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These two discoveries made the modern

wrist-watch-possible

The watch you wear on your wrist today is ‘a refined, highly accurate piece of mechanism. But it would not, be what it is sera for two dread horological discoviles. This year marka thair anniversary. Twenty-five years ago, the Rolex “Oyster” case was perfected, twenty years ago, 'the Rolex "Perpetual" movament.

The old planners of horology, dreaming of pofact accuracy in watches, always knew that Aheir ultimate goal was unattainable until the perfect mechaniam it demanded could be protest- ad by a really waterproof case, and guarded from ́aha vagaries of hand-winding by a reliable self- `winder, in the Rolex “Oyster” case, patented la 1936, we have the first truly waterproof case. In the Rolex "Perpekuzi" moramant, we have the first truly trustworthy self-winding 'mechanism.

Proof of their efficiency, if proof wara nanded, les is the fact that the waterproof malf-winding watch is accepted today as an integral part of our modern life. Genuine advances in watch- making sciante, come at all too rare intervalış here are two to which the entire watch. Industry owas a debt.

ROLEX ROLL OF HONOUR: Autuma 1903. Launching of the first Roles wrist-watch.

March 27, 1910. First Relen wrist-chronometer to be controlled by the Swiss Government, obtains an Official Timing Certificate at Bienna, Switzerland,

July 13, 1914. Relax obtains the first Clars "A" Obitor Certificate wear awarded to a wint. chronometer by the Key Observatory.

October 7, 1937. Mercedes Glitra, London tenographer, swime the Channel wearing Rales Oyster, she wasid's First waterpisać wrist-watch. 193. Chelios of the Roles "Perpetual", the [irl waterproof wrist-watch to wind itswil, 1945. Launching of the Rolex Datejust, firs waterproni,” self-winding wrist-chronometer in which the date is shown through a small window an the face.

December 1947. Production of the 100,000th Officially Tested and Certified Rolex wrist- Chronomater.

Septembre 30, 1998. Rofen achieves the highest- ever accusncy for 30 mm. site wrink-watch at the world-famous National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, England, with 93.0 points.

December 31, 1949. Rožen sets a new accuracy record $1 Geneva Observatory for a 135 mm. size movement with 459 points.”

January, 1991. Production of the 150,000th Olikely Tested and Certified Rolex - chronometer.

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THE ROLEX "OYSTER "

Materials of all sorts, rubber, evan sil had bean ured in a vain sitempt to make a waterproof watch. It was left to Rules, la 1926, to discover the simple principle of the self-smaling action of one metal on another, and produce the first truly welerproof watch.

THE ROLEX "PERPETUAL "

A radical and briffiant departure from all other sitempts sè a self-winding witch was the secret of the success of the Roles "Perpetual", Be

fore, the hammer jerk principle we used la pocket watches, but the continual jerking of the saif-winder as the wearer walked soon told on the mechanism. It was left to Rolex, in 1931, to discover the Robar, a semi-circle of melat rotating smoothly on s'axis, and produce the first self- winding wrist watch which Rolex christened "Perpetual",

The cream of the Raldx production is marked by the famour Boter "Red Seal" It is a sign that the chrono meter to which it is attached has ́been submitted by the Swiss Govern. mant to their own rigorous tests, has pared them with honour, and has been awarded the coveted Official Timing Certificate.

ROLEX

Swiss Officially Certified waterproof, Sellwinding

Wrist-chronometers

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THE ROBES ARE. BEING. CLEANED

....... THOSE CORONETS

ARE BEING

STITCHED.

LONG-RANGE PICTURE OF THE WHEELS BEGINNING TO TURN--.

AND SWORDS

ARE DEING POLISUED

Edited by JAMES BARTLETT

Coronation Curtain-raiser

THIRTY-SEVEN man must now turn their minds from the world of today and study the intricate and sacred ritual that surrounds the Crowning of a British

Tauen.

The Duke of Edinburgh and the Coronation Commission will be thumbing

the pages of historic precedents for the oldest, rite of its kind in the world.

And the iwo oldest paria of The Corcnation ceremony are likely to give them the most bother.. the inthronisation -'fiing of a monarch to the throne and the act of anoint- ing.

Queen Victoria was ifted into the throne by the archbishop, bishops, and other peers, just as former Klags were.Hfted.

THE

POLLUTED?

been

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PITY THE DUKE.....if the duchess needs a new outfit

and is too late to hire it

by GEORGE SCOTT

TEREST mention of Corona- tion robes for the nobility invokes an aroma of mothballs

and discretion.

L

Now, to the Tadles, for whom the length of trains and width of fur trimming are determined by rank.

