm
Printed by Jesse Broad & co ltd Manchester, England.

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Original booklets / user manuals 
various editions
many available

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Original page with 1953 Publi reportage / ad in Time  ( later Time-Life)
original B&W drawing by Eric Fraser


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Original 1st ever full color ad from 1953 (TIME)
Original plain paper copy
from Rolex UK marketing company.

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Very rare old illustrated French Besançon watchmaker school book 

312 pages
format : 12*18cm
hard cover
printed 6.35 ( 1935 )

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Original Rolex Geneve French publication <1975
"Du temps et des Hommes"
26 pages 
dimensions : 209*148*3mm
The cover depicts the Hans Erni statue, in front of the center of the Geneva head office.

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Cellini catalogues
20 pages
ed. 1976 & 1979 

Belgium  79 price list optional 

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GMT Master french edition booklet  1959
Original paper format 
ref : RC 263.VII 59. 10M.
4 pages, format 19*13cm
printed by Haefeli & Co, Switzerland
non perforated also available
top market value : 1450€


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inside an old parts catalogue, this special method 

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This folder contents all Tudor technical parts sheets for all movements
Published  in 1965.

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Superb exceptional state booklet
French edition Your ROLEX oyster 
For 1979 Submariner, Daytona, Gmt, Explorer, 
models 1016 5512 5513  6263 1655 1665 1675 1680
+ translation insert
28 pages full quadri
ref : 579.06
125x90mm
top market value : 395€

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Rolex  1977  'foire de Bâle' folder to announce new models 3035 5035
technical infos folder 9 pages. 
a Tudor commercial info is included with ref 9130-9140 ETA quartz details.

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