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	The 116710BLNR is the original Batman. Rolex launched it at Baselworld 2013 with a blue-and-black two-tone Cerachrom bezel, the first two-colour ceramic insert the brand had ever shipped. Case, movement, and bracelet came straight from the all-black [[Reference:116710LN\|116710LN]] that had been in the catalogue since 2007; the bezel was the whole of the change. It was enough to make the Batman the most-discussed steel GMT-Master II of its generation, and the secondary-market run that followed still shapes how collectors read the reference.		The 116710BLNR is the original Batman. Rolex launched it at Baselworld 2013 with a blue-and-black two-tone Cerachrom bezel, the first two-colour ceramic insert the brand had ever shipped. Case, movement, and bracelet came straight from the all-black [[Reference:116710LN\|116710LN]] that had been in the catalogue since 2007; the bezel was the whole of the change. It was enough to make the Batman the most-discussed steel GMT-Master II of its generation, and the secondary-market run that followed still shapes how collectors read the reference.
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	== Core facts ==		== Core facts ==

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	* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/important-watches/reference-116710blnr-gmt-master-ii-batman-a Reference 116710BLNR GMT-Master II 'Batman', circa 2019] — Sotheby's		* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/important-watches/reference-116710blnr-gmt-master-ii-batman-a Reference 116710BLNR GMT-Master II 'Batman', circa 2019] — Sotheby's

	* [https://watchesbysjx.com/2024/11/in-depth-rolex-gmt-master-ii.html In-Depth: Rolex GMT-Master II Materials and Mechanisms] — ~~JX Su~~ and David Ichim, SJX Watches		* [https://watchesbysjx.com/2024/11/in-depth-rolex-gmt-master-ii.html In-Depth: Rolex GMT-Master II Materials and Mechanisms] — Richard Lee and David Ichim, SJX Watches
	* [https://www.everestbands.com/blogs/bezel-barrel/how-did-they-do-that-rolex-s-bi-color-ceramic-bezel-inserts How Did They DO That: Rolex Bi-Color Ceramic Bezel Inserts] — Ed Estlow, Everest Bands		* [https://www.everestbands.com/blogs/bezel-barrel/how-did-they-do-that-rolex-s-bi-color-ceramic-bezel-inserts How Did They DO That: Rolex Bi-Color Ceramic Bezel Inserts] — Ed Estlow, Everest Bands

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	The 116710BLNR is the original Batman. Rolex launched it at Baselworld 2013 with a blue-and-black two-tone Cerachrom bezel, the first two-colour ceramic insert the brand had ever shipped. Case, movement, and bracelet came straight from the all-black [[Reference:116710LN\|116710LN]] that had been in the catalogue since 2007; the bezel was the whole of the change. It was enough to make the Batman the most-discussed steel GMT-Master II of its generation, and the secondary-market run that followed still shapes how collectors read the reference.		The 116710BLNR is the original Batman. Rolex launched it at Baselworld 2013 with a blue-and-black two-tone Cerachrom bezel, the first two-colour ceramic insert the brand had ever shipped. Case, movement, and bracelet came straight from the all-black [[Reference:116710LN\|116710LN]] that had been in the catalogue since 2007; the bezel was the whole of the change. It was enough to make the Batman the most-discussed steel GMT-Master II of its generation, and the secondary-market run that followed still shapes how collectors read the reference.

	Batman is a collector name, taken from the DC colour scheme, and it stuck ~~fast enough that the factory code is now the less familiar of the two~~. ~~That~~ code, BLNR, parses as bleu noir.		Batman is a collector name, taken from the DC colour scheme, and it stuck. Rolex's own code, BLNR, parses as bleu noir.

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	== Production outline ==		== Production outline ==

	Production runs from 2013 through 2019 ~~with no catalogued specification change across the six years~~. Fratello's Baselworld 2013 launch-day coverage records CHF 8,500 as the introduction price; period market figures put the reference at roughly EUR 7,250 at launch and around EUR 8,200 by the time Rolex retired it.		Production runs from 2013 through 2019. Fratello's Baselworld 2013 launch-day coverage records CHF 8,500 as the introduction price; period market figures put the reference at roughly EUR 7,250 at launch and around EUR 8,200 by the time Rolex retired it.

