Special Edition Magnum PI Rolex watches!!??

[leopardprey]

Browsing through a book written about the Magnum TV series (Aloha Magnum) written by Larry Manetti who played Rick on the show.

Here is quote from the book:

"And during the last season, he (Tom Selleck) gave out solid-gold Rolex watches to producers, casting people, and a few crew members. The rest of the Magnum PI family-well over a hundred people-got regular Rolex watches, some custom made with the Magnum logo."



Also states that Magnum started wearing a Rolex (Red and Black GMT I believe) in episose 4.1 (29 Sep 1983). the episode were he is stranded at sea. States a increase in Rolex sales followed.

Magnum PI was THE show that I watched when I was in Junior High and High School. One of the best TV, if not THE best TV shows ever made. I remember seeing the Rolex watch in the show and that is what originally sparked my interest in Rolex, and then later after high school seeing some many fellow soldiers wearing Rolex and hearing about the history. And then also having a favorite college professor who was still wearing a Exp 1 he got while serving in Vietnam. One thing that I realize now about the show, now that I am into Rolex watches, the episode 4.1 shows Magnums dad wearing the GMT and timing a young Magnum to tread water. This is before Magnum's dad is killed in Korea. Well, could not have been a GMT then, since they did not come out until 1954 and Korean war was over, e3ven if at the end of the war, they were only availiable in blue/red at first.

Anyway great show and some Rolex history.