Rolex

GMT-Master II (Blue)

Name: Rolex GMT-Master II (Blue)
Brand: Rolex
SKU: 126719BLRO
Price: 43000 USD
Availability: InStock

Ref. 126719BLRO

$43,000 · AED 157,900

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Case40mm 18ct white gold, red and blue Cerachrom bezel

DialBlue

MovementCalibre 3285

ComplicationSecond time zone

BraceletOyster, 18ct white gold

Water100m

ConditionExcellent

Year2020

The GMT-Master was made with Pan Am in 1954 so pilots could read a second time zone, its red and blue bezel separating day from night. Rolex revived that bezel in Cerachrom on white gold in 2014, and the current 126719BLRO followed in 2018 with calibre 3285.

This Rolex GMT-Master II wears a 40mm 18ct white gold case and a blue dial. Calibre 3285 inside, on an 18ct white gold Oyster bracelet.

Fun fact: The two-colour Cerachrom bezel is a single piece of ceramic; Rolex developed the process for colouring one ring in two hues and first used it in 2013.

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.

24-hour bezel and fourth hand

two-colour Cerachrom inserts

crown guards, screw down crown

Oyster or Jubilee bracelet