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<small>[[Reference:gmt-master|GMT-Master]] › '''116718LN'''</small> | <small>[[Reference:gmt-master|GMT-Master]] › '''116718LN'''</small> | ||
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The 116718LN brought ceramic to the GMT-Master II. Rolex launched it at Baselworld 2005 in solid yellow gold, with a black Cerachrom bezel and the new caliber 3186, and kept it in the catalogue until 2019. Steel and two-tone versions of the same package followed later, which means the most important bezel-material change of the 2000s arrived on a gold watch. | The 116718LN brought ceramic to the GMT-Master II. Rolex launched it at Baselworld 2005 in solid yellow gold, with a black Cerachrom bezel and the new caliber 3186, and kept it in the catalogue until 2019. Steel and two-tone versions of the same package followed later, which means the most important bezel-material change of the 2000s arrived on a gold watch. | ||
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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 116718LN opens the modern-ceramic GMT-Master II family and sits at the top of it. The two-tone [[Reference:116713LN|116713LN]] arrived in 2006 and the steel [[Reference:116710LN|116710LN]] in 2007, so for the first two years of the Cerachrom era the only ceramic-bezel GMT-Master II Rolex sold was solid yellow gold. | The 116718LN opens the modern-ceramic GMT-Master II family and sits at the top of it. The two-tone [[Reference:116713LN|116713LN]] arrived in 2006 and the steel [[Reference:116710LN|116710LN]] in 2007, so for the first two years of the Cerachrom era the only ceramic-bezel GMT-Master II Rolex sold was solid yellow gold. | ||
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== Case, bezel, crystal, and crown notes == | == Case, bezel, crystal, and crown notes == | ||
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File:Ref 116718LN bezel-detail.jpg|alt=First Cerachrom bezel on a GMT-Master II|First Cerachrom bezel on a GMT-Master II | |||
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The case is the Super Case generation Rolex rolled out across its sports catalogue from the mid-2000s. Compared with the aluminium-bezel 16718, the lugs are wider, the crown guards are heavier, and the watch wears more substantially on the wrist. Period listings for Anniversary Green examples give 40mm across, 48mm lug-to-lug, and 11.8mm thick. | The case is the Super Case generation Rolex rolled out across its sports catalogue from the mid-2000s. Compared with the aluminium-bezel 16718, the lugs are wider, the crown guards are heavier, and the watch wears more substantially on the wrist. Period listings for Anniversary Green examples give 40mm across, 48mm lug-to-lug, and 11.8mm thick. | ||