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The 126718GRNR is the solid yellow-gold GMT-Master II Rolex unveiled at Watches and Wonders 2023 alongside its Rolesor sibling [[Reference:126713GRNR|126713GRNR]]. It ended a four-year gap in the line. Rolex discontinued the solid-gold 116718LN in 2019 and issued no yellow-gold GMT of any kind until this one.
The 126718GRNR is the 18 kt yellow-gold GMT-Master II introduced at Watches and Wonders 2023 alongside the Yellow Rolesor [[Reference:126713GRNR|126713GRNR]]. It follows the 116718LN, which left the catalogue in 2019. The reference uses a 40mm yellow-gold Oyster case, a grey-and-black Cerachrom bezel, caliber 3285, and a Jubilee bracelet.


Case, bracelet, and bezel ring are all 18k yellow gold. The grey-and-black Cerachrom insert is shared with the Rolesor sibling.
The standard version has a black dial. Rolex added a Tiger Iron dial configuration under the same reference family in 2025.


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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 126718GRNR is the solid-gold member of the 2023 GRNR pair. The Rolesor [[Reference:126713GRNR|126713GRNR]] launched on the same W&amp;W keynote, and the steel [[Reference:126710GRNR|126710GRNR]] followed a year later in 2024, completing the GRNR family across three case materials. It is the direct successor to the discontinued 116718LN, which carried solid yellow gold through the GMT-Master II line from 2005 to 2019.
The 126718GRNR is the solid-gold member of the GRNR family. The Yellow Rolesor [[Reference:126713GRNR|126713GRNR]] launched alongside it in 2023, and the steel [[Reference:126710GRNR|126710GRNR]] followed in 2024. It is the direct successor to the 116718LN in the modern yellow-gold GMT-Master II sequence.


Upstream, the 126718GRNR is the first yellow-gold GMT-Master II in the 126710-generation case. The case is slimmer than the Super Case 116718LN, caliber 3285 replaces caliber 3186, and the bezel moves from single-colour black Cerachrom to the new grey-and-black insert. Downstream, the reference is current production. No successor has been announced.
The 126718GRNR is the first yellow-gold GMT-Master II in the slimmer 126710-generation case. Compared with the 116718LN it uses caliber 3285 instead of 3186 and a grey-and-black rather than black Cerachrom insert. Rolex's current catalogue lists the reference.


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


Production began at W&amp;W 2023 and remains current in the 2026 Rolex catalogue. A 2025 Tiger Iron dial variant added the reference’s first alternative dial configuration.
Production began at Watches and Wonders 2023 and the reference remains in Rolex's current catalogue. In 2025 Rolex added a Tiger Iron dial configuration under the -0002 suffix; the black-dial -0001 remains the standard configuration.


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


The 126718GRNR runs caliber 3285, shared with the Rolesor 126713GRNR and the broader 126710-generation family. It beats at 28,800 bph, delivers a 70-hour power reserve, and holds to Rolex’s Superlative Chronometer standard of -2/+2 seconds per day. The Chronergy escapement is the architectural change from caliber 3186, with blue Parachrom hairspring and Paraflex shock protection carrying over.
The 126718GRNR uses caliber 3285, shared with the Rolesor 126713GRNR and the wider 126710-generation family. Rolex specifies a 70-hour power reserve, Superlative Chronometer precision of -2/+2 seconds per day after casing, a blue Parachrom hairspring, and Paraflex shock absorbers. The movement also provides the independent local-hour adjustment used by the GMT-Master II line.


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== Dial map ==
== Dial map ==


The 126718GRNR launched with one dial configuration. Glossy black lacquer carries 18k yellow-gold applied markers, gilt-style “GMT-Master II” text, and Chromalight luminescence. The gilt typography is a deliberate vintage cue, and it parallels the discontinued 116718LN.
The -0001 configuration has a black lacquer dial with applied yellow-gold markers, gold-coloured hands, green GMT-Master II text, and Chromalight lume. Launch coverage noted the visual link to earlier two-tone and yellow-gold GMT watches; that is a design observation rather than a separate production branch.


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=== Tiger Iron dial (2025) ===
=== Tiger Iron dial (2025) ===


Rolex introduced a Tiger Iron dial in 2025, the reference’s first alternative dial branch. Tiger iron is a natural stone made of banded alternations of tiger’s eye, red jasper, and hematite, so every dial cut from it is unique. Neither pricing nor a production split has been published.
Rolex introduced the Tiger Iron dial in 2025 as the -0002 configuration. Rolex describes tiger iron as a stone composed of tiger's eye, red jasper, and silvery hematite; the pattern varies with the individual stone. The official material identifies the dial and suffix, but does not publish production quantities or a production split.


