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Yellow Gold Rolex GMT Master Ref ROLEX 16718

Model: ,
Year of issue: 1992
Reference number: 16718
Condition: worn
Status: sold
Dealer country: Germany
Dealer name: Ralf Meertz
Price in EUR € n/a
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Description

ModelROLEX - GMT - Ref. 16718 - 1992
Descriptionbeautiful unpolished Tiger Eye, Fullset!
Casescrewed case, yellow-gold, sapphire crystal, rotating bezel, screw-down crown, unpolished, N-serie, brown bezel, caseback sticker still attached
Diameter40 mm
Movementcaliber Rolex 3185, automatic, chronometer, 24-hour-indicator, date, second time zone
Dialoriginal Tritium.dial and hands, brown
Braceletjubilé bracelet , crown clasp, Ref. 8386, endlinks 47B
sold 1998

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.