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b06tmm · 13 April 2013, 06:10 AM

Hi All,

I just got back from a week long trip and brought along my recently acquired GMT Master 16700.

While packing for the trip I kept flip-flopping on which watch to bring; the "new" GMT or the 16610 Submariner. I decided then, whenever I travel overnight - even within the same time zone - I'll wear the GMT.

I am so impressed with this watch, I checked it against my atomic clock when I got home and it is +/- 0 seconds! The Jubilee got a little tight at times so I will add the half-link I removed when I first sized it. I also though I would miss the lume (non glowing tritium) but I didn't.

All-in-all I am super pleased with my purchase and now that I'm home I get to wear my Submariner again!

Here are a couple of pictures:

Tools · 13 April 2013, 07:31 AM

Great choice..

The 16700 sees a lot of wrist time from my stable.. A true classic.

nick c · 13 April 2013, 09:10 AM

Psmith · 13 April 2013, 10:28 AM

Very nice!

cop414 · 13 April 2013, 10:36 AM

Great GMT, thanks for the shots.

Watchdog · 13 April 2013, 10:38 AM

Love the jubilee and that watch!!

Hairdude1 · 13 April 2013, 12:43 PM

Gotta love the "Pepsi"!

Tudor66 · 13 April 2013, 02:32 PM

Pepsi on a jubilee-- excellent and congrats..

serdal22 · 13 April 2013, 02:36 PM

I love Pepsi combo a lot! And the accuracy is just what I need! I am an accuracy maniac, and I love your watch, watch your watch ;-)

Wear it in the best of health, Tim . . .

Capt. Serdal

bigrustypig · 13 April 2013, 06:07 PM

That looks like it's in very, very good condition. nice!

Chris B · 13 April 2013, 06:44 PM

Stunning,

TSW · 13 April 2013, 08:48 PM

samsam · 13 April 2013, 09:45 PM

Sweet! and matching cloths as well! hehehe

gpfps · 13 April 2013, 10:37 PM

Not slamming gmtc but I love the old style gmt !

gordoc · 13 April 2013, 11:23 PM

Back around the time the Beatles had their first No.1, I was a 12 year-old living in rural Scotland. Just down the road was the Timex factory so you can guess what I got for my 10th birthday. My sophisticated Great-Aunt in Detriot used to send us parcels of stuff, which always included Time and National Geographic magazines.
It was through that medium and at that impressionable age that I first became aware of the Rolex brand, and in particular the GMT Master. I pored over the ads in those magazines for hours, imagining what it must be like to wear this thing of beauty and utility.
There was one colour ad which was almost full-size in scale, so I carefully cut the GMT Master out and stuck it to a piece of card which I then trimmed to suit.
I wore that cardboard GMT until it fell apart. I didn't care that people laughed.
I've worn many watches in the intervening years, I bought a Breitling Top Time chronograph when I was 18 [£30.00 new!], plus the usual suspects – Seiko, Citizen etc.
I even had one of the first Rolex Oysterquartz which a friend sold me for £50.00 and I sold on later.
Now my watch case holds, among others, that old faithful Breitling, a Speedy Pro and a 1992 Submariner 16610; but on my wrist where it always belonged, is my 1998 GMT Master 16700.

Gordon

Dan Pierce · 13 April 2013, 11:24 PM

Pepsi on jubilee, a cracking combo!
dP

b06tmm · 14 April 2013, 12:29 AM

Thanks all, and great story Gordon!

I had been looking for a white dialed Datejust but when I saw Dan's picture of his GMT on a super jubilee I was hooked and had to have one.

No one has mentioned it, but when I was taking the above pictures I realized my clothes matched the bezel! It's not something I purposely tried to do but I think they work well together.

gordoc · 14 April 2013, 12:59 AM

Cheers Tim. Which year is your GMT? Mine is still lumeing [if that's a word] after 15 or so years. The white gold indices don't show clearly on your pics, assume that's a trick of the light.
Nice clothing combo by the way!
Gordon

sea-dweller · 14 April 2013, 01:14 AM

Nice GMT!

rockmastermike · 14 April 2013, 01:20 AM

Really have to find a Jubilee - Looks fantastic!

@Gordon - great story, thanks!

kymwatchlog · 14 April 2013, 01:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by b06tmm

Hi All,

I just got back from a week long trip and brought along my recently acquired GMT Master 16700.

While packing for the trip I kept flip-flopping on which watch to bring; the "new" GMT or the 16610 Submariner. I decided then, whenever I travel overnight - even within the same time zone - I'll wear the GMT.

I am so impressed with this watch, I checked it against my atomic clock when I got home and it is +/- 0 seconds! The Jubilee got a little tight at times so I will add the half-link I removed when I first sized it. I also though I would miss the lume (non glowing tritium) but I didn't.

