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Watched (pardon the pun) this auction online earlier today and fell off chair when this came up....here's the Lot details......why such high price ?
Rolex
A STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC CENTRE SECONDS DUAL TIME ZONE WRISTWATCH WITH DATE, BRACELET AND COLOUR-CHANGE DIAL REF 1675 CASE 695495 GMT-MASTER CIRCA 1961
Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 GBP
LOT SOLD. 85,000 GBP
Bonkers
Wow. Worlds gone mad.
Did it have some unique provenance?
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/...3/lot.164.html
Listing was unremarkable...unless I missed something.....and condition report confirmed "later bezel....."
One of the earliest 1675s.
Exclamation point dial - look at 6 o’clock.
Small 24hr hand.
Pointed crown guards.
A chapter ring dial, one that some would call “tropical.”
It wouldn’t see anything like £85,000 of my money but it’s not the same as a common, later 1675 with white text dial.
H
Kind of explains why I haven't found a birth year watch yet.
No GMT made in 1947 I’m afraid, Ken.Originally Posted by Wallasey Runner
As a vintage gmt owner, I don’t really like the look of that and wouldn’t swap even though mine is worth multiples less
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Agreed. I’d go for Lee Fowler’s double Swiss / underline 1675 as the perfect sibling to my double Swiss / underline Submariner 5513.
Got me thinking just how much further prices can go - for other than the likes of an A list celebrity like Paul Newman...
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Thx H, always nice to learn things to look for ...
the PN Daytona has become the billionaire hedge fund manager vintage Rolex of choice “the look at me I know my vintage watches” statement watch. I don’t quite see the gmt doing that but the 2018 Pepsi has certainly drawn more attention to the lineage
Oi cheeky, I couldn't believe it when I found out you were an ankle biter, you seem to have been around forever.
61' is a bit of a painful year for any decent watches, even the 2998 Speedmasters from the same year are the best part of £20k in decent condition.
I think Paul was right all along, it is a stupid concept.
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