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Rolex GMT-Master II (Yellow Gold), reference 126718GRNR

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GMT-Master II (Yellow Gold)

Ref. 126718GRNR

$49,700 · AED 182,500

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Case40mm 18k yellow gold
DialBlack
BezelGrey and black Cerachrom, 24-hour
MovementCalibre 3285
Bracelet18k yellow gold Jubilee
Water100m
Year2023

The GMT-Master II descends from the 1955 GMT-Master, built for Pan Am pilots crossing time zones, and has stayed in the catalogue continuously since. Precious metal versions have always sat slightly apart from the steel line, sold as travel watches in name and worn as dress watches in practice.

This Rolex GMT-Master II wears a 40mm 18k yellow gold case with a black dial and a grey and black ceramic bezel. Calibre 3285 inside, on an 18k yellow gold Jubilee bracelet.

Fun fact: GRNR is Rolex shorthand for gris noir, grey black, following the same logic as BLRO for the Pepsi and VTNR for the Sprite. The colourway reached precious metal in 2023, a year before it reached steel.

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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