Rare Rolex GMT-Master Ref. 1675 Underline Double Swiss Dial 1963
Watch Details
Brand: | Rolex |
Gender: | Mens |
Model Name: | GMT-Master |
Model Number: | 1675 |
Serial Number: | 103XXXX |
Case Size: | 40 mm |
Movement: | 24 Hour Hand, Self-Winding, Perpetual, Cal.1560 |
Complications: | Date, 3 Time Zones GMT |
Case: | Stainless Steel, Pointed Crown Guards |
Bezel: | Stainless Steel, Blue & Red, Pepsi Style, 24 Hour Graduated Bidirectional Rotatable, Original |
Dial: | Black Gloss, Gilt, Underline & Double Swiss, Luminous Dots Markers, Original |
Bracelet: | Stainless Steel, newer model, 7 3/4 in |
Bracelet Type: | Oyster 78360 with 580 end pieces. |
Bracelet Model Number: | 78360 |
Crystal: | Acrylic |
Condition: | Very Good |
Accessories: | Service Box, Booklet |
Description
Remarkable Rolex model 1675 with “Underline”, “Double Swiss” Dial and Pointed Crown Guards Case. Rolex lunched GMT watch in 1955 in anticipation of my birth. It starts with reference 6542 - the first GMT-Master ever made. More than 60 years pass, and its design is strikingly like that of the modern GMT-Master II. The reference 1675 was in production from 1959 until 1980, making it one of the longest-running Rolex references in existence. During that time, Rolex made many changes to the GMT-Master1675, but the most noted was earlier gilt and later matte dial variations. Gilt dials were in production from 1959 to 1966-67. In 1963 Rolex produced “underline" and a “Double Swiss” dial, meaning that the word Swiss appears twice at the six o'clock position, in addition to having a small line beneath the "Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified" text.