Rolex Auction Watch: Lt. Don Walshs 1958 GMT Master

Continuing in the series of notable classic Rolexes hitting the auction block you have the brand new entry pleasantness of Antiquorum. The auction houses December 8th sale during its U.S. domicile upon Madison Avenue in New York City includes an exceptional as well as historically poignant 1958 Rolex GMT- Master, ref. 6542, that belonged to Don Walsh, the Lieutenant of the U.S. Navy as well as Officer-in-Charge of the Navys famed bathyscaphe Trieste. The Trieste was the Swiss-designed, Italian-built deep-diving research bathyscaphe (deep boat) that Walsh, along with Jacques Piccard, piloted to the depth of about 10,911 metres in the deepest well known part of the sea upon Earth, the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench nearby Guam, upon January 23, 1960 the jot down he still holds.

Subsequent to the dive, Rolex gifted Lt. Walsh with the GMT- Master. It comes accompanied by the original 1960 letter from Rolex; an original 1960 duplicate of Life Magazine featuring the Trieste upon the cover; the duplicate of Don Walshs endowment reference from President Eisenhower; the duplicate of Walshs endowment reference from the Secretary of the Navy in 1960; the duplicate of the Rolex booklet celebrating the 25th anniversary of the deep dive, 1985; the souvenir photograph of Don Walsh, Jacques Piccard, as well as the Trieste, all sealed by Don Walsh, between other ephemera. The estimate is flattering conservative you think during just $20,000 $30,000. The perfect watch to go with Sir Edmund Hillarys Rolex Explorer.

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