Rolex GMT-Master II Oyster, 40 mm, yellow gold
Reference:
126718GRNR
Model Case:
Oyster, 40 mm, yellow gold
Water-resistance:
Waterproof to 100 meters / 330 feet
Bezel:
Bidirectional rotatable 24-hour graduated bezel. Two-color grey and black Cerachrom insert in ceramic, molded numerals and graduations
Dial:
Black
Bracelet:
Jubilee, five-piece links
Movement:
Perpetual, mechanical, self-winding, GMT function
Calibre:
3285, Manufacture Rolex
Power Reserve:
Approximately 70 hours
Certification:
Superlative Chronometer (COSC + Rolex certification after casing)
24-Hour Rotatable Bezel
This model features a black dial and a two-color Cerachrom bezel insert in grey and black ceramic. In addition to conventional hour, minute and seconds hands, the GMT-Master II features an arrow-tipped hand, which circles the dial once every 24 hours, as well as a bidirectional rotatable 24-hour graduated bezel. The distinctively colored 24-hour hand displays the “home” reference time in a first time zone which can be read on the graduations on the bezel. The traveller’s local time is easily set by “jumping” from hour to hour, thanks to an ingenious mechanism operated via the winding crown: the hour hand can be adjusted forwards or backwards independently of the minute and seconds hands. This allows travellers to adapt to their new time zone without affecting the precision of their timekeeping.
Black dial
Like all Rolex Professional watches, the GMT-Master II offers exceptional legibility in all circumstances, and especially in the dark, thanks to its Chromalight display. The broad hands and hour markers in simple shapes – triangles, circles, rectangles – are filled with a luminescent material emitting a long-lasting glow.
18 kt yellow gold
By operating its own exclusive foundry, Rolex has the unrivalled ability to cast the highest quality 18 kt gold alloys. According to the proportion of silver, copper, platinum or palladium added, different types of 18 kt gold are obtained: yellow, pink or white. They are made with only the purest metals and meticulously inspected in an in-house laboratory with state-of-the-art equipment, before the gold is formed and shaped with the same painstaking attention to quality. Rolex's commitment to excellence begins at the source.
