Interesting point Shaun. I'm not sure if i've unintentionally muddied the waters by sprinkling a bit of Photoshop magic over my wrist shot in an attempt to highlight the chocolate dial in the sunlight. Just in case i can offer up a more natural earlier shot of the watch where the bezel is more clearly displayed. The bezel is a more faded tone in this shot & more accurately reflects how it is in real life.

- Darren

: Really nice watch Darren

: It's interesting that the bezel, which looks to me 100% original,
: has a bright "pepsi" style blue and reds, with a
: metallic sheen. There are other versions of the 1163 GMT which
: have a more dull (slightly matte?) dark blue and dull red bezel.

: I believe there were two versions of the bezel on the GMT, the dull
: style (perhaps earlier, as this is shown in the early catalogs)
: and the slightly later (but still 1st execution) more metallic
: and glossy "pepsi" style bezel - much closer to the
: previous Autavia GMT - the 2446 C. I've mainly noticed this
: effect on the 1-2-3-...23-24 bezels, but David's 1163 GMT with
: the 2-4-6-8 bezel also looks quite metallic/glossy.

: Anybody else seen these variations?