Rolex GMT II
a Rolex Submariner and a Lotus S130 Elan by the time I was ten. If you were a kid in the 1970s, you’ll remember the Rothmans ad. You could stand, looking up at the billboard, and see the driver’s watch just visible under his shirt cuff (complete with a glimpse of airline pilot’s gold sleeve rings) as he changed gear in his Lotus, presumably on the way to Le Mans or somewhere equally exotic. I couldn’t have
