18 ct gold
By operating its own exclusive foundry, Rolex has the unrivalled ability to cast the highest quality 18 ct gold alloys. According to the proportion of silver, copper, platinum or palladium added, different types of 18 ct 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.
Black Dial
The dial is the distinctive face of a Rolex watch, the feature most responsible for its identity and readability. Characterised by hour markers fashioned from 18 ct gold to prevent tarnishing, every Rolex dial is designed and manufactured in-house, largely by hand to ensure perfection.
The Oyster bracelet
The Oyster bracelet is a perfect alchemy of form and function, aesthetics and technology, designed to be both robust and comfortable. It is equipped with an Oysterlock folding clasp, which prevents accidental opening and the Easylink comfort extension link, also exclusive to Rolex. This ingenious system allows the wearer to increase the bracelet length by approximately 5 mm, providing additional comfort in any circumstance.
3186 Movement
The GMT-Master II is equipped with calibre 3186, a self-winding mechanical movement entirely developed and manufactured by Rolex. In addition to the conventional hour, minute and seconds hands, it features a 24-hour hand to display a second time zone. Like all Rolex Perpetual movements, the 3186 is a certified Swiss chronometer, a designation reserved for high-precision watches that have successfully passed the Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC) tests. The 3186 is equipped with a Parachrom hairspring, offering greater resistance to shocks and to temperature variations. Its architecture, in common with all Oyster watch movements, makes it singularly reliable.
A 24-hour rotatable bezel
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 coloured 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.
Specifications
- Model case
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Model caseOyster, 40 mm, yellow gold
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Oyster architectureMonobloc middle case, screw-down case back and winding crown
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Diameter40 mm
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Material18 ct yellow gold
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BezelBidirectional rotatable 24-hour graduated Cerachrom insert in ceramic
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Winding crownScrew-down, Triplock triple waterproofness system
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CrystalScratch-resistant sapphire, Cyclops lens over the date
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Water-resistanceWaterproof to 100 metres / 330 feet
- Movement
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MovementPerpetual, mechanical, self-winding, GMT function
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Calibre3186, Manufacture Rolex
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Precision-2/+2 sec/day, after casing
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FunctionsCentre hour, minute and seconds hands. 24-hour display. Second time zone with independent rapid-setting of the hour hand. Instantaneous date. Stop-seconds for precise time setting
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OscillatorParamagnetic blue Parachrom hairspring
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WindingBidirectional self-winding via Perpetual rotor
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Power reserveApproximately 48 hours
- Bracelet
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BraceletOyster, flat three-piece links
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Bracelet material18 ct yellow gold
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ClaspFolding Oysterlock safety clasp with Easylink 5 mm comfort extension link
- Dial
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DialBlack
- Certification
- Superlative Chronometer (COSC + Rolex certification after casing)
