Rolex GMT Master Shreve Crump & Low The Regulator proved a hit

The Regulator proved a hit with pilots

the Techni-Quadron found a niche in the U

Seiko was experimenting with some of the first automatic chronograph movements ever made

and a reliable hand-cranked Valjoux 7736 movement

Rolex GMT Master Shreve Crump & Low The Regulator proved a hitBorn of an association with Pan American Air Lines, an airline known in its early days for the rough and ready nature of their pilots, the GMT needed to be as rough and ready as they were. In turn, each feature of the watchdown to its colorful bezelwas born from need, not aesthetics. Every element that went into it stressed form over function, necessity over adornment. But something happened that changed the watch industry forever: the Quartz Crisis.