Rolex GMT-Master II Watch Review

Rolex GMT-Master II Watch Review

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In the last a century approximately

Rolex has created greater than a couple of “dynasty” number of watches - in the Datejust towards the Day-Date, towards the Explorer, Daytona, and Speedking, towards the piece we are concentrating on today: the GMT-Master II. These watch collections initially built a lot of their reputations on functionality and sturdiness, but have through the years transitioned more in to the luxury (i.e., more costly) side of horology, providing them with another layer of intrigue to a lot of consumers.

Rolex GMT-Master II Watch Review

The Rolex GMT-Master II, the descendant from the original GMT-Master (as you may have suspected), isn't any different. The GMT-Master series, first launched in 1954 using the Reference 6542 model, was targeted at pilots and travelers searching to keep an eye on time over various timezones. This watch, using its familiar oyster situation, were built with a 24-hour bidirectional Bakelite bezel, too little crown pads, along with a prone-to-patina dial with respect to the owner’s degree of use. Within the next couple of many references, Rolex introduced a less fragile (in accordance with the Bakelite) metal bezel, crown pads for additional protection, as well as other enhancements around the original movement.

The initial GMT-Master II made its very first

With regard 16760. This “sequel” series towards the GMT-Master came into existence famous for its bigger, thicker situation, more prominent crown pads, and much more robust overall feel when compared with previous pieces within the broader good reputation for the series. In 1999, the initial GMT-Master was stopped, however nowadays the GMT-Master II still stands strong being an integral pillar in Rolex’s portfolio.

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The current reference, the 116710, is definitely an interesting piece with contemporary and vintage elements of design. Cased inside a 40-mm steel, yellow or white-colored gold, or steel-and-yellow-gold situation, using the familiar 24-hour rotating bezel and crown pads, the piece is operated by the durable automatic Caliber 3186. Around the dial resides applied circular, rectangular, and triangular hour markers in white-colored gold to start dating ? indicator with “cyclops” lens in the 3 o’clock mark and a number of different writing, such as the corporate emblem toward the top dial and descriptors from the watch toward the underside.

The final key features to note would be the hands, including a “Mercedes”-style hour hands, a sword-formed hands for minutes, a lollipop-tipped hands for seconds, and, finally, a triangular-tipped GMT hands pointing towards the 24-hour scale around the bezel.

On a single hands, there are lots of similarities 

Between your modern GMT-Master II and much more historic references, but alternatively, there's also many variations. Today, the 24-hour bezel, GMT hands, and dial features have continued to be practically exactly the same, outdoors of the couple of color options and material enhancements. Coversely, however, the lugs tend to be shorter, the situation is a lot thicker, and a few color options formerly on the steel versions (like the famous red-and-blue “Pepsi” bezel, as seen below) are actually available only around the models made from more gold and silver, for example white-colored gold. Overall, the current watch is an extremely different piece than the original GMT-Masters from the 1950s and ‘60s. It's today an infinitely more masculine and bold watch, more prone to be located sitting thick upon the wrist of the boardroom executive compared to an airplane pilot - despite its quite interesting heritage in the realm of aviation and it is long lasting fame among enthusiasts of pilots’ watches.

Rolex GMT-Master II Watch Review

I've pointed out previously the strong craving of numerous vintage-watch enthusiasts for additional in the past faithful re-editions by Rolex. However the brand, so far, has focused a lot more on attractive to modern tastes compared to humoring individuals choosing the types of years past. That stated, the present GMT-Master II reference has been around production for nearly ten years (it had been released in 2007), so fans from the series will probably see an update towards the collection within the not-too-distant future. And, when the newest Daytona released only at that year’s Baselworld was any suggestion, it could just incorporate a historic nod, whether by means of a bezel, one option, or possibly much more.