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4 May 2019, 03:13 AM | #1 |
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Blue dial gmt
Just ran into guy that was wearing old Pepsi gmt with a blue dial. He said he had it since 1982 and got it from a general who got it in the 70's . He said there were few made and only four star generals or them . I try to get a photo but he declined. I've never heard of this have any of you?
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4 May 2019, 03:30 AM | #2 |
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Do you mean blue bezel? If so, that's the "blueberry." It's a ref 1675. Those weren't commercially available. But were able to be sourced by the military in various countries during the 70's. I believe I've seen one in the vintage photograph thread here.
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4 May 2019, 10:16 AM | #3 |
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The "military" availability of the blue inserts is total rumor and conjecture and has never been a proven fact.
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4 May 2019, 10:29 AM | #4 |
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When I heard Rolex discontinued black bezel GMT, I was hoping so much for them to bring in all blue GMT because they got the process to color the ceramic Blue already in "Batman"....
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4 May 2019, 11:19 AM | #5 |
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4 May 2019, 11:24 AM | #6 |
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Clearly the OP says it was a Pepsi (I.e. blue/red bezel), with blue dial. This sounds interesting, I wonder if it’s a rare bird/one off/ or custom?
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4 May 2019, 11:31 AM | #7 |
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Thanks Springer
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4 May 2019, 12:20 PM | #8 |
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Just wow... very nice gmt
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4 May 2019, 01:42 PM | #9 |
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Very nice blueberry radial...clearly OP says Pepsi blue dial...we need more info for sure
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4 May 2019, 08:10 PM | #10 |
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Sorry Guy's for not being clear . This had a Pepsi bezel and blue dial . I asked if the dial was custom and that's when he went into the whole four star general story .
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Too bad he wouldn't let you take a photo.
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5 May 2019, 04:24 AM | #13 |
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sounds like the modern white gold 116719BLRO, which is quite a nice time piece all things considered and would probably sit well on the wrist of a 4 star general ;-)
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5 May 2019, 04:54 AM | #14 |
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Blueberry. Maybe in my next life.
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