Rolex — GMT-Master
GMT-Master 16753
“Root Beer / Clint Eastwood”
Produced 1981–1988. Two-tone quickset GMT-Master 16753 with calibre 3075, black or bronze/brown Root Beer bezel options, and brown or black nipple dials.
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Reference16753
BrandRolex
FamilyGMT-Master
Produced1981–1988
StatusDiscontinued
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Stories featuring 16753
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Rolex — 11 min readRolex GMT-Master: The Jet-Age Watch That Learned to TravelA connected history of the GMT-Master and GMT-Master II, from Pan Am, the 6542, and the red-blue pilot's bezel to the long-running 1675, the first independent-hour GMT-Master II, Cerachrom, Batman, Pepsi, Root Beer, Sprite, and the current 3285 generation.
Rolex nicknames — 9 min readPepsi, Batman and the Names Rolex Will Never PrintRolex says bleu/rouge; everyone else says Pepsi. A field guide to the soda cans, superheroes and Muppets collectors have named their watches after, and to the handful of names the purists still won't say out loud.
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