GMT-Master II
2009
Model name
GMT-Master II
Location
London - UK
Year
2009
Metal
Stainless Steel
Reference
116710LN
Dial
Black
Serial
M9XXXXX
Style
Men's / Unisex
Bezel
24 Hour Cerachrom
Indexes
White gold / luminous
Case
40mm
Bracelet
Oyster
Crystal
Sapphire
Box & Paperwork
Rolex
Movement
Automatic
Condition
Excellent
Original black dial with white gold lume plots
Original black dial with luminous inlaid white gold “Maxi” markers, Mercedes hands and GMT arrow hand. The GMT-Master II font is in green matching with the GMT hand. The dial has not been touched and remains in excellent original condition.
Steel case with plexiglass & 24 hour rotating Cerachrom bezel
The GMT reference 116710LN in stainless steel with Cerachrom bezel. The M serial number engraved on the rehaut corresponds with the Rolex guarantee card dating the watch to 2009. The watch has been professionally polished and is in excellent condition.
Original Rolex Oyster Bracelet
Original Rolex Oyster GMT-Master bracelet with flip lock clasp. 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.