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


The case is 40mm across and 11.9mm thick in solid 18k yellow gold, with sapphire crystal, Triplock crown, and 100m water resistance unchanged from the 116718LN. The case generation is the slimmer 126710 architecture that replaced the Super Case in 2019, which makes the 126718GRNR thinner on the wrist than the reference it succeeds.
The case is 40mm in 18 kt yellow gold, with a sapphire crystal, Triplock crown, screw-down caseback, and 100m water resistance. It uses the slimmer 126710 architecture introduced in 2019. Published dimensions are approximately 40mm diameter and 11.9mm thick.


The bezel is the grey-and-black two-colour Cerachrom insert with 18k yellow-gold-filled numerals. Monochrome decodes “GRNR” as gris-noir. The grey-and-black combination had not appeared in the Cerachrom catalogue before 2023, and the insert is shared across all three GRNR references.
The bidirectional bezel uses a grey-and-black Cerachrom insert with moulded numerals and graduations. GRNR follows the French ''gris-noir'' naming convention. Rolex introduced the colour combination with the GRNR references in 2023, and the same insert is used across the steel, Rolesor, and solid-gold versions.


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


The 126718GRNR ships on a solid 18k yellow-gold Jubilee bracelet with the Oysterclasp and Easylink 5mm extension. That is the first full-gold Jubilee on a GMT-Master since the early 1980s, and a departure from recent precedent, since the 116718LN predecessor shipped on Oyster only. No Oyster-bracelet 126718GRNR has surfaced.
The reference is listed on a solid 18 kt yellow-gold five-link Jubilee bracelet with an Oysterlock safety clasp and Easylink 5mm comfort extension. Launch coverage describes it as the first Jubilee bracelet used on a precious-metal GMT-Master II. Rolex's current product pages list the Jubilee configuration; no factory Oyster configuration was identified in the reviewed material.


Full-set packaging is the standard Rolex presentation box, the International Guarantee card, and swing tags.
Full-set packaging is the standard Rolex presentation box, the International Guarantee card, and swing tags.
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== Special branches ==
== Special branches ==


The 2025 Tiger Iron dial is the only alternative branch documented for the reference, offered as a factory option alongside the standard black dial. Rolex applied the same stone to the Everose [[Reference:126715CHNR|126715CHNR]] in the same year, and that version has drawn most of the hands-on coverage.
The Tiger Iron -0002 is the documented alternative to the black-dial -0001. Rolex also offers Tiger Iron on the Everose [[Reference:126715CHNR|126715CHNR]], but the two references remain separate case and bracelet configurations.


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== Historical market and auction record ==
== Historical market and auction record ==


The 126718GRNR has not yet appeared at Sotheby’s, Phillips, or Christie’s.
The reference has appeared in auction records. Heritage Auctions sold a 126718GRNR full set on 24 April 2026 for US$36,250, and EveryWatch lists additional 2025–2026 results from Bezel, Grailzee, and Phillips. These are selected public records, not a complete production or price census.


Time and Tide gave CHF 37,100 as the launch retail figure. Its May 2023 secondary-market snapshot put first-offer asks at around EUR 67,800 against EUR 39,200 retail, roughly 1.7x at first availability. The Rolesor [[Reference:126713GRNR|126713GRNR]] carried a roughly 2.1x premium at the same moment. Robb Report photographed Mark Wahlberg wearing a 126718GRNR in 2023.
Prices vary with dial, condition, bracelet, papers, service history, sale date, and venue. Time and Tide's 2023 snapshot and later auction results describe particular moments; they do not establish a fixed premium or demand ranking. Celebrity ownership is not evidence of a reference variant or production pattern.


== Related references ==
== Related references ==
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* [https://monochrome-watches.com/yellow-gold-and-rolesor-rolex-gmt-master-ii-grey-and-black-ceramic-bezel-2023-editions-126713grnr-126718grnr-specs-price/ Yellow Gold and Rolesor Back On The Rolex GMT-Master II With Grey & Black Ceramic Bezel], Monochrome
* [https://monochrome-watches.com/yellow-gold-and-rolesor-rolex-gmt-master-ii-grey-and-black-ceramic-bezel-2023-editions-126713grnr-126718grnr-specs-price/ Yellow Gold and Rolesor Back On The Rolex GMT-Master II With Grey & Black Ceramic Bezel], Monochrome
* [https://www.rolex.com/en-us/watches/gmt-master-ii/m126718grnr-0001 Rolex GMT-Master II 126718GRNR black dial, current catalogue], Rolex
* [https://www.rolex.com/en-us/watches/gmt-master-ii/m126718grnr-0002 Rolex GMT-Master II 126718GRNR Tiger Iron dial, current catalogue], Rolex
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* [https://www.europeanwatch.com/blog/rolex-gmt-master-ii-126718grnr-review Vintage in a Modern Package: Rolex GMT Master II 126718GRNR], European Watch Company
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[[Category:GMT-Master]]
[[Category:GMT-Master]]

Latest revision as of 06:29, 29 September 2026


GMT-Master › 126718GRNR

18k yellow-gold, grey-black bezel
18k yellow-gold, grey-black bezel

The 126718GRNR is the 18 kt yellow-gold GMT-Master II introduced at Watches and Wonders 2023 alongside the Yellow Rolesor 126713GRNR. It follows the 116718LN, which left the catalogue in 2019. The reference uses a 40mm yellow-gold Oyster case, a grey-and-black Cerachrom bezel, caliber 3285, and a Jubilee bracelet.

