Rolex GMT-Master - References, Prices and Owners' Reviews

My second watch from the beginning of my collection, a grandmother for me because date of purchase 22/11/2000 but with beautiful remains ;). A time when we found Rolex in Boutique, where nobody wanted this model its big sister the submariner was more desirable :(. I fell under the spell of this little black sheep of the time.

In 2014 when I started to really get interested in watchmaking, I had 3 or 4 mechanical watches at the time, I came across a photo of a Rolex GMT Master pepsi on Facebook. It made me drool (literally) and the image was engraved in my head. Everything impressed me about this watch: its atypical side, the color of the blue and red bezel, the very patinated indexes, the fourth hand in red. I started to do research on this particular model. I understood that in addition to being beautiful, it had an interesting history. But I also understood that it was very expensive and increasingly rare. For me who lives in one of the poorest countries on the planet if not the poorest, this watch symbolized the inescapable, the Grail. God knows that even seeing it in real life and touching it was improbable. Since then, I have acquired a few watches, some from "small" brands, others from a slightly better-known brand. But this image of Pepsi had always remained in a corner of my mind. In March of last year, I was very surprised when a friend called me to tell me that he had a Rolex to offer me. Even greater was the surprise when I learned that it was a GMT Master Pepsi. You can imagine the feelings that jostle inside me when I am on the verge of touching my Grail. When I saw it for the first time, its beauty lived up to the image I had of it, certainly it was not in a competition condition but it was perfect in my eyes, the bezel, the hands, the indexes, everything was perfect. The happiness was total when I put it on my wrist for the first time. For more than a year, I took great pleasure in wearing it.