Reference:16758: Difference between revisions

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== Movement notes ==

Caliber 3075 defines the [[Reference:16758|16758]] in the same basic way it defines the [[Reference:16750|16750]] and [[Reference:16753|16753]]~~. It added the~~ quick-set date ~~and hacking seconds~~, ~~ran at the~~ higher ~~five-digit~~ beat rate, ~~and kept~~ the linked-hand GMT ~~behavior of the older family rather than moving to the separately adjustable local-hour system of the GMT-Master II~~. That ~~last point~~ is the ~~real dividing line. The [[Reference:16758|~~16758~~]] looks newer than~~ the 1675/8~~, but mechanically it still belongs to~~ the GMT-Master ~~side of the family tree~~.

Caliber 3075 defines the [[Reference:16758|16758]] in the same basic way it defines the [[Reference:16750|16750]] and [[Reference:16753|16753]]: quick-set date, higher beat rate, but still the older linked-hand GMT logic. That is the mechanical reason the 16758 sits between the 1675/8 and the later GMT-Master II gold watches.

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=== Brown Root Beer branch ===

The brown branch is the easiest way to connect the [[Reference:16758|16758]] to the older gold GMT story. ~~Retail buyers ordering a gold GMT in the early 1980s were most often reaching for the warm~~ brown~~-and-gold visual continuation first documented on the 1675/8, and~~ the ~~[[Reference:16758|16758]] inherited that market expectation~~ when ~~it launched in 1979. That produced more brown~~ dials ~~in period, and the surviving market still reflects the imbalance: brown examples remain the more commonly encountered format at auction and dealer level~~.

The brown branch is the easiest way to connect the [[Reference:16758|16758]] back to the older gold GMT story. That is why brown examples still dominate the reference's identity even when black dials are also real production watches.

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 == Movement notes ==
-Caliber 3075 defines the [[Reference:16758|16758]] in the same basic way it defines the [[Reference:16750|16750]] and [[Reference:16753|16753]]. It added the quick-set date and hacking seconds, ran at the higher five-digit beat rate, and kept the linked-hand GMT behavior of the older family rather than moving to the separately adjustable local-hour system of the GMT-Master II. That last point is the real dividing line. The [[Reference:16758|16758]] looks newer than the 1675/8, but mechanically it still belongs to the GMT-Master side of the family tree.
+Caliber 3075 defines the [[Reference:16758|16758]] in the same basic way it defines the [[Reference:16750|16750]] and [[Reference:16753|16753]]: quick-set date, higher beat rate, but still the older linked-hand GMT logic. That is the mechanical reason the 16758 sits between the 1675/8 and the later GMT-Master II gold watches.
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 === Brown Root Beer branch ===
-The brown branch is the easiest way to connect the [[Reference:16758|16758]] to the older gold GMT story. Retail buyers ordering a gold GMT in the early 1980s were most often reaching for the warm brown-and-gold visual continuation first documented on the 1675/8, and the [[Reference:16758|16758]] inherited that market expectation when it launched in 1979. That produced more brown dials in period, and the surviving market still reflects the imbalance: brown examples remain the more commonly encountered format at auction and dealer level.
+The brown branch is the easiest way to connect the [[Reference:16758|16758]] back to the older gold GMT story. That is why brown examples still dominate the reference's identity even when black dials are also real production watches.
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