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PAN AM 6542

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6542 PAN AM



Here is my interpretation of the iconic 6542 PAN AM, the very first Rolex watch sporting a GMT function, specially made for the american airline company.





The really special feature of this watch is the albino dial. Back then Rolex used to produce some pre-production pieces with a white dial so this makes this watch very, very rare as a gen.



As matter of fact, people in the vintage rolex commnunity weren't sure a white dial GMT existed until an article by Stefano Mazzariol was published in 2010. And some still aren't convinced.



That's just to say that, even if this was a gen watch, people would be thinking it's not ;)



The watch consists of:

Vietnam case aged and refinished
Gen crown
Vietnam dial
Raffles roulette DWO
Raffles dwarf GMT hand

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A true work of art, A...

Simply incredible. The vintagising of the case and caseback looks amazing.
 

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A beauty froma a great guy, as usual........your skills are growing up work by work....;-)
 

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nice project, well done, what hands did you use? I'm like gen. and what movement did you use?


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Thanks for the kind words guys :)
 

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nice project, well done, what hands did you use? I'm like gen. and what movement did you use?


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Cartel hour and minute, raffles GMT and seconds.
 
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Killer !
 

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Wow. A thing of beauty. Did the bezel come from vietnam as well?