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Rolex GMT MASTER 16700: This is the moment to celebrate my 25th year in collecting watches.

 

Why the GMT MASTER, and why the 16700? Because it was my first serious watch, THE watch which made me jump into the watch madness. 


In fact, when I was 16, I fell on a TV Series, called Magnum, in French. I saw Thomas Magnum as child saluting his father's coffin, wearing his father's Rolex 1675. 


I immediately fell in love with this watch and made the promise to myself that I will get one, one day. I had to wait 20 more years to achieve this dream. And it was a 16700, which I stupidly sold. 

Here are some photos I found on the net, to pay homage to this watch, and more precisely to this reference. 

Credit: Amsterdam Watch Company: 




Credit: Lunar Oyster: 



Credit: Babaorum.



Credit: Christies, for these last two pictures: 




Mine had the blue and red insert. 

This reference led me to watch madness, as since then, I caught the virus / bug, in a frenetical way. 

But the GMT MASTER was and still is very dear to my heart. This watch has everything I like: An incredible look, a friendly complication and a lot of character. At the point that when I decide, one day, to put a final end to collecting, I think it will be with a last watch... A GMT MASTER. 

Another lesson I learned, during all these years: Do never sell your first watch!

Best,

Nicolas 

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