DESCRIPTION

ROLEX MAGAZINE 

SPECIAL ISSUE

EXPLORATION PERPETUAL SPIRIT

published by

ROLEX SA, Switzerland (no date, but thought to be c2010)

large softback magazine with spine

112 pages, strikingly illustrated throughout, mainly in colour

Dimensions: 24cm x 30cm

The magazine combines some fascinating details and photos on exploration and explorers, historical and contemporary (deep sea, polar, and mountain) with history and contextualised info/advertising of some fantastic Rolex watches associated with their endeavours.

CONTENTS:

Introduction - Dawn of the Age of Exploration by Christopher P. Sloan

The Trieste by Don Belt - 'The Deepest Dive. Two men a bathyscaphe, and a Rolex' - article on Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh's 1960 plunge in the Trieste to The Challenger Deep, the deepest point on earth

Bringing Awareness (David Doubilet, submariner, photographer, interviewed by Lynne Warren)

The First Waterproof Watch by Peter Capella on 1927 Channel swim by Mercedes Gleitze wearing a Rolex Oyster

Deep Concern by Lynne Warren on deep-sea life-forms and their collection, including an interview with Claire Nouvian by Rebecca Clark

Diving Watches by Gregoire Baillod (From the first Rolex Submariner in 1952 to 'the lastest' Rolex Deepsea - Rolex at the forefront of pioneering ocean exploration and cutting-edge diving technology, including an article by Peter Capella and Rebecca Clark on professional diving legend HENRI GERMAIN DELAUZE and his pioneering firm COMEX 'accompanied by ROLEX as they stretched human endurance under the sea to the limit'.

Under the Melting Ice by Don Belt, on the expedition that took the team's members, led by Ghislain Bardout, to the North Pole - then lowered them through a meter of ince into freezing water and under the polar ice cap  

Expedition Watches - by Gregoire Baillod and Rebecca Clark on the ROLEX EXPLORER, launched in 1953 as the ultimate expedition and mountaineering watch, drawing on decades of experience of Rolex in the Himalayas, culminating with the conquest of Mount Everest that very year by an expedition equipped with Rolex Oyster Perpetual Chronometers. Oyster Perpetual Explorer (2010); and article on the Oyster Perpetual Explorer II, launched in 1971 (The Legend Continues) by Gregoire Baillod and Rebecca Clark  

Minds on Ice- by David Roberts, including 'five cutting-edge adventurers (Rune Gjeldnes, Alain Hubert, erling Kagge, Jean Troillet and Ed Viesturs) , all Rolex testimonees, share the psychological secrets they bring to their perilous pursuits in the Arctic, the Antarctic and the world's highest mountains

Preparing for the Future - Investing in the Ocean's Future by Christina Elson

Weight: 712g

CONDITION 

very good, indeed - sound; no inscription; pages clean and bright; no page tears or creases; covers clean and bright; no cover tears or creases; tiniest rub to the extreme outer corner tips, and fine trace to the top spine edge

P&P Costs:

Within the UK:    MyHermes tracked = £2.79

Overseas:           Global Shipping Programme (see above) 

PAYMENT METHODS: 

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