Rolex GMT Master II: I Review The Discontinued Rolex GMT Master II "Pepsi" & 14 Other Watches

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Rolex GMT Master II: I Review The Discontinued Rolex GMT Master II "Pepsi" & 14 Other Luxury Watches

Aug 4, 2021

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Contact [email protected] for pricing and availability; Either I have it, or I can get it!

The Rolex GMT Master is a legendary pilot’s watch, and Tim Mosso is ready to pilot a first-class flight with this and fourteen other preowned luxury watches. From its launch in late 1954, the Rolex GMT has been a standard for aviators and armchair aviators alike. Today’s show features the rare and opulent white gold Rolex GMT Master II “Pepsi” in the form that launched at Baselworld 2014. Rarely made and scarce in circulation, this is a collectible Rolex watch of the highest order.

At 40mm, the white gold Rolex GMT doesn’t cut an outlandish figure or make a brash statement. While valuable and exclusive, it wears with the discretion and social ease that makes white gold a favorite of discreet watch collectors. A Rolex Oyster bracelet and clasp ensure absolute security on the wrist, and the five millimeter “Easy Link” system permits tool-free tailoring as needed. Rolex manufactures its own cases, bracelets, and clasps, but the brand also owns a foundry and blends its own gold alloys. This version of 18-karat white gold is known in the watchmaking trade as “grey gold,” and never requires rhodium plating.

Topside, the Rolex blue and red “Pepsi” bezel remains as a holdover from the original model designed for Pan-Am pilots in the 1950s. With a true dual-time capability that allows independent setting of the 12-hour and 24-hour hands, the GMT Master II gains the ability to display three time zones momentarily when the ceramic-capped GMT bezel is employed.

Rolex employs its manufacture caliber 3186 in the 116719. This automatic movement features a 48-hour power reserve, dual time capability, an antimagnetic “Parachrom Blue” overcoil hairpsing, and COSC Swiss chronometer certification. The caliber 3186 also includes robust construction with a full balance bridge and a free sprung balance design. A screw down “Triplock” crown provides water resistance rated to 100 meters.

This show also includes a spectacular Rolex Daytona in yellow gold, a Patek Philippe Nautilus Moonphase, and two complicated versions of Audemars Piguet’s signature Royal Oak sports watch. WatchBox offers the world’s largest and finest collection of luxury preowned watches for all watch collectors, their tastes, and their wrist sizes.

• 33:37 A. Lange & Sohne Lange 1 Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar 720.032F $199,945
• 13:15 Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar 25554BA yellow gold, yellow dial
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• 10:49 Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore White Ceramic 26402CB.OO.A010C $92,950
• 35:58 De Bethune DB27 Titan Hawk DB27TIS4V2PS 2021 Green Dial
o Email [email protected] for pricing
• 29:36 De Bethune DB25 Moonphase Starry Sky DB25LWS3V2 white gold, blue titanium dial
o Email [email protected] for pricing
• 06:48 F.P. Journe Octa Sport blue dial, limited edition of 8 pieces
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• 26:55 Parmigiani Fleurier Toric Perpetual Calendar PF000471 $21,950
• 16:35 Patek Philippe Calatrava Skeleton 5180/1G-010 $84,950
• 22:27 Patek Philippe 5370P-001 Split Seconds Chronograph $204,950
• 04:40 Patek Philippe Nautilus Moonphase 5712/1A-001 $115,950
• 09:19 Richard Mille RM055 Bubba Watson white ceramic
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• 37:52 Roger Dubuis Sympathie Biretrograde Perpetual Calendar S3757720 white gold
o Not yet priced: email [email protected] for a quote
• 02:28 Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona 116518 yellow gold $34,950
• 00:32 Rolex Oyster Perpetual GMT Master II 116719BLRO $41,450
• 18:54 Vacheron Constantin Quai de L’ille 86050/000T-9343 titanium $14,950

 
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