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I was chatting with a friend about this matter ...
Yesterday, this friend that has a very nice collection of vintage Rolex was complaining about this fact.
He stated, what is the deal to own if we cannot wear?
Since my "visit" I'm refraining to own a single Rolex and I'm staying with pieces that, as we dream, flies "under the radar" (pure delusion).
It's not a coincidence that Lévi-Strauss wrote "Tristes Tropiques" back in 1955.
That's life.
Cheers,
Nilo
Pan Am and Rolex Part III.
I almost ended the journey into Pan Am goodies with this last series of catches... A nice combination of aesthetics, and sometimes, information and humour. - A Map of Rome, from 1961, for the 6542, showing the Pan Am Agencies. - Matchboxes offer a surpris...
very cool Nico!
what a variety of colorful goodies, great backgrounds for the watches, cool compositions! love the ashtray and the maps! Congrats! Matt
A few things
Firstly what a great part III! Love it. Secondly, in the 1950s and 1960s people knew how to live (hence Maxims on the plane). This joie de vivre is sadly disappearing! Thirdly I LOVE the ashtray picture with the 6542! AMAZING. Fourthly is that the new Bak...
Agreed. All an era, which is now bygone.
No, not my " new " bakelite.. That will come later. Best, Nicolas
Yes I wanna let you message.....
It goes....Damn you! :) I need that cards and ashtray heavily now :) Thank you for another PanAm GMT treat Cordially Damjan
Beautiful ...
Nicolas, I wish one could wear one of those beauties here where I live. Congratulations. Nilo
I was chatting with a friend about this matter ...
Yesterday, this friend that has a very nice collection of vintage Rolex was complaining about this fact. He stated, what is the deal to own if we cannot wear? Since my "visit" I'm refraining to own a single Rolex and I'm staying with pieces that, as we dr...
Too bad!
Your friend is right. It is not Worth owning something you can't wear. Best, Nicolas
Great Report and Trip through the Eyes of Pan AM and the Rolex 1675
A pleasure for the eyes and for the mind. Thanks Bill
And a huge thanks to you, my friend.
Without you, that trip would not have been possible. Best Nicolas
Extremely nostalgic..
and so well put together! I have never seen such a fine collection of GMTs and matching Pam Am paraphernalia! Fantastic post! Best fernando
We can do better, and complete the collection...
With some Commandant's caps, suitcases, suits, tripbook, and so on.. Without mentionning a few other GMTs... Best, my dear Fernando. Nicolas
Phenomenal post Dear Friend! ....
Not only do u have some amazing GMTs from different decades but also an insane amount of perhaps the most complete collection of PanAm goodies! Very inspirational!! Btw gorgeous 6542 ;) thanks for a great and truly classic post. Best Atin
The diversity of the GMT collection is totally under estimated.
As well as its history, which is a pain. But I will work on that. ;) As for the 6542, I found something which changes it a bit... Don't you think that the Pan Am goodies are just the cherry on the cake? Best, my friend. Good to read you, here. Nicolas
What superb history
What I love about not just this post, but the entire Pan Am trilogy is the fact that it is so much a journey. From the tickets to the ashtrays. The GMT is, of course, a central part of that journey but its journey is made so much richer by the accompanyin...
That was the idea. You should dig into that background.
Thank you, Joe. Will feed the GMT chapter from time to time. I already have a series of articles ready to be put on line. But I wouldn't like to convert you too much on the GMT thing. :) Best, Nicolas
No....
....you have made that clear....converting me is definitely not one of your objectives!! One back at you....good memories..i guess you recognise the background ...
Are you trying to convert me to the 6200 cause?
Hmmm? Ok, ok, you won.. I will happily receive it. Best, Nicolas
I would no more "try to convert" than you, my dear friend.....
I think the irony is that you probably converted me to the 6200!
Some history....
.....i had always chased a 5510.... came close on quite a few occasions. I spent no time at all looking for a 6200. Yet, out of the blue, this one came right up to me from nowhere and it was for sale...well, it came right up to a very good German friend o...
Hola Nicolas!! What a nice, cool and nostalgic trip to the past...
... you made me travel in a "Pan Am time machine" enjoying so many items related with that iconic Airways! Of course the watches are so gorgeous, and I specially enjoyed and appreciated the Argentinian connection in watch and papers shown as background. A...
That would have been a dream to travel with Pan Am.
A childhood dream... Well, at least we can play with watches! Un abrazo, Amigo moi. Nicolas
Faastic photo shoot my friend - I can see you spent a lot of time, and fun, with the maps!
....the map is fantastic, and the book!! great additions. I really like the black bezel 1675 - very very nice - just my kind of GMT!! Cheers tony
That is the good thing with the Vintage GMTs. You don't always have to spend
A fortune to have a maximum of pleasure. All the best, my dear friend. Nicolas
Love this series! :)
Don't know what I want the most -the watches or the goodies...?! ;) Awesome collection, my friend! Best Blomman
OMG, this was again an iconic part.. Of this great topic.. Was devouring the contents :))
This, your Rolex/ PanAm series I have fully bookmarked - what a nice read, but also with enough fun and pun to have more than one smile on our faces.. - Nico, you've made us all a very nice early present, soo enjoyable. I think I've already three times re...
That was one of the best moment to put this last post of the series
On line, indeed. And you can imagine how pleasurable it was to write and build this one. There is a lof of magic behind these GMTs. And the Pan Am goodies do illustrate that very well, IMO. Best, my dear friend. Nicolas
This love to do it.. It can be felt in each line & from start to end.. All a pleasure :)))
The whole series is a real joy for the reader to go through, in part almost to join on these travels, in one's imagination, - but also realizing how much work this had been : - the collecting and the composing but one can feel the joy of you, the author, ...
Beautiful Watches!
Nico: They are all stunners, but that 1675 small hand GMT in the third picture down is amazing. Enough to change me from a Sub guy to a GMT guy (almost!) Thank you for sharing, Nico! And enjoy those watches. V/R Mike
Mike, you can add the GMT love to your passion of the Sub.
There is no medical " contre indication ". :) Actually, that is not totally true, as once you get, feel, taste one, the addiction is strong. Thanks for your kind words, my friend. Nicolas
What a journey through time… on both accounts.
Alas, Pan Am is no longer but as their bumper sticker says, "Pan Am. Gone but not forgotten." Your post truly brings them back into light and your watches… well, I'm glad they're not gone nor forgotten. :-) Aloha, Bob
It was a tough choice...
....but I HAD to pick one of these pictures for our Masthead picture ;-)
What a post!
Thoroughly enjoyed reading this. By the time I was old enough to buy my own flight tickets, Pan Am had ceased to exist, still it brought back memories of when we all knew of Pan Am and the bringing of worlds closer made possible by it...we also took pride...