Hope you don't mind if I post my first GMT here.

[FTX I]

Gentlemen, please excuse me for posting a five digit GMT here but I didn't know what to do and I'll try to explain. This is a E51xx serial 16710 from 1991, so I know this is not truly vintage according to forum standards, but I thought our friends in the main board are more worried about new basel releases, supply, availability etc, and I thought I'd just bother everyone with this incoming. Of course I'd get a lot of positive answers as people are really kind there and in TRF in general but I'd like to talk about things that are more suited here, and with 27yrs of life and a very beautiful patina I thought it would be welcome here.

Well, as I said this is my first GMT. I talked about this watch for more than a year with the original owner, a very kind gentleman who I know from work, and today we closed a deal that was good for both of us.

The watch is in beautiful original condition and a very complete set. Apart from the tag, everything we would expect is here. Inner and outer box, papers, links, booklets, and also the original invoice from Mayors, and even the salesman business card. There's a Mayors card as well and this is very interesting because apparently Mayors was ahead of its time and they offered a plastic card with the watch serial number along with the certificate, and the card looks like the modern ones that Rolex offers, but this was many years before Rolex moved from folded papers to cards.

Overall the watch is perfect and keeping great time. Of course there are scratches and this is obvious but no ding or deep scratch and I'll keep it that way. I'll fly next week to have it serviced by my trusted watchmaker in Rio but I'll ask no polishing at all and I thank the forum for the acquired taste and knowledge. The insert is beautiful as well with a light red that looks lovely. The patina on the dial and hands is very noticeable, albeit hard to be captured in pics with my crappy phone, and even if look uneven in this poor pic, in person they are perfect and really beautiful.

So this is it gentlemen. Thank you for reading and thanks for letting me post in this board. It's an honor for me to share my happiness here.