I need the 5 extra points today. Met-Life building. I would have chosen a Snoopy Speedy for that background.
Correct, built in 1963 as the Pan Am building, Emory Roth architect this mid century wonder had a heliport atop Roth designed for legendary Juan Trippe, he also had Rolex create the GMT for his jet pilots. As the watches arrived in the head office before being sent off to the field offices for issue to the flight crew, they would be requisitioned by senior management who felt that they, rather than the flight crews, were the ones who deserved a new company Rolex. This happened on a regular basis until one day the mercurial head of Pan-Am glimpsed one of the watches on the wrist of an executive and wanted to know why it was not on the wrist of a pilot. The situation was explained to him; the pilots had everything, the gold braid, the titles, and the brand new Boeing jets and now they even got great watches. The executives felt shunned, they saw themselves as the basis of the company's success but were fed up of being treated as second class citizens. Trippe did not like the situation and ordered that all the GMT Masters in the building should be returned to the operation department for subsequent issue to flight crews. However to mollify the executives Trippe had Rolex manufacture a batch of 100+ GMT Masters solely for the "desk pilots"; these differed from the flight crew (and all other) GMT Masters in that they had white dials. White wale indeed
I finally gave my new Seamaster's A break today, and Connie is in getting its service, so I thought I'd wear this, still keeping with the vintage "look":
Had to swap out for a vintage-style only, new old stock until the 'Connie' gets back from the 'spa': That's a Sea-Gull ST-5 in there, if anyone wants to know... Cheers!
Also called on the night shift, Thursday is the best night out in the city. Friday and Saturday are crowded with bridge and tunnel kids then Sunday becomes "alternative lifestyle" night out. This got back from the shop a couple weeks ago and hasn't gotten much love, it's a shade to casual for my everyday suit and tie, but another benefit to Thursday night out is dressing casual
Tissot Seastar with the Lemania 1277, as far as I know it was produced for a VERY short period in or around 1969.