Rolex GMT Master World Timer Technology advances so quickly in

Technology advances so quickly in today's world that we often lose track of the fact that a mere fifty years after Orville and Wilbur Wright took their first flight at Kitty Hawk

While Vacheron wouldn’t throw their hat into that ring until the 1977 debut of the 222

cementing the Tortue Monopusher's place among the greats of haute horlogerie and giving it just that little bit of credit among fans of independent watchmakers alike

Featuring a brilliant silver sunburst dial with grey-blue subsidiary registers and outer tachymeter ring

Rolex GMT Master World Timer Technology advances so quickly inLike the Rolex Submariner, the GMT Master first saw life as a tool watch. Its no frills appearance and two tone, red and blue bezel set the standard for a particular kind of pilots watch. This was not a watch meant for war, unlike the Breitling Co Pilot or the Glycine Airman. Instead, the GMT Master was meant for commercial pilots, specifically those of Pan American Airways. At the time of its release, Pan Am was blazing contrails across the sky. From