A baroness can-gét a complete bekirile and all-for as 99 guineas OF DS A director of a robe-making as little firms, incongruously young and muchos 403 guiness. modish in cutaway collar and Pity the duchess. For-her the knitted black tie, intruded his range is 112-572 guineas, cosy elegance upon this redolent Pecresses wear small replicas of antiquity and produced a price their husbands coronets, But booklet which modestly boasted prices are much the same. his service during 12 re'gns. Charles I specially

HE anointing, the pouring of haly oil on head, heart, and hands,

has always marked with difficulties.

and Queen Mary

Queen Elizabeth, in Tudor times, both protested. Mary thought that all was polluted, Eizabeth objected to its smell. had a slitted shirt made.

This saved him from dis- robing. Queen Adelaide waS attended by four duchesses who held up a cloth of gold while the archbishop anointed her.

CHANGED

10

UT when the young Queen BVictoria

the caro Throne, the 800-year-old rije . was changed after long dis.

cursion.

on

She was anointed only the crown of the head and on the palms of both hands.

This is the precedent that will lay down the form of cere"" mony for the most ancient part of next year's Coronation.

***Most Famous Coronation text- book A History of the Engilah Coronation.” It was written by a German, Projesor P. Schramm.

BARON con took his colour- ful part for those three hours of pomp in Junext far as lule as 73 guineas. (All prices are fixed in guineas, of course.)

But the baran can pay up to 399 guineas If he wants nothing but the best quality.

According to the peer's de gree denoted by the number of black tail-lips of the ermine the bottom and top prices

Hire them? "Naturally," said the director, "few. will do so; there are only a tiny number of

robes for hire anyway."

Sald an official ol a firm with robes to rent: We have a fairly considerable number, but demand is greater than supply.

"We are now renovating our stock. When we are finished they will be as good as new. Nothing second-hand them,"

about

H25 guineas

IRING charge will be a dat

INVITATION...A Queen is crowned alone

LOKATION

ABE

Norfolk Bel Merkel

Victoria le the prècedent ... a single crown, a single monogram

ALADDIN

TOUCH GIVES PLASTIC THE SILVER LOOK

JEWELLERY, ornaments,

HULLO, CLO

By spraying the metal on the and car fittings which underside of transparent plastic moulding they are getting bril- go up by one guinea. A duke

look as though they are llant metal finishes which can must pay between 77 and 403

made of expensive metal never rub off or tarnish. guineas.

for the whole The difference in quality? outflt. The firm shows no class

-but- are-really-made of Well, the director murmured discrimination. A duke will cheap plastic will soon be something about "mack ermine," pay no more for his extra tail- on sale in Britain.

GIRLS were wolking about but he did not think he ought to tips than the baron.

In London's lunchtime sun- say who would get the real and

Two London engineers, shine one day last week with who the imitation.

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John Harland and Cyril only half their "Cla" on.

Ecientists' The Clo is the Hunt, have perfected a cheap method of coating newest yardstick for measuring plastic with a thin layer the warming power of clothing.,

Agirl in a tweed suit or a of aluminium which makes man in a lounge sull is wear- it look as though it is ing one Clo. An Arctic explorer silver-plated. The metal would have to wear about five, coating can also be tinted to resemble expensive gilt

coronet? Please add any thing between 24 and 53 guineas for that.

And no deposit. We don't expect any of our customers, in this instance, to run away with the clothes."

THINGS ARE MOVING... Thirteen months to go, but the buzz of expectation

and speculation, spreads into the many worlds of many columnists..

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Cost-of-living hits even seats

EVE PERRICK

TICKET agencies went

into action immediately the Coronation date was an- nounced.

At the Coronation of King George VI the average price paid for a seat with a view worked out at £2′ 18s, 8d. ("But for £2 185, 80. you probably got standing room on a fre escape.")

However, in 10 years the east

of living has gone up....

Why not

India ?

PHONE CALL QUETU yesterday: Why no repre. sentative of India on the Empire Coronation Co 71%. mission?

ANSWER: India

口

republic in Association with the British Common- wealth. It does not. OWE allegiance to the Crown, India will send representa- Elves, but cannot be a hos mountry.

May and September

ere

buz

Says Mr Campbell Williams, usually zlightly dries who has just returned from a London's temperature sub- Coronation ticket-selling trip to stanilly tower then. America:

"All the basic things

involved have gone up by about 1,000 percent timber for the. stands, the labour, the food,"

Until their architects and

ROBERT CANNELL

surveyors get on to the sites to TV will carry the Coronation ceremonies to the greatest measure and estimate costs, audience in history-it may be agency mon can only quote preb 150 million people to Britain, ablo starting prices around 215 to £25 for a really good America, Canada, and France." Britain there will prob- ably be 2,500,000 sets with 15 to

view (in 1937 28 8s, bought" a; favourable place),

in.

20 million T-viewers gathered

Says Mr Wars: "Ameri- round them. cans are keener than ever to

makes a

occasion."

The United States, if relay

ware,

First big orders for the Bright colours, strikingly fake silver-plate,

blended, Very low necks.

