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|title=Rolex GMT-Master II 16760 'Fat Lady', Coke Bezel, 1983–1988 | Rolexopedia

|description=The 16760 is the first GMT-Master II. Caliber 3085 lets the local hour hand jump independently while the 24-hour hand keeps reference time. The 16760 ran approximately 1982/83–1988 with a sapphire crystal and red-and-black aluminium bezel.

The 16760 is the first GMT-Master II. Its caliber 3085 lets the local hour hand jump independently while the 24-hour hand keeps reference time, so the rotating bezel can show a third zone. The 6.3mm movement required a thicker case than the later 16710. Most reference guides date the run to approximately 1982/83–1988. Surviving factory examples are documented with the red-and-black aluminium “Coke” insert.

It is the first GMT caliber in the line to separate the local hour hand from the 24-hour hand. The local hand jumps in one-hour increments from the crown while the 24-hour hand runs against the bezel for a third zone. The date advances through the local-hour hand rather than a separate quick-set position. The movement's thickness explains the larger case.

Black lacquer ground, applied indices with white-gold surrounds, white printing for the dial text including the GMT-Master II line. Mercedes hour and minute hands paired with a red GMT hand. The configuration runs unchanged across the production window. Retailer-signed examples exist on top of that standard dial: Antiquorum catalogued a steel 16760 retailed by Tiffany & Co. in Geneva in November 2021, the Tiffany signature printed below the coronet in the standard position, with no other deviation from the factory dial layout.

The documented factory configuration is the red-and-black aluminium “Coke” insert. Some secondary references list other colours, but the auction examples and specialist guides cited here do not establish a non-Coke factory branch. Replacement inserts circulate, so colour alone cannot authenticate a case.

| Antiquorum Geneva || 344-411 || 2021 || Tiffany & Co.-retailed, steel || CHF 40,000 (est. CHF 10,000–15,000) -- highest documented public hammer

The Antiquorum Tiffany & Co.-retailed example sold for CHF 40,000 against a CHF 10,000–15,000 estimate in November 2021. The lot's retailer signature and condition are part of that individual result; it is not a general value rule. The table is a limited auction sample, not a census of the reference's market.