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16 October 2016, 02:36 AM
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Which came first, "Pepsi" or "Coke"
Please help. Which color bezel was the original GMT.
It's often stated that the red/blue was the original and designed by PanAm. My understanding of the history of the GMT is slightly different. I have heard and believed the original GMT was a based on the Turn O Graph, and had a black/red bezel. Followed by early adoption by PanAm then they requested the blue/red bezel. Thanks for any help, I'm just trying to figure out the real history. Google didn't help much.
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16 October 2016, 05:12 AM
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Pepsi, the 6542 "Pussy Galore" released in 1954. The link below also shows pics of an all black version.
http://www.gmtmasterhistory.com/ According to the website the Coke didn't come out until the 16760 Fat Lady in 1983.
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16 October 2016, 05:42 AM
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Pepsi by a long shot. Like 30+ years.
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16 October 2016, 06:07 AM
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OK, thank you.
So pictures of older 6542s that appear to have black/red bezels are really pepsis with a darker faded blue? I'm not a vintage guy, just trying to sort it out.
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16 October 2016, 06:52 AM
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GMT bezel inserts were always blue/red until the early 70's when the black insert was introduced. GMT Masters were never black/red. The black/red was introduced in the 80's with the GMT II 16760, and so you could say that the GMT Master was originally blue/red and the GMT II was originally black/red.
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17 October 2016, 12:43 AM
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I've got it all sorted now, thanks all.
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