Thoughts on this 1675 GMT

Davidt · Wed. 9:21am

I’m selling a couple of my Rolex’s as I’d like to get my first 1675. This was was up for auction in the UK today and hammered at £5k. That’s around £6800 with fees or around $9k, which was less than I expected. Am I missing something???

To my eyes it’s seems a nice late 70’s example with mk5 dial, original insert, fairly good dial and thick case. The bracelet is wrong but that’s not a huge issue.

Am I missing something?

Mark020 · Wed. 9:28am

Looks legit to me and indeed quite cheap or was it a 4.4 (service) case?

ATWG · Wed. 9:42am

Hands look to be luminova replacements, endlinks are not correct. Case is not the best has been polished but it's not the worse I've seen. Dial looks decent, has the fat hour markers. Insert is a nice fat font with lots of wear. So, is it worth $9K? To me, I think it needs about 1.5-3.5K of work (service($1K) , hands ($1K), pepsi insert ($1.5K), endlinks ($300) case/bracelet refinish ?) to bring it back to life which would put it the watch in the low/mid teens. Some of this is purely optional based on preference. If you're looking for beater to wear everyday to mow your lawn, then by all means, this fits the bill. Otherwise, you'd have to sink some cash to make it somewhat more appealing.

Best.

Dan S · Wed. 9:50am

On my computer, the insert appears to be totally black. If so, we would need to know the serial to know if it's plausibly original. Not as desirable in any case. Hands probably not original, as @ATWG noted. Case is decent. I'd say the price is not bad.

Davidt · Wed. 10:37am

Thanks for the input, appreciate it.

I was so focussed on the case and dial I missed the hands!
The serial is 5.1 so around ‘77 which I believe is ok for a noir insert?

Davidt · Wed. 10:37am

ATWG
Hands look to be luminova replacements, endlinks are not correct. Case is not the best has been polished but it's not the worse I've seen. Dial looks decent, has the fat hour markers. Insert is a nice fat font with lots of wear. So, is it worth $9K? To me, I think it needs about 1.5-3.5K of work (service($1K) , hands ($1K), pepsi insert ($1.5K), endlinks ($300) case/bracelet refinish ?) to bring it back to life which would put it the watch in the low/mid teens. Some of this is purely optional based on preference. If you're looking for beater to wear everyday to mow your lawn, then by all means, this fits the bill. Otherwise, you'd have to sink some cash to make it somewhat more appealing.

Best.

So is it just the Endlinks that are incorrect? I was assuming the 93150 was also incorrect here?

ATWG · Wed. 10:49am

Davidt
So is it just the Endlinks that are incorrect? I was assuming the 93150 was also incorrect here?

that's correct.

Dan S · Wed. 12:02pm

Davidt
So is it just the Endlinks that are incorrect? I was assuming the 93150 was also incorrect here?

It's not correct/original, but it doesn't really affect value significantly, IMO.

vibe · Wed. 12:44pm

With all that cheese on the case, I would be expecting a plenty of corrosion.

Davidt · 2025-12-18T03:42:43-0600

vibe
With all that cheese on the case, I would be expecting a plenty of corrosion.

I do usually associate gunk between the lugs etc with a higher risk of corrosion but I think this one’s ok. It usually travels to the caseback threads and I can’t see any of that here.

Davidt · 2025-12-18T03:44:05-0600

Thanks for all the replies. For full disclosure I bought this watch.
I’ve wanted to get into 1675’s for a while and my view is that researching only gets you so far, at some point you have to put your money where your mouth is an hold/own one so this is me breaking my duck.

Ill post some better pictures when it arrives but here’s another picture of the dial the auction house sent me prior to the auction.

hansaboy · 2025-12-18T05:14:41-0600

Cool watch, and a cool move David!
And true that you have to handle a few to get to know them!
Congrats!
👍👍👍

You might have read this:

https://gmtmaster1675.com/

ATWG · 2025-12-18T07:41:54-0600

Congrats! Post pictures once in hand, I'm sure it will clean up nicely.

Mark020 · 2025-12-18T07:59:57-0600

For sure. Nice catch

Davidt · 2025-12-18T13:34:36-0600

hansaboy
Cool watch, and a cool move David!
And true that you have to handle a few to get to know them!
Congrats!
👍👍👍

You might have read this:

https://gmtmaster1675.com/

Oh I’m well acquainted with that site Hans! I know it front to back now which is why I felt “enough navel gazing now, let’s buy one of these things!”

Davidt · 2025-12-18T13:35:34-0600

ATWG
Congrats! Post pictures once in hand, I'm sure it will clean up nicely.

Thanks. My dad lives local to the auction house and collected it today so I should have it in hand by the weekend.

Thoughts on this 1675 GMT

Davidt

Mark020

ATWG

Dan S

Davidt

Davidt

ATWG

Dan S

vibe

Davidt

Davidt

hansaboy

ATWG

Mark020

Davidt

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