All-in-all I am super pleased with my purchase and now that I'm home I get to wear my Submariner again!

Here are a couple of pictures:

I am jealous. nice watch. even your clothes match it

joe100 · 14 April 2013, 02:22 AM

That's my next work. I need the 700

b06tmm · 14 April 2013, 07:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gordoc

Cheers Tim. Which year is your GMT? Mine is still lumeing [if that's a word] after 15 or so years. The white gold indices don't show clearly on your pics, assume that's a trick of the light.
Nice clothing combo by the way!
Gordon

The serial number starts with N so I'm guessing 1991. The clasp code is P5, which is May of 1991 if I'm reading that right.

Here's a clearer picture of the dial, I tried to take a couple myself but they were not as clear as the pictures the seller had:

gordoc · 14 April 2013, 08:15 AM

Hey- I could print that out, stick it on some card and.....
Seriously, that indices thing must have been a lighting glitch and as it's a 91 your lume will be well gone by now, mine is fading fast.
Still my favourite Rolex bar none - and it has to be Pepsi.
Gordon

GeoGio Greece · 14 April 2013, 10:30 AM

Congrats for your 16700.

Now, to enjoy it more you should try,

a bit of black bezel,

with some black leather red stiches,

a blue combination

or a goldish -tabac one.

13 April 2013, 06:10 AM	#1
b06tmm "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Real Name: Tim Location: South Shore Posts: 834	Just spent a week with my new GMT Master 16700 Hi All, I just got back from a week long trip and brought along my recently acquired GMT Master 16700. While packing for the trip I kept flip-flopping on which watch to bring; the "new" GMT or the 16610 Submariner. I decided then, whenever I travel overnight - even within the same time zone - I'll wear the GMT. I am so impressed with this watch, I checked it against my atomic clock when I got home and it is +/- 0 seconds! The Jubilee got a little tight at times so I will add the half-link I removed when I first sized it. I also though I would miss the lume (non glowing tritium) but I didn't. All-in-all I am super pleased with my purchase and now that I'm home I get to wear my Submariner again! Here are a couple of pictures:

13 April 2013, 07:31 AM	#2
Tools TRF Moderator & 2024 DATE-JUST41 Patron Join Date: May 2007 Real Name: Larry Location: Mojave Desert Watch: GMT's Posts: 43,039	Great choice.. The 16700 sees a lot of wrist time from my stable.. A true classic. __________________ (Chill ... It's just a watch Forum.....) NAWCC Member

13 April 2013, 10:28 AM	#4
Psmith "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Real Name: Clive Location: Exoplanet Watch: spring-driven Posts: 38,856	Very nice! __________________

13 April 2013, 10:36 AM	#5
cop414 TRF Moderator & 2024 DATE-JUST41 Patron Join Date: Apr 2012 Real Name: Tim Location: Pennsylvania Watch: 14060M Posts: 71,824	Great GMT, thanks for the shots. __________________ Rolex Submariner 14060M Omega Seamaster 2254.50 DOXA Professional 1200T Card carrying member of TRF's Global Association of Retro-Grouch-Curmudgeons TRF's "After Dark" Bar & NightClub Patron P Club Member #17 2 FA ENABLED

13 April 2013, 02:32 PM	#8
Tudor66 "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Real Name: Al Location: California, USA Watch: GMT- Pepsi Posts: 3,462	Pepsi on a jubilee-- excellent and congrats.. __________________ -NAWCC Member

13 April 2013, 09:10 AM	#3
nick c Banned Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 26,846

13 April 2013, 10:38 AM	#6
Watchdog "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Real Name: Junkyard Dog Location: The Doghouse Watch: I can't tell time Posts: 6,709	Love the jubilee and that watch!!

13 April 2013, 12:43 PM	#7
Hairdude1 "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Real Name: Alex Location: Chicago Watch: AP,PP, Rolex Posts: 37,156	Gotta love the "Pepsi"!

13 April 2013, 02:36 PM	#9
serdal22 "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Real Name: Serdal Location: B.C., Canada Watch: 16610-1680-16710 Posts: 456	I love Pepsi combo a lot! And the accuracy is just what I need! I am an accuracy maniac, and I love your watch, watch your watch ;-) Wear it in the best of health, Tim . . . Capt. Serdal __________________ Casio: F-91W; MKII: LRRP UTC 48; Seafighter; Paradive; Seiko: SKX007J; 7548 -700B; 6117 - 8000 Navigator GMT; SBCM023 Prospex Perpetual x 2; CYGHAL: Alarm; Shanghai: Mechanical F.S.; Marathon: MSar 500 Pc. Ltd.; ROLEX: GMT II Pepsi; Sub 16610 T; GMT II Coke K; Sub 1680 ca.1969; PAM: PR.

