Rolex GMT Master*** 1675 Fat Lume*** 1977
ROLEX GMT Master ‘Fate Lume’ Pepsi Bezel Ref. 1675, Circa 1977
Serial: 5179043
Circa: 1977
Reference No.: 1675
DIAL: Black matte dial with beveled date aperture at 3 o’clock, tritium hour markers. Mercedes hour and pencil minutes hand, lollipop seconds and red color GMT hand indicating the second time zone.
CASE: 40mm, great condition, stainless steel with original red and blue rotating bezel and acrylic glass with loupe for date at 3 o’clock.
MOVEMENT: Caliber 1575, Self-winding mechanical movement with 26 jewels
BRACELET: Rolex stainless steel 78360/580, Clasp code I9 (Sept '77)
CONDITION REPORT: Good condition, the matte surface of the dial is perfect and indexes intact and original. The hands match as well.
The case is strong and the bezel insert is excellent.
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.
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