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Rolex GMT-Master II (Root Beer), reference 126711CHNR

Rolex

GMT-Master II (Root Beer)

Ref. 126711CHNR

On request

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Case40mm steel & gold
DialBlack
MovementCalibre 3285
ComplicationSecond time zone
BraceletTwo Tone Oyster
Year2023
PapersBox and Papers

The GMT-Master II was built for Pan Am crews in 1955 to hold two time zones at a glance, and its two colour bezels became a collector language of their own. It remains the travel watch by which all others navigate.

40mm steel & gold frames this GMT-Master II (2023), running a second time zone, under a black face. Calibre 3285 keeps it running.

Fun fact: A gold GMT-Master II is a jet pilot watch dressed for dinner. The 24 hour hand still tracks a second time zone, which is exactly why the model existed: Pan Am asked Rolex for it in 1954.

The collection

GMT-Master II

A 24-hour bezel and a second time zone, a Rolex line running since 1955

The GMT-Master arrived in 1955 and was adopted by the flight crews of Pan American World Airways, reading a second zone from a 24-hour hand against a rotating 24-hour bezel. The GMT-Master II followed in 1982, its local hour hand adjusted in one-hour increments independently of the other hands and without stopping the watch, so the watch shows two zones at once and a third when the bezel is turned. It was the first Rolex fitted with a Cerachrom ceramic bezel insert, introduced in 2005, the two-colour versions made as a single piece and offered in a range of colour pairings. The line runs in Oystersteel, yellow and Everose Rolesor and solid gold, on the Oyster or Jubilee bracelet.

Sizes in the family

40 mm across the current line

Who it suits

For the buyer who genuinely keeps a second time zone and wants one watch that travels without changing character.

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