Tom Selleck on why he still wears his ‘Magnum P.I.’ Rolex

[MagnumsGMTMaster]

Interesting article for Magnum fans and watch nerds alike ...

https://journal.hautehorlogerie.org/en/ ... ster-pepsi

Edit: Corrected link

[J.J. Walters]

Great article! Thank you for sharing that!

[Higgins (aka Bondtoys)]

Great article.

Seems that Selleck is a Rolex guy as he has the reference number ready.
However, I‘d like to double check with him, I am still convinced that he had a 16750 and not - like he says - a 1675.

[MagnumsGMTMaster]

Seems that Selleck is a Rolex guy as he has the reference number ready.
However, I‘d like to double check with him, I am still convinced that he had a 16750 and not - like he says - a 1675.

Just curious what gives it away that it was a 16750 and not a 1675?

[perfectlykevin]

Great minds! I posted the same link on the reboot page. I like how TS discussed his vision of Magnum as not a Hawaii-set James Bond and wanted to explore the character's quirks etc.

Magnum, P.I. was the show that got me interested in watches. Home From the Sea was I think the first episode I watched fully and I was memorized Made quite the mark on my 11-12 yr old self

[Little Garwood]

I enjoyed the interview very much! Tom sounded quite happy and not his usual somewhat-guarded (but-always-gentlemanly) self. Perhaps it was because this was a rather casual conversation and a foreign-language(?) publication.

[Higgins (aka Bondtoys)]

Seems that Selleck is a Rolex guy as he has the reference number ready.
However, I‘d like to double check with him, I am still convinced that he had a 16750 and not - like he says - a 1675.

Just curious what gives it away that it was a 16750 and not a 1675?

1675 was produced till 1980
16750 started in 1981.

Home by the sea aired in September 1983, so it was very much likely produced at the beginning of 1983.

I know pretty sure, that there was a special watch used only for the production - it was not Selleck's private watch that he wore during the show. After shooting, the watch was taken away and locked up until they continued the next day.

So, I assume that the watch has been purchased by the production company.
And they very much likely would have gone for the newer model instead of buying a discontinued watch that may not have been available anymore. I doubt that they bought a used older watch.

Additionally, the crownguards on the 1675 are different to the guards on the 16750 and from all screencaps that I have seen, it leads me to the 16750.

I have both, a 1675 and 3 16750, and I am sure that I can spot the difference.

That all leads me to the assumption that we see a 16750 in the show.

[Danno]

Personally, I thought the red went well with the Ferrari and the blue matched Hawaii’s lagoons and sky.

That's awesome. I'll never look at the GMT Master the same way!

[Styles Bitchley]

Personally, I thought the red went well with the Ferrari and the blue matched Hawaii’s lagoons and sky.

That's awesome. I'll never look at the GMT Master the same way!

Ha! Me neither!

[Styles Bitchley]

...and thanks for posting GMT. A nice article, but it leaves me wanting more. I thought I remember him wearing a Rolex GMT in Jesse Stone also, but it was a newer model? Funny he doesn't mention that. Thought a watch enthusiast website would dig a little deeper if they managed to get an interview with the Big Guy.

[Nikita70]

He wore a couple different Pepsi GMT’s in the Jesse Stone movies. His older one like on MPI and in one movie he was wearing the ceramic white gold Pepsi. I read an article where he donated one of his older GMT’s for a charity auction. Obviously I don’t know how many Rolex watches he owns but I’ve read different articles that say he has more than a few. Not a fact but just what I have read.