It is one of the most renewed perfect Rolex replica watches, and also one of the most copied models when it comes to the design
It is one of the most renewed perfect Rolex replica watches, and also one of the most copied models when it comes to the design
The first Rolex GMT-Master is the ref. 6542 from 1954, although Rolex speaks about 1955. Probably as the name GMT-Master was registered by Rolex on the 21st of April 1955. The brand produces this pilot and traveler tool watch until 1959 when it gets a follow-up with the GMT-Master ref. 1676. It is one of the most renewed perfect Rolex replica watches, and also one of the most copied models when it comes to the design.The main features are the second hour hand and the graduated, rotatable bi-color bezel. Both to know the time in two time zones at a glance, including if it is day or night in the second time zone. Where the top color, blue with this first GMT-Master, indicates nighttime and the bottom color, red here, indicates daytime. Although on later variants and models the bezel could also be just one color.Assumably the name is a creative abbreviation of “mastering Greenwich Mean Time”, the official determination of different time zones around the world that was adopted at the International Meridian Conference, held in Washington in 1884. GMT was the international time standard and an indispensable reference point for the aviation industry until 1972.
The most well-known version of this first GMT-Master is the stainless one with a black dial and blue-red bezel. This is nicknamed as a Pepsi bezel due to its color scheme, or just “The Pepsi” when it comes to the watch. Although some also call the first model the “Pussy Galore”. This because actress Honor Blackman was wearing a 6542 in the Bond movie Goldfinger, released in 1964. So, almost 10 years after the Swiss AAA Rolex fake watches entered the market – you’re never old enough for a nickname.The case of the Rolex GMT-Master ref. 6542 measures 38 millimeters, and the dial is covered by Plexiglass. Which is an acrylic glass. It has an integrated Plexiglass cyclops lens over the date. However, there are also versions without this cyclops, probably replacement parts not coming from Rolex.
Somewhere in the 1950s it is believed that Rolex got a request from Pan American Airways (Pan Am) to develop a watch that could show more time zones. Perfect for an airplane crew travelling from one time zone to another. So, Rolex creates a watch equipped with a self-winding mechanical movement with a regular hour hand and a connected 24-hour hand. So the GMT hand cannot be adjusted individually, like on the modern GMT-Masters.Both hour hands indicate the same time but on two different time scales. To see the time in another time zone, one turns the bezel in steps of one hour to show another time with the 24-hour hand on the scale of the bezel.The 6542 bezel creates some controverse.
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