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<small>[[Reference:gmt-master|GMT-Master]] → '''126711CHNR'''</small>
<small>[[Reference:gmt-master|GMT-Master]] › '''126711CHNR'''</small>


The [[Reference:126711CHNR|126711CHNR]] is the modern Rootbeer in Rolesor. Rolex introduced it at Baselworld 2018 alongside the solid-Everose [[Reference:126715CHNR|126715CHNR]] and the all-steel Pepsi [[Reference:126710BLRO|126710BLRO]] Jubilee, the lineup that marked the first full refresh of the ceramic GMT-Master II since the original Cerachrom rollout. Its technical headline was the two-colour ceramic bezel. The brown-and-black Cerachrom insert was the first time Rolex had combined two colours in a single ceramic ring on any reference, and it arrived on this watch and on its solid-gold sibling in the same press event.
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The CHNR suffix is short for ''chocolat-noir'', chocolate and black, and the colourway is a deliberate callback to the 1970s two-tone GMTs that carried brown-and-gold aluminum Rootbeer inserts. The homage is structural rather than literal. The dial is gloss black rather than brown, and the gold side of the Rolesor case is Everose, not the yellow gold of the earlier 1675/3, [[Reference:16753|16753]], and [[Reference:16713|16713]] Rootbeers. Collector reception has read those departures as a feature or a problem depending on which source is asked.
The 126711CHNR is the two-tone Everose Rolesor GMT-Master II introduced at Baselworld 2018, alongside the solid-Everose [[Reference:126715CHNR|126715CHNR]] and the steel Pepsi [[Reference:126710BLRO|126710BLRO]]. Its brown-and-black Cerachrom insert was Rolex's first brown-and-black two-colour ceramic bezel; the 2018 launch also used the red-and-blue two-colour bezel on the steel Pepsi.
 
The CHNR suffix is short for ''chocolat-noir'', chocolate and black. Collectors use “Rootbeer” for the connection to earlier two-tone GMTs with brown-and-gold aluminum inserts. The modern watch has a gloss-black dial and Everose gold, while the earlier 1675/3, [[Reference:16753|16753]], and [[Reference:16713|16713]] examples used yellow gold.


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== Core facts ==
== Core facts ==


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== Where it sits in the line ==
== Where it sits in the line ==


The 126711CHNR is the direct successor to the [[Reference:116713LN|116713LN]] in the two-tone GMT-Master II slot. The 116713LN had held that position since 2006 with a single black-on-black colourway rather than a Rootbeer configuration. The 126711CHNR does two things at once. It replaces the yellow-gold Rolesor of the 116713LN with Everose, and it reintroduces the brown-and-black Rootbeer identity that had been absent from two-tone ceramic GMT-Master II production entirely.
The 126711CHNR is the direct successor to the [[Reference:116713LN|116713LN]] in the two-tone GMT-Master II slot. The 116713LN had held that position since 2006 with a single black-on-black colourway rather than a Rootbeer configuration. Compared with the 116713LN, the 126711CHNR replaces yellow-gold Rolesor with Everose and brings the brown-and-black Rootbeer colour scheme back to a ceramic two-tone GMT-Master II.


The vintage lineage behind the Rootbeer nickname runs through the 1675/3, [[Reference:16753|16753]], [[Reference:16758|16758]], and [[Reference:16713|16713]], every one of them yellow-gold rather than Everose. The 126711CHNR sits in that sequence but is not literally a Rootbeer revival. It is a reinterpretation, with a black dial, Everose accents, and two-colour ceramic where the original had a warm brown dial and an aluminum brown-and-gold insert.
The vintage lineage behind the Rootbeer nickname runs through the 1675/3, [[Reference:16753|16753]], [[Reference:16758|16758]], and [[Reference:16713|16713]], every one of them yellow-gold rather than Everose. The 126711CHNR sits in that sequence but is not literally a Rootbeer revival. It is a reinterpretation, with a black dial, Everose accents, and two-colour ceramic where the original had a warm brown dial and an aluminum brown-and-gold insert.
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== Production outline ==
== Production outline ==


The reference launched at Baselworld 2018 and remains in current production. Rolex initially catalogued it as 126711CHNR-0001 and has since updated the part number to 126711CHNR-0002, a numbering change rather than a visible specification change. The auction-house record is already meaningful: Sotheby’s catalogued a circa-2019 example in its Important Watches 2021 sale, and Phillips offered another circa-2019 full-set watch as lot 944 at the Hong Kong Watch Auction XIX in 2024, with hammer exceeding the HK$80,000-160,000 estimate.
The reference launched at Baselworld 2018 and remains in the current catalogue. Rolex has used the part numbers 126711CHNR-0001 and 126711CHNR-0002; the cited sources do not document a visible specification change between them.
 
Launch retail was US$14,050 according to aBlogtoWatch’s Baselworld 2018 coverage. Robb Report documented allocation pressure through the first two post-launch years.


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== Movement notes ==
== Movement notes ==


Caliber 3285 arrives here fully formed: Chronergy escapement, 70-hour reserve, and the same modern GMT movement logic shared across the 2018-onward family.
Caliber 3285 uses the Chronergy escapement and a stated 70-hour reserve, with the GMT-Master II functions shared across the 2018-onward family.


