18K yellow gold Rolex GMT Master Ref 1675

Model:
Year of issue: 1978
Reference number: 1675
Condition: worn
Status: sold
Dealer country: Germany
Dealer name: Ralf Meertz
Price in EUR € n/a

Description

Rolex GMT Ref. 1675 Tiger eye wot 26357

  • CASE screwed case, yellow-gold, acrylic glass, rotating bezel
  • DIAMETER 40 mm
  • MOVEMENT caliber Rolex 1570, automatic, 24-hour-indicator, date, second time zone
  • DIAL original Tritium.dial and hands, brown nippel dial
  • BRACELET leather strap, buckle
  • very nice condition from 1978
  • 19800 EUR

Dealer

Ralf Meertz

THE GMT-MASTER 1955

The GMT-Master was developed to meet the specific needs of airline pilots. It became the official watch of several airlines, among them the famous Pan American World Airways, better known as Pan Am. Its most distinguishing visual feature was the two-tone bezel which marked daytime from nighttime hours.

THE FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL FLIGHTS

As intercontinental travel developed in the 1950s, airliners began to fly swiftly across several successive time zones. For the first time it became important to know the time in various places in the world, simultaneously. It was the dawn of the jet age, and Rolex responded with a watch to match the spirit of the times.