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second time · 22 August 2013, 04:45 PM

Hi Everyone, I was wondering if anyone could answer a question for me?

First a little background info..

I bought my first SS GMT in 1987. I knew very little about Rolex's at that time, other than that I wanted one. I'd read a little (probably a Rolex ad) about the heritage of the GMT and decided that was the watch I wanted. So I took a wad of notes down to the local AD, and walked out the proud owner of a brand new Pepsi.

I'd admire that watch for hours as I read the booklet that came with it. Now my memory is a little hazy but I do remember reading how scratch resistant the sapphire crystal was, except I'm certain my watch had an acrylic crystal because it attracted scratches like flies!

I remember it as a GMT II but can't even be sure of that, it had the red 24 hour hand. As the years went by I fell a little out of love with it and eventually it stopped working one day, so I took it into a RSC and after the guy quoted a price to fix it he must have seen the look on my face, and offered to buy it from me. To my eternal regret I accepted, and that was the end of my Pepsi.

I must have still been in love with it because I never stopped thinking of it. So after a gap of 18 years I've got my beloved GMT II model back on my wrist, my 'second time'.

Finally to the question I have...would anyone hazard a guess, based on that limited info, what the model number of that watch would have been?

joe100 · 23 August 2013, 12:09 AM

Either a 16760 or 16700 if sapphire or 16750 if acrylic. The 16750 and 16700 were GMT Masters while the 16760 was a GMT Master 2

kilyung · 23 August 2013, 12:15 AM

You probably just had the wrong book for your 16750

second time · 23 August 2013, 09:20 AM

Thanks for your replies guys. Yes Mike I think you are right, it is what I suspected myself.

Tools · 23 August 2013, 05:16 PM

If you remember it as a GMT II then it would have had a sapphire crystal and a separately adjustable 24 hr hand... All GMT II's have these attributes.

Of course, if it did have an acrylic crystal it could only have been a 16750 GMT Master in that era..

second time · 23 August 2013, 05:24 PM

Thanks Larry, a 16750 it was then.

22 August 2013, 04:45 PM	#1
second time "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Here Watch: GMT IIc Posts: 363	What was it? Hi Everyone, I was wondering if anyone could answer a question for me? First a little background info.. I bought my first SS GMT in 1987. I knew very little about Rolex's at that time, other than that I wanted one. I'd read a little (probably a Rolex ad) about the heritage of the GMT and decided that was the watch I wanted. So I took a wad of notes down to the local AD, and walked out the proud owner of a brand new Pepsi. I'd admire that watch for hours as I read the booklet that came with it. Now my memory is a little hazy but I do remember reading how scratch resistant the sapphire crystal was, except I'm certain my watch had an acrylic crystal because it attracted scratches like flies! I remember it as a GMT II but can't even be sure of that, it had the red 24 hour hand. As the years went by I fell a little out of love with it and eventually it stopped working one day, so I took it into a RSC and after the guy quoted a price to fix it he must have seen the look on my face, and offered to buy it from me. To my eternal regret I accepted, and that was the end of my Pepsi. I must have still been in love with it because I never stopped thinking of it. So after a gap of 18 years I've got my beloved GMT II model back on my wrist, my 'second time'. Finally to the question I have...would anyone hazard a guess, based on that limited info, what the model number of that watch would have been? Last edited by second time; 22 August 2013 at 04:47 PM.. Reason: more info

23 August 2013, 12:09 AM	#2
joe100 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Real Name: Joe Location: New Mexico Watch: Explorer Posts: 12,840	Either a 16760 or 16700 if sapphire or 16750 if acrylic. The 16750 and 16700 were GMT Masters while the 16760 was a GMT Master 2 __________________ It's Espresso, not Expresso. Coffee is not a train in Italy. -TRF Member 6982-

23 August 2013, 05:16 PM	#5
Tools TRF Moderator & 2024 SubLV41 Patron Join Date: May 2007 Real Name: Larry Location: Mojave Desert Watch: GMT's Posts: 43,515	If you remember it as a GMT II then it would have had a sapphire crystal and a separately adjustable 24 hr hand... All GMT II's have these attributes. Of course, if it did have an acrylic crystal it could only have been a 16750 GMT Master in that era.. __________________ (Chill ... It's just a watch Forum.....) NAWCC Member

23 August 2013, 12:15 AM	#3
kilyung 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Cave Watch: Sundial Posts: 33,940	You probably just had the wrong book for your 16750

23 August 2013, 09:20 AM	#4
second time "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Here Watch: GMT IIc Posts: 363	Thanks for your replies guys. Yes Mike I think you are right, it is what I suspected myself.

23 August 2013, 05:24 PM	#6
second time "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Here Watch: GMT IIc Posts: 363	Thanks Larry, a 16750 it was then.

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