• Many accessories flowers, transparent. Acarves, fans,"

ND NEXT YEAR? Well here we are again same styles and bright colours are sure to bo back, One change: we call our scarves stoles now.

My only foar: The first six months of 1953 will give every

version of an old excuse "Sorry, we're so busy, crder

one

a new

We cannot touch

your until after the Coronation."

BASIL CARDEW

THE Coronation will mean an

extra. £1,000,000 work

or

home exper: erders for Beltish cars. These are the cars Ameri-

other cons and

overseas villtofs will buy here on Ccro-

notion touts, and take back to their own countries. No purchase tax will be levied,

But & WON'T put you tur.hex

down the list for a car.

DAVID LEWIN

which

should help to relieve the metal shortage, have been placed on behalf of undertakers.

*

After secret talks with Com- monwealth and US, defence experts, the War Office hus de- elded to adopt the Clo as its standard for measuring the project

power of the soldier's about Battledress. provides one and a half Clo. For the ideal would be no tropics the

Clo at all, but for the sake of decency and dignity we insist on half a Clo," an Army doctor Bald,

Universal use of the Cla bý Mastive handles which look the Western Powers will greatly like solid silver, but are no assist in the standardisation of NATO and Far stronger than a baby's teething equipment for ring, are already, beag fitted Eist forces.

plastic crossed, coffins. So cre

other sculptured

and knobs, items of what the trade calls "funeral furniture."

The undertakers defend this mid-twentieth cen tury Innovation by argu- ing that, with the increas lng adoption of cremation, there is little purpose in making funeral furniture to last.

I saw the silvering" process in action at an

RINCHEN COLUMN

STRANGE SCORES of reports, on the strange light in the sty

which Londoners toolt for a flying saucer! two months ago have allied by now been now experts of the Wetco- Office and and rological Greenwich Observatory.

Their conclusion:

WDX

the

a particularly bright meteor which passed over the Home Counties More than 1,000 brown plastic and Enfield, Middlesex, factory. brooches were dixed to a holder. Wash,"

dlsintegrated near and put in a big steel drum. In- After reading carefully docu- sida aluminium, each no bigger than gunnery officers and experi drum four pieces of mented Decounts from”. A.A.

The

a beat pin, were hung on an enced naval men this explaine÷ electric wire.

iton does not convince me. They The drum door was clamped wore so sure that the object was down and all air was pumped out travelling horizontally, which

create a vacuum. When cur- meteors never do,

to

BETTER CHOPSIA

come over for it. They think: plans are successful, may gather TN 1937 the B.B,C. presented rent was passed through the wire that all the ceremonial with n the biggest audience of all, pos- its last "Coronation Revue." the aluminium melted and spray- US. air authorities now admit young girl as the central figure, ably 100 million people, with The artists were: Cicely Courted out as a fine mist over the that many, "ying saucer Cases

two minutes cannot be easily explained. nege, Frank Lawton, George broochies. Within really Bistoric more in Canada,

When the Coronation fa over Robey, Sir Frank Benton, Harry every broach was covered with a TV will edit and cut its historic Welchman, Western Brothers, amooth silvery cont. The metal 19 Mabel Constanduros, Brian Law-

only five films to prepare a full-length TV version of the Coronation rence, Wynn Ajello, "Hutch," C.millionths of an inch thick, but for future generations to see.

Denier Warren, Wilson Hallett,

is hard wearing after it has been' Agatha Carroll, Reynoll and lacquered, West

CHAPMAN PINCHER

ANNE EDWARDS

Peter Taunton, Arthur Askey, Reginald. Foort, Harry Pepper, and Doris Amold.

How many of them would be Hikely chaloes for a Coronation

THE CHANCES of Ano, warm Coronation Day 'are higher in June than at any other me of the year. Records

MAY 1537: for this century show that the

"Paris gels fashion-ready Revue in 18537 odds on fine settled weather in June are about four times for the Coronation with Very greater than they are in July or wide skiria, almost crinolines of say which,

tulle, August,

lice, organdie,, taffeta.

JOHNNY HAZARD-

HELLO, ANTON-THIS IS WISP/

| LISTEN...MY SLOT AND HIS HOT SHOT.

ÅRE GOING TO VISIT YOU. THEY'DE KNOW YOU HAVE PORRIE'S RING..

AND THEY MEAN TO GET, IT

BACK/

· MAYBE, YOU CAN REMOVE [HAZARD, BUT NOT DÖRRIE.......

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Scottish scientists are be wildered by the results of their tests. But good, shepherds have known for

centuries that" (this tile and often" plan dives

America,

The process was developed in

Hunt

and Herlast have improved. It so that with lib. of aluminium they.. CATE "silver" 25,000 square feet of best results. plastic or wood.

THIS IS THE 'PLACE, DORREI HOPS.WE

GET WHAT WE'RE PRAY AFTER 1 Yama

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