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The Largest Collection in the World by David Silver is a coffee table book for collectors and aesthetes alike.
Opening this month, the Rolex GMT-Master Exhibition Time Zone to Time Zone recounts the history of the world’s most famous ...
Rolex advertisement celebrating the first non-stop transatlantic flight from New York to Moscow operated by Pan Am, during which the captain, C. N. Warren, wore a GMT-Master. Photo of Stuart A.
Pan Am inquired at Rolex, and the brand came up with the GMT-Master, a watch with chronometer specifications and displaying an additional time zone. As we know now, the Rolex GMT-Master wasn’t just ...
Rolex has never been a brand to rush into trends. It perfects, refines, and then, when the time is right, redefines. That’s exactly what it has done with its latest take on the GMT-Master II, launched ...
First Rolex GMT-Master from 1955 Rolex Speeding across ... As the story goes, Pan American Airways (Pan Am) approached Rolex in search of a dedicated pilot’s watch. The Swiss brand—ever ...
The GMT-Master, which was released in 1955 and ... It was created as a partnership between Rolex and Pan-Am Airlines, with the watches ending up on the wrists of pilots first, and their jet ...
Rolex designed the original GMT-Master for Pan Am airline pilots in the 1950s, simultaneously creating the template for the modern travel watch and one of the most coveted accessories of all time.
this year’s Watches & Wonders is shaping up to be one of the most exciting for Rolex collectors and enthusiasts alike. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Every year at Watches & Wonders, Rolex ...
2025: Celebrating 70 Years of the GMT-Master This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Rolex GMT-Master, a model originally designed in 1955 for Pan Am pilots navigating multiple time zones. Over ...
Rolex is indisputably the biggest ... the onset of commercial aviation. The GMT was invented specifically to allow globe-hopping Pan-Am pilots and their crews to track the time in two different ...
'Watch collectors appreciate the importance of reliable timepieces that were used on historic lunar missions.' A Rolex watch that was flown to the moon is now the most expensive astronaut ...