This first model, without crown-guards, 38mm and with caliber Piaget Replica watches 1065 is very rare these days. If you can find one, in original condition with the bakelite bezel, prepare to pay 20.000 Euro or more, depending on condition and whether it is complete with box and ***s or not. The dedicated Double Red Sea-Dweller fanpage has a nice article on this first Pussy Galore GMT-Master ref.6542 (as seen in James Bond movie Goldfinger). Click here to read it.Screenshot from Jakes RolexBlogSpot website.In 1959, Rolex introduced the GMT-Master 1675. This models comes very close to the more modern variations which have been in production till recently (ref.16710). The 1675 had a Piaget Replica watches case measuring 40mm in diameter, crown-guards and an aluminium inlay. The movement also changed a bit and became Rolex caliber 1575.
One of my favorite Rolex watches is the GMT-Master. With the introduction of the 116710LN and 116713LN models, I feel that the classic GMT-Master has been phased out by Rolex. The new updated model with its bulky lugs and ceramic bezel surely is a nice timepiece and probably suits all modern requirements, but it cleary stands further away from the original 1954 model than its more recent predecessors (i.e. 16710, 16760, 16700).The first GMT-Master (ref.6542) was introduced in 1954, in the same year as Pan Am took the Boeing 707 in operation. Since the Boeing 707 was demanding the highest of Pan Ams pilots in terms of psychological well being. Pan Am thought that at least a time piece that could show them home time and the time at their arrival destination at the same time would be of great help to the pilots.The Rolex GMT-Master as the story goes was therefore invented Piaget Replica watches by Pan Ams request in the early 1950s.
