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15 July 2013, 05:23 AM | #1 |
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What is your favorite GMT model?
What is your favorite GMT model and why? Pictures welcome.
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16700. The last true GMT Master of times gone by
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1675, just because it's a 1675!
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1675 here also! And like Mr V just said simply because its a 1675!
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That is a tough question for us GMT collectors. I would have to say a circa 1965 gilt dial GMT 1675.
I am also very found of the 16750's, the GMT 16700 and the GMT II 16760.
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That would be my Gilt '65
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For me, it's my Blancain Trilogy GMT. IMHO, the bezel gives is a classy and unique style that you don't see too often in GMTs from other brands and the strap is a nice calming contrast to the watch head. I've seen it before on the shiny metal bracelet and it was just too blingy for me, but on the strap I find it very well balanced.
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My dad's 1675 1966-67, bought in Canada. It's been all over the globe. And now it's mine.
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15 July 2013, 08:43 AM | #14 |
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Any GMT is ok in my books ....
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15 July 2013, 08:46 AM | #15 |
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Ken that's like when Emeril adds the perfect spice to a signature dish and yells, "BAAMM".
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Thanks my good friend!
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I think I have a fondness for all of them. I love different aspects of each of mine. I love the super fat font pepsi insert of my matte Gmt, the glossy black lacquer dial and pointy crown guards of my '63 Gmt, the faded insert combined with the brown dial of the 1675/8, and the no worries, go anywhere, wear anywhere freedom I have with the ceramic.
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Yes sir, Doc needs to be one-upped for sure. Ken, do you think they have enough space here for all my other ones!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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15 July 2013, 09:40 AM | #22 |
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Go for it John!
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GMTC perhaps partly because I'm late to the party. But my appreciation for some of the others is growing. Some of previous versions are very cool but I gotta favor those with the independent 12 hour hand set (quasi quick date set).
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You are guys are killin me. I am laughing as I type this. If the thread was titled "What is the coolest Gmt you've ever seen", it would have to be Ken's "blueberry"...original and untouched... Ken knows it too.
John we would be on page 6 by the time you posted half of yours. Lets see some.
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I love all the Rolex GMTs. I also am taken with the UN big date.
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Good question S1016 ....
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A kind of golden text that really pops in the sunlight. I struggle a bit to capture the gilt thing in pics of the 1675. Is a bit more obvious when it's parked next to a non-gilt 1675 |
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15 July 2013, 12:28 PM | #30 |
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Come on guys. Why are you making this so difficult? I've never wanted another watch since getting my Sub in 85. Then I recently opened a Pepsi only thread. And now this. Now, I'm starting to think about a vintage GMT. You guys are killing me.
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