Please help me choose a GMT Pepsi, facts and opinions welcome!

[ArcticMoose]

I've been ruminating on a GMT Pepsi purchase since the last time I scratched the itch about a year ago. I've sold some stuff, and have a small budget to start the hunt with.

I wish I had had a little more information prior to some of my previous watch purchases. For example, I had no idea that the red dial paint style had changed for recent versions of the Pt/SS YM before I bought one, and I should have compared the various shades of LV green.

So, this time, I want to know everything there is to know about the Pepsi.

I have searched for answers to specific questions on the forum and read as much as I can at sources such as the GMT Master History:
http://www.gmtmasterhistory.com/

So far I am thinking that I want a matt-dial large-GMT-hand 1675 Pepsi with an Oyster bracelet, for the following reasons:

• The only absolutely non-negotiable paramater is a red/blue Pepsi bezel.
  
• I'd prefer a nicely faded bezel.
  
• I'd prefer something either built or purchased in 1977, but not expecting to be able to find one with a documented history considering my budget constraints. As far as I can tell a 5000000-5400000 serial would put it at about the right year.
  
• I don't care for the faux link clasp style of the 78790 Oyster bracelet, but it seems the 78360 was also sold with the 16700/16710, so bracelet doesn't have to influence reference choice, only the specific individual.
  
• I don't (yet) have a preference regarding choice of 3075/3085 or 3175/3185 movement, but I do prefer the cleaner dial of the GMT over the GMT II. (I realize that this is a moot point if I end up going with a 1675, but newer GMT references have not been ruled out.)
  
• My budget is about US$3600, depending on the exchange rate on the day.

I've borrowed the following photos from FS posts, I hope the sellers don't mind.

Ideally, I'd like a gorgeous dial along the lines of this, however I'm assuming that that is an unrealistic expectation considering my budget:



The more affordable options tend to look either like this:



Or like this:



Choosing between those two I tend to prefer the water-damaged look, but could probably be easily swayed.

Please help me out now, what have I not taken into account? Is there a good reason to look at 16750/16760/16700/16710 in addition to the 1675? What should I pay more for? What should I pay less for? Are there additional dial, hand, case, etc variations that I should know about? What configuration do you prefer? Do you have pictures of your Pepsi to share? All facts, opinions and discussion welcome!