It
was in the middle of June 2012 and I was still having recurring
dreams about the 16713 Rootbeer I passed on earlier when I instead went
for the
16233. It was haunting me. It was clear I needed a GMT. I’d been so
obsessed
with the GMT-Master II that I’d completely overlooked its predecessor;
the GMT-Master 16700. Perhaps one of those could still the hunger for
the moment? I
managed to track down an old forgotten ad of a specimen from 1989/1990
that was
far from new but besides the reasonable price it came with two extra
bezel
inserts (black and coke) and a nice jubilee bracelet. I assumed it
was already
long gone but I couldn’t find any info about whether it was sold or not
so I
decided to try my luck and contacted the seller and to my big surprise
it wasn’t
sold. BAHM!
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| #135 - The Rolex GMT-Master 16700. |
The GMT 16700 was great. I think it was the jubilee that did it. It
looked awesome! So much more interesting and alive than the oyster bracelet. The
already worn condition made it so easy to wear it without being afraid it would
get scratched. It was a great substitute while I was saving up enough dough for
the Rootbeer. I kept the pepsi-insert the entire time I had it. It was just perfectly
faded and I wasn’t even curious to try the other ones.
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| Out pike fishing in June 2012. |
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| Beer boys. |
It turned out I only had it for about three weeks. Crazy! I remember having it for much longer than I apparently did. Bought and sold it for $3000 which even back then must be considered a really good price.
