Product Description
This Rolex GMT-Master II ref. 116713LN in steel and 18 carat gold continues two things for the brand: it's commitment to professional grade tool watches and the two-tone aesthetic it has championed since the 1930s. Loaded with Rolex's latest technical achievements, including the patented screw-down, Triplock crown, proprietary Cerachrom ceramic bezel (black with yellow gold numerals) and the in-house automatic caliber 3186 it's the natural, albeit inspiring, evolution of a timeless model that began in 1955. Originally designed to give then PanAm pilots the ability to simultaneously record two timezones - one set against Greenwich Mean Time via an arrow-tipped hand pointing to a 24-hour bezel - today's GMT is the watch you imagine on the wrists of hard scrabble, retired NASA astronauts and test pilots as they swap stories at a bar in the California desert. They wear the steel and gold in a tough man's nonchalance and it's beautiful to look at. As with all things Rolex, subtle details are key and one of the understated bits to this timepiece is the matching green of the arrow-tipped GMT hand and the "GMT-MASTER II" text on the dial (above the hour marker at 6). The GMT was then and remains today the envy of pilots, pioneers, and fearless individuals everywhere.
