WATCHES and WONDERS
2025 Predictions
1955 Bakelite GMT Master Bezel Insert
Is it too early to guess at what Rolex will be introducing at Watches and Wonders in Geneva of 2025, which begins on April 1st? I genuinely have no idea of what Rolex will surprise us with, but I do have some ideas would LOVE to see, or that I can imagine Rolex introducing.
Is it too early to guess at what Rolex will be introducing at Watches and Wonders in Geneva of 2025, which begins on April 1st? I genuinely have no idea of what Rolex will surprise us with, but I do have some ideas would LOVE to see, or that I can imagine Rolex introducing.
First, let's begin with Obie's photo below of his original GMT Master model—which went on sale in late 1956 and featured a bakelite bezel insert that would glow in the dark, and some of them still do, as seen with in the lume-shot below. I would love to see Rolex bring back the lumen Bezel Insert on the GMT-Master...
The photo below is of a 1955 Rolex GMT-Master in all-original condition. Notice the red "GMT-MASTER" dial designation as well as the red date!
My second guess, or hope, would be the return of the Coke Rolex GMT-Master with a Black and Red bezel insert, which might looks something like this:
BTW: Captain Danny put together an AMAZING article last year on RolexMagazine.com titled, "What a new GMT-Master II with a Coke Bezel Would Look Like", and it's pretty cool...Speaking or which, how cool with it be if Rolex introduced a Coke GMT-Master with a Lumed Dial...
