GMT Master 16700-1993

GMT Master History: 

The Rolex GMT was designed as an aviator watch. Pilots used the second time to display the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). The «GMT» time was replaced in 1972 in the aviation industry by Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the term GMT is still known and kept as part of the name of the GMT Master.

In the 1940s and 50s flying distances got longer and the pilots travelled multiple time zones. Pan Am asked Rolex to develop a watch which would tel different times simultaneously. The first produced GMT was ref 6542.

Condition Report:

Known as the first GMT with a sapphire crystal, produced between 1989 and 1999, this pristine example of GMT-MASTER from 1993 is in new old stock condition (NOS) with very sharp angles and a very light patina of the insert. It is also the last generation using Tritium luminescent  material with the special dial mark « T < 25 » meaning that the watch emits an amount of Tritium less than 25 milliCurie limit. 

What makes this particular set very special and extremely rare is the additional documentation (original invoice, original proforma, original credit card speedpoint slip with the logo ROLEX visible).

Nearly impossible to find as is, this set will become a highly collectable piece.