Gassan Sadaichi Rolex Ad

[Okan]

I found this piece of ad in a book that I bought from second hand book market. Don't know if you saw this before but I wanted to share it. March 5th 1984.

 

 

[DoTanuki yokai]

Lineage of Watchmakers

 

[Brian]

Interesting advert. Nice sponsor too!
Wonder why they never incorporated any tamahagane into a limited edition. Probably due to the rust possibility I guess.

[Bugyotsuji]

Last summer as part of a sword exhibition at Hayashibara Museum of Art.

 

 

 

[Okan]

6 hours ago, Brian said:

Interesting advert. Nice sponsor too!
Wonder why they never incorporated any tamahagane into a limited edition. Probably due to the rust possibility I guess.

Probably that and the price of tamahagane. Also you wouldn't want to create a new section on watches  Then we would all be seeing posts like "How to oil your watch" or "Never clean the back of your watch"

[Ken-Hawaii]

We see tamahagane as "precious," because of its final form. I've seen Rolexes made from an iron meteorite, but the metal has to be acid-etched to show the Widmanstatten pattern" https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/watches/article/rolex-daytona-meteorite-2021