Rolex GMT-Master II

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The Rolex GMT-Master II is a 40mm travel watch that shows a second time zone on a 24-hour hand and a rotating two-colour bezel. BeepWear lists eight pre-owned GMT-Masters and GMT-Master IIs, from $13,800 to $52,000 with a median of $33,488: one under $20,000, three between $20,000 and $40,000, and four in precious metal above $40,000. Every watch is inspected before listing and photographed as the actual item.

Which GMT-Master references are in stock? From the current generation, a 126710BLRO in steel with the red and blue Pepsi bezel on a Jubilee bracelet, a 126710BLNR with the blue and black bezel, listed as a Batgirl because it is on the Jubilee, a 126715CHNR in Everose gold with the brown and black Root Beer bezel, and two 18 karat white gold Pepsis from 2023. From the aluminium-bezel era, a 16758 in yellow gold and a 16753 in steel and yellow gold with the original brown Root Beer insert, plus a two-tone GMT-Master II in steel and yellow gold.

What does a pre-owned GMT-Master II cost? The steel references are the value here: the Batgirl is $22,900 and the steel Pepsi $24,750, both well under what a full-gold watch commands. The 1980s two-tone 16753 is $13,800 and the two-tone GMT-Master II $25,000. Precious metal roughly doubles the price: the yellow gold 16758 is $41,975, the white gold Pepsis $42,000 each, and the Everose Root Beer $52,000. On the current market a steel Pepsi or Batgirl in this condition is not something you can walk into a boutique and buy, which is most of why the pre-owned price sits where it does.

Pepsi, Batman, Batgirl, Root Beer: which is which? They are bezel colours in collector shorthand. Pepsi is red and blue, on the model since 1955. Batman and Batgirl are both blue and black; the Batman wears the Oyster bracelet and the Batgirl the Jubilee, which is why the 126710BLNR here carries the Batgirl name. Root Beer is brown and black on the modern Everose 126715CHNR, and brown and gold on the 1980s 16753. Rolex’s own codes are the reference suffixes: BLRO, BLNR and CHNR, from the French colour names.

How does the second time zone work? The 24-hour hand circles the dial once a day and reads home time against the bezel. On the GMT-Master II, made since the early 1980s, the local hour hand jumps in one-hour steps independently of the minutes and the 24-hour hand, so you land, set local time, and the watch never stops. Turn the bezel and the same 24-hour hand reads a third zone. The original GMT-Master, represented here by the 16758 and 16753, sets both hour hands together and is the simpler mechanism.

Aluminium or ceramic bezel? The 16753 and 16758 have anodised aluminium inserts that fade with sunlight and scratch with use; a gently faded insert is part of the appeal to many buyers and is priced accordingly, and it cannot be undone. Rolex replaced aluminium with Cerachrom ceramic, which does not fade, introducing the two-colour blue and black version in 2013 and the steel red and blue in 2018. The current 126710 references also run the calibre 3285 with a roughly 70-hour reserve, against a far shorter one in the 1980s watches.

Jubilee or Oyster bracelet? Since 2018 the steel GMT-Master II has been sold on the five-link Jubilee, which is more flexible and reads dressier; the three-link Oyster is the sportier choice. Both steel watches here are on the Jubilee. Rolex sells the two bracelets as separate configurations rather than interchangeably, so a GMT on a bracelet it did not leave the factory with is a fair question to ask.’

What should you check before buying a pre-owned GMT-Master II? That the 24-hour hand lines up with the bezel scale and the hour hand, because a misaligned GMT hand is the most common small fault on the model. That the bezel clicks through a full turn without slack. On the 1980s references, what is original: insert, dial, hands and bracelet. And the date: it should change at midnight rather than noon, the classic sign of a watch set twelve hours out.

How does BeepWear list and ship these? Every GMT-Master is pre-owned, inspected before listing, and photographed as the actual item you will receive. Stock is one of a kind, so a sold listing comes down rather than lingering. Orders ship insured within the United States, and the authenticity guarantee, returns policy and warranty terms each have their own page.

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