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Deep audit: ground 6-digit GMT family chronology, gem-set scope, current catalogue and prose
Clarify current catalogue status of 2026 Pepsi withdrawals
 
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<small>[[Reference:gmt-master|GMT-Master]] › '''GMT-Master II 6-digit family'''</small>
<div class="rp-lead">[[File:Ref 126710BLRO hero.webp|thumb|center|640px|alt=Rolex GMT-Master II 126710BLRO steel Pepsi|126710BLRO, the steel Pepsi that opened the 126xxx generation.]]</div>


The 6-digit family is the current GMT-Master II generation, running from the 2018 reset through to today's catalogue. It starts with the steel Pepsi [[Reference:126710BLRO|126710BLRO]] and the Root Beer pair in 2018, adds the Jubilee Batman in 2019, the left-handed [[Reference:126720VTNR|126720VTNR]] in 2022, the yellow-gold GRNR pair in 2023, the steel GRNR in 2024, and the Tiger Iron stone dials in 2025.
The 6-digit family is the current GMT-Master II generation, running from the 2018 reset through to today's catalogue. It starts with the steel Pepsi [[Reference:126710BLRO|126710BLRO]] and the Root Beer pair in 2018, adds the Jubilee Batman in 2019, the left-handed [[Reference:126720VTNR|126720VTNR]] in 2022, the yellow-gold GRNR pair in 2023, the steel GRNR in 2024, and the Tiger Iron stone dials in 2025.
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* [[Reference:126710BLNR|126710BLNR]] (2019-present): Batman transition to Jubilee and caliber 3285
* [[Reference:126710BLNR|126710BLNR]] (2019-present): Batman transition to Jubilee and caliber 3285
* [[Reference:126720VTNR|126720VTNR]] (2022-present): left-handed green-and-black Destro; first modern left-crown Rolex sports watch
* [[Reference:126720VTNR|126720VTNR]] (2022-present): left-handed green-and-black Destro; first modern left-crown Rolex sports watch
* 126719BLRO (2019–2026): white-gold red-and-blue Pepsi; catalogue withdrawal reported in 2026
* 126729VTNR (2025-present): white-gold left-handed green-and-black GMT with ceramic dial
* [[Reference:126713GRNR|126713GRNR]] (2023-present): Rolesor yellow-gold GMT with grey-and-black Cerachrom
* [[Reference:126713GRNR|126713GRNR]] (2023-present): Rolesor yellow-gold GMT with grey-and-black Cerachrom
* [[Reference:126718GRNR|126718GRNR]] (2023-present): solid yellow-gold GMT; Tiger Iron dial added 2025
* [[Reference:126718GRNR|126718GRNR]] (2023-present): solid yellow-gold GMT; Tiger Iron dial added 2025
* [[Reference:126710GRNR|126710GRNR]] (2024-present): steel grey-and-black ceramic GMT; "Bruce Wayne"
* [[Reference:126710GRNR|126710GRNR]] (2024-present): steel grey-and-black ceramic GMT; "Bruce Wayne"


Contemporary reporting places the steel 126710BLRO and white-gold 126719BLRO among the Pepsi references removed from the catalogue at Watches &amp; Wonders 2026. The other 12xxxx references listed here remain in Rolex's current GMT-Master II catalogue as of this audit.
Contemporary reporting places the steel 126710BLRO and white-gold 126719BLRO among the Pepsi references removed from the catalogue at Watches &amp; Wonders 2026. Rolex's current model catalogue shows the other listed 12xxxx references; the 126710BLRO and 126719BLRO are kept separate here because their 2026 withdrawal has been reported but the catalogue transition is recent.


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* Solid Everose gold: [[Reference:126715CHNR|126715CHNR]] solid Rootbeer, with 2025 Tiger Iron dial variant.
* Solid Everose gold: [[Reference:126715CHNR|126715CHNR]] solid Rootbeer, with 2025 Tiger Iron dial variant.
* Solid yellow gold: [[Reference:126718GRNR|126718GRNR]], with 2025 Tiger Iron dial variant.
* Solid yellow gold: [[Reference:126718GRNR|126718GRNR]], with 2025 Tiger Iron dial variant.
* Solid white gold: 126719BLRO white-gold Pepsi (catalogue withdrawal reported in 2026), and 126729VTNR white-gold left-handed green-black GMT.


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* Brown-and-black (CHNR): [[Reference:126711CHNR|126711CHNR]] Rolesor Everose and [[Reference:126715CHNR|126715CHNR]] solid Everose, both 2018-present. The Tiger Iron 126715CHNR-0002 from 2025 is the only catalogued dial variant inside the pair.
* Brown-and-black (CHNR): [[Reference:126711CHNR|126711CHNR]] Rolesor Everose and [[Reference:126715CHNR|126715CHNR]] solid Everose, both 2018-present. The Tiger Iron 126715CHNR-0002 from 2025 is the only catalogued dial variant inside the pair.
* Green-and-black (VTNR): [[Reference:126720VTNR|126720VTNR]] left-handed, 2022-present. Exclusive colourway; no right-handed VTNR exists in the catalogue.
* Green-and-black (VTNR): [[Reference:126720VTNR|126720VTNR]] left-handed, 2022-present. Exclusive colourway; no right-handed VTNR exists in the catalogue.
  126729VTNR is the white-gold 2025 counterpart.
* Grey-and-black (GRNR): [[Reference:126713GRNR|126713GRNR]] Rolesor, [[Reference:126718GRNR|126718GRNR]] solid yellow gold, [[Reference:126710GRNR|126710GRNR]] steel. The Rolesor and solid-gold variants launched in 2023; the steel followed in 2024.
* Grey-and-black (GRNR): [[Reference:126713GRNR|126713GRNR]] Rolesor, [[Reference:126718GRNR|126718GRNR]] solid yellow gold, [[Reference:126710GRNR|126710GRNR]] steel. The Rolesor and solid-gold variants launched in 2023; the steel followed in 2024.


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* [[Reference:16758|GMT-Master 16758]], five-digit yellow gold and 1980s SARU gem-set branch
* [[Reference:16758|GMT-Master 16758]], five-digit yellow gold and 1980s SARU gem-set branch


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