Good Watch, Good Style - The good relationship between watches and clothes. Vol.03 ROLEX Oyster Perpetual GMT-Master II

Good Watch, Good Style - 時計と服のいいカンケイ。Vol.03 ROLEX Oyster Perpetual GMT-Master II

2024.11.1

Photo： Hiroyuki Takashima

Edit： Ryo Muramatsu

Every year, various brands release high-quality mechanical watches. What kind of clothes do they go with? Here are some ideas. Every month, we choose a watch that we think is great and introduce it with an outfit that goes well with it.

How to survive uncertain times.

In the mid-90s, a late-night TV show attracted attention for its plot. The story was about an unknown comedy duo who hitchhiked across the Eurasian continent with 100,000 yen as their starting point. Their journey began in Hong Kong, and viewers were glued to the screen as they faced a series of unexpected situations in a foreign country, including sleeping rough, getting pickpocketed, and working part-time jobs to earn money for the trip. After overcoming various hardships along the way, the duo became national heroes when they finally reached their destination in London.

This would have been the happy ending, but it was later discovered that they had traveled by plane. The incident generated so much public interest that the media fanned the flames and created a huge uproar.

The television project is an extreme example, but unexpected things happen when traveling, big and small.

An acquaintance of mine who works as a hair and makeup artist was heading to the check-in counter at Haneda Airport to go to the US for work, but ended up being denied boarding. She had renewed her passport a few days prior, but she needed to re-register for "ESTA" regardless of the remaining validity. She quickly applied for "ESTA" online on the spot, but was too late to make it in time for boarding, so she had to buy a new air ticket. Her application was approved just after the plane she was originally scheduled to board had taken off.

Although there are such memories, people grow by traveling to unfamiliar places and broadening their horizons.

I went to America, a place I had always longed to visit, for the first time in my 30s, and I still can't forget the journey from San Francisco to Yosemite. People, cars, trees...everything I saw was large, and the view that unfolded along the roadside at dusk was the very landscape I had seen in the photo books of William Eggleston and Stephen Shore.

Google Maps Street View and travel YouTuber videos can make you feel like you've been there, but nothing can compare to the real thing.

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Wearing a wristwatch is essential if you want to make the most of your limited time in life. Among them, the Rolex GMT Master is the dream watch of travelers. This model was created in 1955 for airline pilots, and later became the official watch of Pan American World Airways, known as Pan Am. In order to display different local times, it has a bezel with a 24-hour scale in two-hour increments and a fourth hand for the 24-hour time.

One of the features of this watch series is the use of red and blue on the bezel. The upper half indicates nighttime and the lower half indicates daytime. Fans love the combination of red and blue, which they call "Pepsi."

The evolution of the GMT Master was the GMT Master II, which was released in 1982. The hour hand could now be operated independently, and a third local time could be displayed by combining the 24-hour hand with the time on the bezel.

The model we chose in this article is the new model that debuted this year. The ceramic bezel has a cool color, and the engraved scales and numbers are coated with platinum, making them resistant to corrosion. The automatic movement protected by a sturdy Oyster case is the in-house manufactured Caliber 3285. It is a high-precision chronometer that is adjusted to within -2 to +2 seconds per day, and is said to be resistant to strong magnetic fields, so it is well made.

Right now I would like to pair this with a casual outfit like jeans and sneakers.

By the way, one of the members of this popular comedy duo has since overcome hardships and is now a popular national entertainer. This watch is perfect for those who are surviving in uncertain times.

The new Oyster Perpetual GMT Master II, announced this year, has a bold look with a distinctive grey and black bezel.
The case is neither too big nor too small, with a diameter of 40mm, and the model name on the dial and the green of the 24-hour hand are accent colors.
The three-link Oyster bracelet, which was created in the 1930s, is highly durable, and there is also the five-link Jubilee bracelet.