The standard version has a black dial. Rolex added a Tiger Iron dial configuration under the same reference family in 2025.

Core facts

detail value
reference 126718GRNR
family GMT-Master II
production 2023-present
movement caliber 3285
case 40mm solid 18k yellow gold Oyster case
crystal sapphire with Cyclops
water resistance 100m
bezel grey-and-black two-colour Cerachrom with moulded numerals and graduations
key identity return of solid yellow gold to the ceramic GMT-Master II line

Where it sits in the line

The 126718GRNR is the solid-gold member of the GRNR family. The Yellow Rolesor 126713GRNR launched alongside it in 2023, and the steel 126710GRNR followed in 2024. It is the direct successor to the 116718LN in the modern yellow-gold GMT-Master II sequence.

The 126718GRNR is the first yellow-gold GMT-Master II in the slimmer 126710-generation case. Compared with the 116718LN it uses caliber 3285 instead of 3186 and a grey-and-black rather than black Cerachrom insert. Rolex's current catalogue lists the reference.

Production outline

Production began at Watches and Wonders 2023 and the reference remains in Rolex's current catalogue. In 2025 Rolex added a Tiger Iron dial configuration under the -0002 suffix; the black-dial -0001 remains the standard configuration.

Movement notes

The 126718GRNR uses caliber 3285, shared with the Rolesor 126713GRNR and the wider 126710-generation family. Rolex specifies a 70-hour power reserve, Superlative Chronometer precision of -2/+2 seconds per day after casing, a blue Parachrom hairspring, and Paraflex shock absorbers. The movement also provides the independent local-hour adjustment used by the GMT-Master II line.

Dial map

The -0001 configuration has a black lacquer dial with applied yellow-gold markers, gold-coloured hands, green GMT-Master II text, and Chromalight lume. Launch coverage noted the visual link to earlier two-tone and yellow-gold GMT watches; that is a design observation rather than a separate production branch.

Tiger Iron dial (2025)

Rolex introduced the Tiger Iron dial in 2025 as the -0002 configuration. Rolex describes tiger iron as a stone composed of tiger's eye, red jasper, and silvery hematite; the pattern varies with the individual stone. The official material identifies the dial and suffix, but does not publish production quantities or a production split.

Case, bezel, crystal, and crown notes

The case is 40mm in 18 kt yellow gold, with a sapphire crystal, Triplock crown, screw-down caseback, and 100m water resistance. It uses the slimmer 126710 architecture introduced in 2019. Published dimensions are approximately 40mm diameter and 11.9mm thick.

The bidirectional bezel uses a grey-and-black Cerachrom insert with moulded numerals and graduations. GRNR follows the French gris-noir naming convention. Rolex introduced the colour combination with the GRNR references in 2023, and the same insert is used across the steel, Rolesor, and solid-gold versions.

Bracelets, end links, clasps, and packaging notes

The reference is listed on a solid 18 kt yellow-gold five-link Jubilee bracelet with an Oysterlock safety clasp and Easylink 5mm comfort extension. Launch coverage describes it as the first Jubilee bracelet used on a precious-metal GMT-Master II. Rolex's current product pages list the Jubilee configuration; no factory Oyster configuration was identified in the reviewed material.

Full-set packaging is the standard Rolex presentation box, the International Guarantee card, and swing tags.

Special branches

The Tiger Iron -0002 is the documented alternative to the black-dial -0001. Rolex also offers Tiger Iron on the Everose 126715CHNR, but the two references remain separate case and bracelet configurations.

Historical market and auction record

The reference has appeared in auction records. Heritage Auctions sold a 126718GRNR full set on 24 April 2026 for US$36,250, and EveryWatch lists additional 2025–2026 results from Bezel, Grailzee, and Phillips. These are selected public records, not a complete production or price census.

Prices vary with dial, condition, bracelet, papers, service history, sale date, and venue. Time and Tide's 2023 snapshot and later auction results describe particular moments; they do not establish a fixed premium or demand ranking. Celebrity ownership is not evidence of a reference variant or production pattern.

Related references

See also the GMT-Master family index, movement reference, bracelet & clasp guide, and serial numbers by year.

Sources

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