The upgrade matters more as a generation marker than as a mechanical departure. The independent hour hand and GMT-Master II function logic are unchanged. What the 3285 introduces is the longer reserve and the higher-efficiency escapement that the current generation of Rolex calibres shares.
The upgrade matters more as a generation marker than as a mechanical departure. The independent hour hand and GMT-Master II function logic are unchanged. What the 3285 introduces is the longer reserve and the higher-efficiency escapement that the current generation of Rolex calibres shares.
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== Dial map ==
== Dial map ==


The dial is single-configuration. Gloss black lacquer with Chromalight lume plots surrounded by Everose PVD-coated borders, baton and triangle indexes also Everose-rimmed, a green-tinted Chromalight lume that glows blue in the dark, and Everose hands. The GMT hand is also Everose rather than the green hand used on the 116713LN. Time+Tide’s hands-on coverage, Monochrome’s launch review, and Rolex’s own current product page all describe the dial in these terms.
The documented dial is gloss black with Chromalight plots, Everose-coloured surrounds and hands, and baton and triangle indexes. The GMT hand is Everose rather than the green hand used on the 116713LN. Rolex's current product page and the cited launch reviews describe this single catalogued configuration.


The dial colour choice is the one real argument around the reference. Some collectors think the black dial makes the watch too cold for a Root Beer. Others think that contrast is exactly what modernizes it.
The black dial separates the modern reference from the warmer dials found on earlier Rootbeer examples.


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== Case, bezel, crystal, and crown notes ==
== Case, bezel, crystal, and crown notes ==


The case is the 40mm Oyster footprint shared with the rest of the 2018 ceramic GMT-Master II lineup. The Rolesor construction pairs Oystersteel (904L, now marketed as Oystersteel) case sides and lugs with an 18k Everose gold bezel ring, crown, and centre-bracelet links. The monobloc middle case carries over from the broader Oyster architecture, and Triplock crown, Cyclops, and 100m water resistance are unchanged from the previous generation.
The case is the 40 mm Oyster footprint shared with the 2018 ceramic GMT-Master II lineup. Rolesor combines Oystersteel case parts with 18k Everose gold on the bezel, crown, and bracelet centre links. The monobloc middle case, Triplock crown, Cyclops, and 100 m water resistance are part of the documented specification.


The Cerachrom bezel is the reference’s technical headline. Rolex had produced single-colour ceramic bezels since 2005 and a two-colour red-and-blue Pepsi Cerachrom since 2014 on the white-gold [[Reference:116719BLRO|116719BLRO]], but the brown-and-black combination on the 2018 Rootbeer pair required a new version of the process. The insert fires as a single piece of ceramic, and the two colours are produced by chemistry during the sintering cycle rather than by painting or lamination. The 24-hour numerals are then moulded into the ceramic in Everose gold, a platinum-fortified pink-gold alloy Rolex patented in 2005 to resist colour fade.
The Cerachrom insert is brown and black ceramic with moulded Everose-coloured numerals. Rolex had already used two-colour ceramic on the red-and-blue Pepsi bezel; the 2018 novelty was the brown-and-black combination in this Rolesor pair. The page records the catalogued materials rather than inferring the manufacturing process from appearance.


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== Bracelets, end links, clasps, and packaging notes ==
== Bracelets, end links, clasps, and packaging notes ==


The 126711CHNR ships on the Rolesor Oyster bracelet with Oystersteel outer links and Everose centre links, solid end links, and the Oysterlock clasp carrying the Easylink 5mm comfort extension. Time+Tide’s hands-on shows the clasp and Easylink system in macro detail, and Rolex’s current product page catalogues the bracelet under the same Oyster configuration. The Jubilee, which became the default steel-Pepsi bracelet on the [[Reference:126710BLRO|126710BLRO]], was never offered on the 126711CHNR.
The 126711CHNR is catalogued on the Rolesor Oyster bracelet with Oystersteel outer links, Everose centre links, solid end links, and an Oysterlock clasp with Easylink 5 mm extension. Rolex's current product page and the 2018 press material list the Oyster bracelet; the Jubilee configuration belongs to the steel Pepsi [[Reference:126710BLRO|126710BLRO]].


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


The reference exists in a single visible configuration through its production run. The only catalogued change has been the part-number update from -0001 to -0002, which has not produced a new dial or bezel variant. No stone-dial or alternative-dial version of the 126711CHNR has been released, which keeps the reference cleaner to describe than its solid-Everose sibling.
The reference exists in a single visible configuration through its production run. The only catalogued change has been the part-number update from -0001 to -0002, which has not produced a new dial or bezel variant. No stone-dial or alternative-dial version of the 126711CHNR is documented in the cited catalogues, and no separate dial or bezel branch is listed.
 
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== Auction record ==
 
The cited auction record contains two individual lots. Sotheby’s Important Watches 2021, lot 205, catalogued a circa-2019 example with a USD 15,000–25,000 estimate. Phillips Hong Kong Watch Auction XIX, lot 944, catalogued a circa-2019 full set with an HK$80,000–160,000 estimate and a realised price of HK$127,000. These results belong to the individual lots and are not a general price guide.
 
== Related references ==


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* [[Reference:126715CHNR|GMT-Master 126715CHNR]]: 2018–present
== Historical market and auction record ==
* [[Reference:126710BLNR|GMT-Master 126710BLNR]]: 2019–present
* [[Reference:126720VTNR|GMT-Master 126720VTNR]]: 2022–present
* [[Reference:126713GRNR|GMT-Master 126713GRNR]]: 2023–present
* [[Reference:126718GRNR|GMT-Master 126718GRNR]]: 2023–present
* [[Reference:126710GRNR|GMT-Master 126710GRNR]]: 2024–present


Auction coverage of the 126711CHNR is already well-established for a 2018-launch reference. Sotheby’s Important Watches 2021 sale catalogued a circa-2019 example, and Phillips offered another circa-2019 full-set watch as lot 944 at the Hong Kong Watch Auction XIX in 2024, with hammer exceeding the HK$80,000-160,000 estimate. The secondary market treats the reference as active-production with its own distinct pricing band. Robb Report’s launch-window coverage describes strong allocation pressure in the first years after release, consistent with the auction picture.
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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