13 April 2013, 06:07 PM	#10
bigrustypig "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Real Name: Jeff Location: New Zealand Watch: Rolex DSSD Posts: 1,426	That looks like it's in very, very good condition. nice!

13 April 2013, 06:44 PM	#11
Chris B "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Peterborough Posts: 9,621	Stunning,

13 April 2013, 08:48 PM	#12
TSW "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Real Name: TSW Location: Le Brassus Watch: Rolex & AP's Posts: 27,449	__________________ AP Owners Club IG @swiss.watch.connection

13 April 2013, 09:45 PM	#13
samsam "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 2,826	Sweet! and matching cloths as well! hehehe

13 April 2013, 10:37 PM	#14
gpfps Banned Join Date: Aug 2008 Real Name: George Location: Detroit Michigan Watch: 18078 Posts: 1,142	Not slamming gmtc but I love the old style gmt !

13 April 2013, 11:23 PM	#15
gordoc "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: London UK Posts: 10	Back around the time the Beatles had their first No.1, I was a 12 year-old living in rural Scotland. Just down the road was the Timex factory so you can guess what I got for my 10th birthday. My sophisticated Great-Aunt in Detriot used to send us parcels of stuff, which always included Time and National Geographic magazines. It was through that medium and at that impressionable age that I first became aware of the Rolex brand, and in particular the GMT Master. I pored over the ads in those magazines for hours, imagining what it must be like to wear this thing of beauty and utility. There was one colour ad which was almost full-size in scale, so I carefully cut the GMT Master out and stuck it to a piece of card which I then trimmed to suit. I wore that cardboard GMT until it fell apart. I didn't care that people laughed. I've worn many watches in the intervening years, I bought a Breitling Top Time chronograph when I was 18 [£30.00 new!], plus the usual suspects – Seiko, Citizen etc. I even had one of the first Rolex Oysterquartz which a friend sold me for £50.00 and I sold on later. Now my watch case holds, among others, that old faithful Breitling, a Speedy Pro and a 1992 Submariner 16610; but on my wrist where it always belonged, is my 1998 GMT Master 16700. Gordon

13 April 2013, 11:24 PM	#16
Dan Pierce 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Real Name: D'OH! Location: Kentucky Watch: Rolex-1 Tudor-3 Posts: 35,724	Pepsi on jubilee, a cracking combo! dP __________________ TRF Member# 1668 Bass Player in TRF "AFTER DARK" Bar & NightClub Band Commander-in-Chief of The Nylon Nation The Crown & Shield Club Honorary Member of P-Club

14 April 2013, 12:29 AM	#17
b06tmm "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Real Name: Tim Location: South Shore Posts: 834	Thanks all, and great story Gordon! I had been looking for a white dialed Datejust but when I saw Dan's picture of his GMT on a super jubilee I was hooked and had to have one. No one has mentioned it, but when I was taking the above pictures I realized my clothes matched the bezel! It's not something I purposely tried to do but I think they work well together.

14 April 2013, 12:59 AM	#18
gordoc "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: London UK Posts: 10	Cheers Tim. Which year is your GMT? Mine is still lumeing [if that's a word] after 15 or so years. The white gold indices don't show clearly on your pics, assume that's a trick of the light. Nice clothing combo by the way! Gordon

14 April 2013, 01:14 AM	#19
sea-dweller "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Real Name: Dennis Location: Bay Area - 925 Posts: 40,018	Nice GMT!

14 April 2013, 01:20 AM	#20
rockmastermike 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: GA Watch: 1982 16750 Posts: 4,067	Really have to find a Jubilee - Looks fantastic! @Gordon - great story, thanks!

14 April 2013, 02:22 AM	#22
joe100 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Real Name: Joe Location: New Mexico Watch: Explorer Posts: 12,753	That's my next work. I need the 700 __________________ It's Espresso, not Expresso. Coffee is not a train in Italy. -TRF Member 6982-

14 April 2013, 08:15 AM	#24
gordoc "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: London UK Posts: 10	Hey- I could print that out, stick it on some card and..... Seriously, that indices thing must have been a lighting glitch and as it's a 91 your lume will be well gone by now, mine is fading fast. Still my favourite Rolex bar none - and it has to be Pepsi. Gordon

14 April 2013, 10:30 AM	#25
GeoGio Greece "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Real Name: George Location: Athens, Greece Watch: es --> A lot ! Posts: 2,327	Congrats for your 16700. Now, to enjoy it more you should try, a bit of black bezel, with some black leather red stiches, a blue combination or a goldish -tabac one. __________________ Rolex owner since 1971. 5513 and 16700 the loved ones. DJ WG Jubilee 16170 for wife - U series Oyster Perpetual WG 177234 for daughter V-series

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