Rolex GMT-Master (1675 1964).
If you love jeans, military, and vintage clothing, your watch is the GMT-Master.
The article is now longer, so it is made up of three pages.
1 Page 1 is the story of how I found a watch to go with my vintage jeans.
Page 2 is how I chose the GMT Master
Page 3 explains the details of the GMT Master I bought.
Introduction.
Rolex GMT-Master, commonly known as the Pepsi, with a blue-red bezel.
This is another watch that has aroused my interest, and when it comes to purchasing, I find it difficult to decide which one I want as there are many variations in age and models.
The Rolex GMT-Master I chose is a model from the 1960s, and like an antique sports Rolex, it has aged moderately and has a good texture, and this texture is a perfect match for my favourite vintage jeans.
I would like to talk about how it came about and the fashions that I would actually combine it with.
Background to the purchase.
Since the introduction of the Apple Watch, I have had fewer opportunities to wear a mechanical watch.
The Apple Watch is so convenient that I can check my health management figures, pay for simple purchases, check emails and messages on my iPhone, and wear it all day long. I have sold all the mechanical watches I owned.
I also wear clothes that I have had in the past in the same way, and I dress comfortably without being too obsessed with fashion, and that kind of situation will continue for a while.
In the midst of such a decluttered lifestyle, I suddenly feel the urge to wear vintage 501s.
I was somewhat interested in them when I was young, but I wanted to try them on at least once, and the information about vintage 501s, which I didn’t have when I was young, was easily available on the internet, so my understanding of the world of vintage 501s, which is like grabbing onto a cloud, has progressed, and I have narrowed down the models I really like. The first thing you need to do is to find out what you really like about vintage 501s.
It all started with a 501XX.
I’m very happy with the vintage 501s I bought, and they’ve become my perfect size 501XX models 54 and 55. If it’s a vintage 501, I start thinking about sports models with stainless steel belts or antique watches, and I start looking for various things on the internet. I suddenly became interested in antique Rolex watches, which I had not been interested in buying because they were too high street.
I started to look into various antique Rolex models, starting with sports models, as soon as I became interested.
Rolex is the world’s number one watchmaker, popular and owned by many people, and is the high street of mechanical watches, but I didn’t find the high street very attractive, and to be honest, I’ve never really wanted to own or wear a Rolex, old or new.
First I bought a DayDate.
Then I suddenly became interested in a WG antique DayDate.
I was interested in the DayDate because it was made of white gold (WG), had a sporty and formal look, and was more affordable than the stainless steel sports models, despite being made of white gold. Another reason why I chose this watch was that there are fewer people who own one compared to the sports models.
After checking the internet, I set my sights on a watch, decided on a dealer and went to see the actual watch.
When I see the real thing, I am struck by the quality of the condition and the texture when I hold it in my hand, which cannot be seen in the photo, and I buy a Day Date antique (1803 WG in 1969).
(This Day-Date will also be the subject of a later article.)
The story of how I went from buying a Day Date to buying a GMT-Master is described on page 2.
