Rolex GMT Master*** 1675*** 1972 - Roy & Sacha Davidoff SA

Rolex GMT Master 1675 1972

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ROLEX Vintage GMT Master ‘Pepsi’ Bezel Ref. 1675, 1972
Serial: 3422032
Circa: 1972
Reference No.: 1675

DIAL: Black matte dial with beveled date aperture at 3 o’clock, untouched. Mercedes hour and pencil minutes hand, lollipop seconds and red color GMT hand indicating the second time zone.

CASE: 40mm, stainless steel with original red and blue rotating bezel and acrylic glass with loupe for date at 3 o’clock.
Inner back dated II.72

MOVEMENT: Caliber 1575, Self-winding mechanical movement with 25 jewels

BRACELET: Rolex USA stainless steel jubilee bracelet

CONDITION REPORT: Excellent condition. The indexes have a stunning amber patina and matte surface is perfect. The hands match as well.
The case appears unpolished and pinholes are near perfect. The bezel insert is in excellent condition as well.

NOTES:
The iconic Rolex GMT Master was developed as a collaborative project between Rolex and Pan Am Airways. As in the 1940s and 50s flying distances got longer and the pilots travelled through multiple time zones, Pan Am asked Rolex in the early 1950s to develop a watch which could tell different times simultaneously. The model was launched in 1954 and the watch was issued by the airline to their crews on long-haul flights. The first GMT (Ref. 6542) was a regular Turn-O-Graph (Ref. 6202) with a different bezel and a modified movement. The Rolex GMT was designed as an aviator watch: The newly introduced fourth hand allowed the display of an additional time, with the corresponding number markings on the outer bezel. Pilots used the second time to display the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), which led to the name Rolex GMT Master.