Rolex GMT Master II Pepsi Near MINT 1975 Vintage 1675 On 1970 9135 280 Cal 1565

A Pretty Awesome 1975

ROLEX GMT Master II 

PEPSI Bezel 

Officially Certified Chronometer 

Calibre 1560 (signed) actual calibre 1565GMT *this is correct

Automatic 

 

Matte Black Dial Aged Creamy Yellow Tritium 

Ref. 1675

 

COSC is Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres, the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute, which is the institute responsible for certifying the accuracy and precision of wristwatches in Switzerland.

Less than 3% of the Watches produced in Switzerland are COSC certified chronometers

 

 

 

AT A GLANCE 

 

VINTAGE 1975

 

CASE

Stainless steel 40mm with screw down Crown Rolex  Crown & Bidirectional GMT Bezel   

CASE BACK TYPE

Hermetic Screw Down Case Back 

DIAL

Matte black with large tritium indexes Date aperture at 3 mercedes hours hand and lollipop sweep seconds Red GMT hand 

CRYSTAL

Acrylic with cyclops crystal 

BRACELET:

Stainless Steel Folded Link with lockdown deployant clasp (Ref. 9315 280 endlinks) dated 1970

MOVEMENT

ROLEX 1560

25 Jewels 

Cosc certified chronometer 

sweep seconds 

Date 

GMT 

 

THE CASE 

Classic Rolex oyster case on steroids a jumped up 40mm in diameter all brushed stainless steel 

40mm in diameter excluding crown 44mm inclusive correct Rolex signed crown almost fully integrated to its crown guard.

48mm lug tip to lug tip with 20mm lug spacing   

Case is a hermetic seal screwdown case 

 

THE DIAL 

Classic matte black submariner case. 

A divers watch much like any other divers dial read apparatus, is designed to give maximum read clarity at a glance 

The GMT Master does this by offsetting those huge tritium index hours markers to that stark matte black contrast 

Date aperture at 3 

All other detail in crisp white. 

 

The Hands 

We can go a bit off topic here for some general Trivia as stolen from the brilliant "Bob's Watches"

 

We note before hand tho that these are the correct and orriginal mercedes hands and have a perfect creamy aged tritium coloration matching the dial indexes perfectly. Red GMT 24h hand

 

"Three-Pointed Star

The actual Mercedes Benz logo is a three-pointed star, with each point representing a different method of transportation: land, sea, and air. Some believe that Rolex chose a similar motif for the hour hands of their sport watches to represent the different  environments that their sport lines were intended to conquer: Explorer (land), Submariner (sea), GMT-Master (air).

 

Others believe that the Mercedes hour hand is an allegorical reference to British professional swimmer, Mercedes Gleitze. During her famous 1927 swim of the English Channel, Gleitze wore a Rolex Oyster on her wrist, which remained in perfect working order throughout the entire ten-hour long venture.

 

Rolex used Mercedes Gleitze’s attempt of the English Channel as the center of an advertising campaign that showcased the superior water-resistance of their Oyster case. At the time, many watch manufacturers made claims of water resistance; however, Gleitze’s swim provided the public with well-documented and irrefutable proof of the Oyster case’s ability to protect against water intrusion.

 

To this day, Rolex continues to use Gleitze’s name among the marketing materials for their watches, and there are some that believe that the Mercedes-shaped hour hand on Rolex sport models is the company’s subtle way of honoring the British swimmer that holds such an important place in Rolex’s history."

 

Nothing Is Certain

Rolex has yet to confirm any of these theories; and in all likelihood, the shape of the hour hand is simply a functional design element. The divides that the “Mercedes” star makes in the open space of the hour hand creates a more stable area in which luminescent paint can be applied. Additionally, the three-pointed star within the hour hand helps visually distinguish it from the other hands and hour markers in low-light settings.

 

https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-blog/rolex-info/mercedes-hour-hands.html

 

THE STRAP

The watch comes with an orriginal Submariner / GMT master strap with lockdown deployment clasp and wetsuit extension

Ref 9315. FOLDED LINK Clasp with 280 endlinks. 

Additionally black leather strap from hirsch. 

 

THE MOVEMENT

Rolex 1560

 

 

Features

free Breguet hairspring

balance with regulating screws

automatic

sweep second

date: set by changing 21-24h

hack feature

24h display

25 jewels

f = 19800 A/h

power reserve 48h