GMT-Master II
2002
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GMT-Master II
Location
London - UK
Year
2002
Metal
Stainless Steel
Reference
16710
Dial
Pepsi
Serial
K3XXXXX
Style
Men's / Unisex
Bezel
24 Hour "Pepsi"
Indexes
White gold / luminous
Case
40mm
Bracelet
Oyster
Crystal
Sapphire
Box & Paperwork
Rolex
Movement
Automatic Cal. 3185
Condition
Excellent (Not Polished)
Original black dial with white gold lume plots
Original black dial with luminous inlaid white gold markers, Mercedes hands and GMT arrow hand. The dial has not been touched and remains in excellent original condition.
Steel case with 24 hour rotating Pepsi bezel
The GMT Master II reference 16710 in stainless steel. The K serial number engraved in between the lugs corresponds with the Rolex guarantee paperwork dating the watch to 2002. The watch remains unpolished from new and retains its original Rolex caseback sticker.
Original Rolex Oyster Bracelet
Original Rolex Oyster GMT-Master bracelet with flip lock clasp, reference 78790A with clasp code DE10. Bracelets can be resized on request.
Released in 1954, the GMT-Master resulted from Pan Am and Rolex collaborating on a watch that could tell the time in two different places at once
With the further innovation and popularisation of commercial flying, the distances of flights became greater. This resulted in pilots crossing into different time zones more frequently. Thus, a need for uniformity across the industry was borne as potential issues could arise when communicating with ground teams in a different time zone to the pilots. To eliminate these errors, the aviation industry adopted a standard time-zone, Greenwich Mean Time. As such, the GMT-Master’s fourth hand, the 2nd-hour hand, was to stay on Greenwich Mean Time – which is where the name for the watch comes from.
