Thoughts on this Rolex GMT.

[Eleven]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENTS-ROLEX-STAINLESS-ST...

[mrdemon]

Are you a airline pilot ? As it's THE watch to have of you are lol

[hilly10]

Very Nice. Are you going to make an offer

[dom9]

Pricey but lovely!

Great watches! Picked one up recently (black/red) and have fallen in love with it!

Ignore Demon, he's not a Submariner or Monaco GP timer, as far as any of us know!

I genuinely got mine as I'm transatlantic more than once a month, on average, so it seemed like a reasonably useful complication!

Think it even wears slightly more comfortably than my SD as it's thinner and lighter!

Still not a fan of the cyclops but that's the only negative to me! Mine also came from eBay though was very much cheaper!

[Dolf Stoppard]

Nice watch but getting dangerously close to the price of one of the new ceramic models. However, if its a Pepsi you want then your options are obviously limited.

Dolf.

[don logan]

They will ALWAYS be incredibly popular.

They are appreciating at an impressive rate (see the crazy priced late model Pepsi at Tempo Inverso, good luck to them with that one and don't take it as a realistic price guide)

Even if Rolex release a ceramic version this year it COULD end up looking awful if they get the tones even slighty wrong, plus red ceramic could easily look too lairy!

Only dowside for me is the ting ting cling cling sound the bracelet (when handling, not actually wearing) makes, but that's me being a bit mental and means nothing!

I have a ceramic bezel version and am about to have the centre links brushed as the previous model's are!

[Eleven]

don logan said:

They will ALWAYS be incredibly popular.

They are appreciating at an impressive rate (see the crazy priced late model Pepsi at Tempo Inverso, good luck to them with that one and don't take it as a realistic price guide)

Even if Rolex release a ceramic version this year it COULD end up looking awful if they get the tones even slighty wrong, plus red ceramic could easily look too lairy!

Only dowside for me is the ting ting cling cling sound the bracelet (when handling, not actually wearing) makes, but that's me being a bit mental and means nothing!

I have a ceramic bezel version and am about to have the centre links brushed as the previous model's are!

You sound like me Don. I hate the jangling bracelets on the pre-ceramics and dislike the PCLs on the ceramic GMT. If it were possible to slim down the lugs on a Ceramic I might be tempted by one. As it is they are too lumpen.

[SlimJim16v]

It doesn't mention box or papers, or what year it is.

[Eleven]

SlimJim16v said:

It doesn't mention box or papers, or what year it is.

It has box, card, green swing tag and it is a 2006 watch sold in 2007 (All of this according to the seller, I've not checked them). It's a Z serial number.

I have handled the watch. It look tidy but a few things have prevented me buying it (so far):

1. The bezel doesn't index correctly. The pointer settles either side of a click. This may be nothing or has it been re-bezelled?

2. The seller has done nothing to the watch service-wise apparently. This is good and bad I suppose.

3. The Cyclops doesn't seem centralised over the date when viewed from directly above.

4. GMTs seem to come with different bezel fonts, this one has a fine font and I'd prefer one with thicker digits. I haven't been able to establish whether the very latest watches came with a thicker font, however.

5. It's not one of the last watches, being 2006 instead of 2007, and it's a little pricey considering that in my view. But then there may be a deal to be done.

6. I am still wondering whether what I REALLY want is a matter dial Pepsi from an earlier vintage. My thinking is, I think, to buy one of the very last or a much earlier one (16750).

[Adrian W]

I paid less than that for a 2001 one owner 98% GMT, full set including the original purchase receipt, with a warranty

[Eleven]

Adrian W said:

I paid less than that for a 2001 one owner 98% GMT, full set including the original purchase receipt, with a warranty

Recently?

[Adrian W]

Eleven said:

Adrian W said:

I paid less than that for a 2001 one owner 98% GMT, full set including the original purchase receipt, with a warranty

Recently?

December 2013 from a dealer, if they are going up that quickly I'll be happy

[Eleven]

Adrian W said:

Eleven said:

Adrian W said:

I paid less than that for a 2001 one owner 98% GMT, full set including the original purchase receipt, with a warranty

Recently?

December 2013 from a dealer, if they are going up that quickly I'll be happy

What did you pay, if you don't mind me asking?

[audidoody]

Wow. Prices have really been climbing. I was going to flip my Coke 2002 16710 (£1,900 in 2003). But think I'l wait a few more years.

[andy tims]

Consensus on TZ-UK is that it's too expensive.

Nearer £4,000 thought to be about right.

Edited by andy tims on Sunday 9th February 15:34

[jshell]

I think that is way too expensive, to be honest. Hit him with £3,800 bid and see what happens.

[andy tims]

http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.php?273818-FSOT-...

This was super complete, with its original 78790 oyster bracelet with spare link, and a full jubilee 62510 with correct 502 T end links with no stretch.

4 Bezels:-

Original Coke

Black & white

Faded Pepsi

New Pepsi

£3699.00

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt308/jrpippen/...

[Eleven]

andy tims said:

http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.php?273818-FSOT-...

This was super complete, with its original 78790 oyster bracelet with spare link, and a full jubilee 62510 with correct 502 T end links with no stretch.

4 Bezels:-

Original Coke

Black & white

Faded Pepsi

New Pepsi

£3699.00

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt308/jrpippen/...

Nice set but looked a bit polished. The one in my OP is at least sharp at the edges.

Ref the one in my OP, any thoughts ref the bezel indexing or Cyclops centering?

[Jollyclub]

The Bezel rarely indexes with 100% accuracy from the factory. I had my insert replaced last yr at Rolex St James, and they did a better job than the factory.

When i first tried on my 16710 i thought the same about the cyclops. pretty sure it's an optical illusion. Try centering one eye over the date window, rather than over the centre of the dial. And close the other eye.