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	Secondary-market pricing positions the 116710BLNR against its successor 126710BLNR. EUR prices climbed from around EUR 8,500 at the start of the discontinuation signal into the EUR 16,000 range shortly after. The post-discontinuation premium has persisted.		Secondary-market pricing positions the 116710BLNR against its successor 126710BLNR. EUR prices climbed from around EUR 8,500 at the start of the discontinuation signal into the EUR 16,000 range shortly after. The post-discontinuation premium has persisted.


			== Related references ==

			* [[Reference:116719BLRO\|GMT-Master 116719BLRO]] — 2014–2019
			* [[Reference:116710LN\|GMT-Master 116710LN]] — First Ceramic (2007–2019)
			* [[Reference:116713LN\|GMT-Master 116713LN]] — Two-Tone Ceramic (2006–2019)
			* [[Reference:116718LN\|GMT-Master 116718LN]] — 2005–2019
			* [[Reference:126711CHNR\|GMT-Master 126711CHNR]] — 2018–present
			* [[Reference:126715CHNR\|GMT-Master 126715CHNR]] — 2018–present

			See also the [[Reference:gmt-master\|GMT-Master family index]], [[Reference:Movements\|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets\|bracelet & clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers\|serial numbers by year]].

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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	== Special branches ==		== Special branches ==


	The 116710BLNR is itself the named variant. Where the 116710 family has two published configurations — the all-black 116710LN and the blue-and-black 116710BLNR — the Batman is one of them, not a sub-branch inside it. Late-production full-set examples carrying 2019 guarantee-card dates are a minor collector sub-branch because they mark the final year of original Batman production and sit adjacent to the 126710BLNR transition. Sotheby's 2019 lot is the auction-grade anchor for that sub-branch.		The 116710BLNR is itself the named variant. Where the 116710 family has two published configurations — the all-black 116710LN and the blue-and-black 116710BLNR — the Batman is one of them, not a sub-branch inside it. Late-production full-set examples carrying 2019 guarantee-card dates are a minor collector sub-branch because they mark the final year of original Batman production and sit adjacent to the 126710BLNR transition. Sotheby's 2019 lot is the auction-grade anchor for that sub-branch.
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	== Historical market and auction record ==		== Historical market and auction record ==


	The auction record is stronger than the 116710LN's. Phillips offered a new-old-stock 116710BLNR from the Guido Mondani Collection at the Geneva Watch Auction XIX in May 2024 — a Phillips-condition stickered example five years after discontinuation, with bracelet, guarantee, hang tag, and presentation box intact. Sotheby's had already catalogued a late-production full-set example dated to 2019 as the reference exited production.		The auction record is stronger than the 116710LN's. Phillips offered a new-old-stock 116710BLNR from the Guido Mondani Collection at the Geneva Watch Auction XIX in May 2024 — a Phillips-condition stickered example five years after discontinuation, with bracelet, guarantee, hang tag, and presentation box intact. Sotheby's had already catalogued a late-production full-set example dated to 2019 as the reference exited production.

	Secondary-market pricing positions the 116710BLNR against its successor 126710BLNR. EUR prices climbed from around EUR 8,500 at the start of the discontinuation signal into the EUR 16,000 range shortly after. The post-discontinuation premium has persisted.		Secondary-market pricing positions the 116710BLNR against its successor 126710BLNR. EUR prices climbed from around EUR 8,500 at the start of the discontinuation signal into the EUR 16,000 range shortly after. The post-discontinuation premium has persisted.


	== Related references ==		== Related references ==

	* [[Reference:116719BLRO\|GMT-Master 116719BLRO]] — 2014–2019		* [[Reference:116719BLRO\|GMT-Master 116719BLRO]] — 2014–2019
	* [[Reference:116710LN\|GMT-Master 116710LN]] — First Ceramic (2007–2019)		* [[Reference:116710LN\|GMT-Master 116710LN]] — First Steel Ceramic (2007–2019)
	* [[Reference:116713LN\|GMT-Master 116713LN]] — Two-Tone Ceramic (2006–2019)		* [[Reference:116713LN\|GMT-Master 116713LN]] — Two-Tone Ceramic (2006–2019)
	* [[Reference:116718LN\|GMT-Master 116718LN]] — 2005–2019		* [[Reference:116718LN\|GMT-Master 116718LN]] — 2005–2019