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Help for friend getting the GMT Master II
Hi everyone
I'm following a friend who is getting the discontinued GMT Master II at an AD today. As both of us are quite the newbies in purchasing a Rolex (my first purchase was the Explorer II a few months ago) and my friend is buying his first, appreciate if you guys could give some pointers/tips as to what we should look for when examining/drooling over the watch ![]() From what I've read in this forum and a few other websites, I should be looking at a) the letter in front of the 6-digit serial number for production year b) maybe look at code on the clasp c) country codes on the guarantee letter So if there are anything else we should be looking out for, please let me know ! Thanks ! p.s. My friend is more keen on the black/red than the Pepsi. ![]() |
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I'll echo what Mike says; he types faster than I do.
I prefer Red/Black too . |
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Mike/Larry,
Thanks for the feedback guys. ![]() I agree that buying from an AD is as safe as it gets. But seeing I'm kinda the "experienced" guy between the two of us, I just want to be careful. ![]() Great suggestions on checking dial, bezel, clasps etc. Though I remind ourselves to check those things when purchasing my Explorer II recently , it somehow slips my mind when staring at the watch and my wife had to nudge me to do a thorough check. Mesmerising these Rolies. ![]() ![]() |
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Yeah, as said:
Look for tiny flaws, especially on the dial. There have been many stories lately of sloppy dial printing. But I am happy on your behalf on getting that "Pepsi". Since it is discontinued, I gather it just might be a high-collectable watch in future ![]()
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Tonight I've just switched my pepsi bezel back to the all black one (fancied a change) sadly I sold my red/black bezel to a TRF member recently and haven't replaced it yet - must do as I think the red black is the best combo.
It's one of the best features of the old GMT (being able to change the bezels - whilst keeping it looking standard and official) |
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I'd like to thank everyone who's replied to this post. My friend and I went to the AD around lunch time yesterday and at the time, only Mike and Larry had replied. So I took note of the things both of them said and made sure the GMT Master was a Z model.
![]() We also checked a) the dial - no flaws thankfully b) made sure the bezel clicked smoothly either way - it did (I didn't know the GMT II could turn both ways as I've only owned unidirectional bezel - TAGs and Omega) c) for scratches - none whatsoever Basically, the watch was just perfect ![]() As for the suggestions to get both bezels, I'm afraid we didn't think of that before! But as it is, my friend is happy with his purchase. He wore it to the office today! ![]() I'd like to point out however that out of 5 ADs I called, only 1 had the watch in stock. The rest kept insisting that it's impossible to get one as it has been discontinued. In fact, there was somewhat of a premium of about USD300 or so. But seeing the difference between the new GMT (yet to arrive and only had an indicative price) and the discontinued one was about USD2000, he proceeded with the purchase. Again, thanks to everyone who've provided their inputs on this matter. ![]() ![]() |
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