Ad Patina Framed Adverts

If, like us here at Coolector HQ, you’ve got a penchant for Mad Men and the golden age of advertising, you’re definitely going to want to check out these awesome Ad Patina Framed Adverts which will add more than a hint of old school cool to your home or workspace. Predominantly focusing on vintage timepiece adverts, but with a few other household brands thrown into the mix, these framed adverts from Ad Patina are right up our street.

The way patina on a watch tells its own compelling and unique story – like how and where it was worn – the copy and imagery of advertisements tell the history behind brands and their models. Reading the headlines and taking in the visual elements serves as a fitting reminder of the spirit of timepieces: when dive watches were dive watches. With artwork from Rolex adverts to Patek Phillipe, there will be something for everyone here.




Don Draper Eat Your Heart Out


The same way the perfect leather strap can make you enjoy your timepiece all the more, having an original vintage ad framed on your wall can make you appreciate watches more and see how innovative ad men were back in the day. Put simply; Ads add to the experience…

If you’re after the perfect gift for a copywriter or advertising professional, you can call off the search because you’ve just found it.

You might want a vintage advert to go with a watch that you own. You might even want to collect them – as they’re an important resource to study. And much in the same way as watch dials, cases and movements, so many adverts are works of art to admire in their own right. For so many reasons – sentimental, educational, aesthetic – advertisements should be part of watch collecting; part of the conversation.

The digital shelves of Ad Patina is a museum of vintage advertisements that will evoke images of 60s New York in most minds. Or rather, a gallery, because you can actually purchase these “pieces of art” to showcase and enjoy in your home or office – or to give as a gift to any wordsmiths in your life. The experience of seeing an advertisement framed expertly, under glass, is much like viewing a photograph or painting at an exhibition. The power of framing is that it forces you to slow down and truly appreciate the work for its own merits and not merely give it a passing glance.

All the Ad Patina Framed Adverts have been professionally framed, with anti-reflective glass offering UV protection to ensure the work within is properly protected. All materials used are acid-free for preservation and the frame comes with wire on back for immediate display and felt pads to protect wall from getting scratched. So, these will be good to go on the wall as soon as you as you have unpacked them.

Leo Davie