I'm pretty sure you can still buy a genuine Depollier today for less than the price of a Rolex, and you can be sure you will be wearing something that is rarer and better looking.

Exclusivity of the brand of Rolex puts me right off.

Adverts help, always have.

Surviving examples of the Tavannes Submarine, Harrods Aquatic and Gruen hermetic have all been shown to be water resistant.

The one in your ad was never released, was it?

The Gruen worked, it was waterproof. Only one point of possible water ingress, as opposed to four on the Depollier.

October 1918 ad for the twin cased Gruen, before Depollier.

Me too Stan, got about fifteen I think, three more from Atlanta newspapers before February 22nd.