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Enough Already More Rolex 1675 GMT material

Here is a nice example of the 1967 GMT 1675 with the MK1 dial.  It was the first transition dial from gilt.  The way you can clearly see a MK1 dial is from the fact that the E is a long E in Rolex.  Basically this means that all the three ends of the letter in Rolex are even as apposed to the center of the E being shorter.  The lume is also puffy to a certain extent.

Also this is where the small hand transitioned to the larger hand.  The switch was basically when they moved from gilt.  The gilt era for the Rolex 1675 ending pretty much in 1966/67 with serials up to about 1,47x,xxx maybe even up to 1,49x,xxx but that is border line.  There are examples of the MK1 dial with small hands that could have been born that way and the would probably go up to the 1.7 mill case.  I have not really heard any strong cutoff date but gilt to matte MK1 is pretty much the right time in ≈  1967 where this change took place

Again we never say never with Rolex.  The other component is the case backs of these watches often where one year ahead for the 66 had a 67 case back and the 67's had 68's.  Not uncommon at all.  The same for dating the serial numbers a lot of use the charts but try to find other watches that are similar in range to validate things as there is no real official Rolex stated date range.

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