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ROLEX GMT-MASTER 116710LN: 

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Rene-Paul Jeanneret is arguably regarded as the most influential executive at Rolex Geneva during the company's most fruitful period in the 1950s and 1960s. It was he that came up with the idea of “tool” watches, just to clarify that is the idea of specific watches designed for participants of specific sports or activities. This influence bore fruit at the Basle watch fair in 1954 when Rolex revealed the Explorer for cavers, the Submariner for Divers and the Turn-O-Graph for International business men that wanted a low key business like watch with time elapse facility.

The story goes that Pan-Am approached Jeanneret and asked him to produce a watch that would enable pilots to track two different time zones.  The Rolex GMT Master was about to be conceived, based upon the Turn-O-Graph watch but with an additional 24 hour driving wheel and hand. This new Rolex GMT Master was the first Rolex watch to incorporate a “Cyclops”*  lens from it’s introduction.
The “Cyclops” lens is a bubble magnifier over the date which enlarges the date by 2.5 times.

Due to the size of the Pan-Am fleet the majority of the first GMT Master Rolex watches were delivered to Pan-Am flight crews and are now highly sought after timepieces.

The only real difference between the Rolex GMT Master and a ROLEX EXPLORER II is the fact that the GMT Master has a rotating bezel where as the EXPLORER II has a fixed bezel.

The latest version of the GMT Master, the 116710LN model first shown at the Basel watch fair 2005.  This 116710LN model with a completely new case and movement is most recognisable to the general layman due to its ceramic bezel, the bezel is produced by an exclusive Rolex process, heated to 1000 degrees, virtually indestructible and impervious to scratches, it takes more than forty hours to produce each of these bezels. To date the 116710LN is only produced with an all black bezel, unlike it’s predecessor the 16710 which, in Stainless steel versions, had the option of an all Black bezel or half red/blue or half maroon/black, but watch this space.  Once Rolex perfect the technique we expect top see the 116710LN available with these options.

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