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|description=The 126715CHNR is the solid-Everose GMT-Master II introduced in 2018, with caliber 3285, a brown-and-black Cerachrom bezel, Oyster bracelet, and a later Tiger Iron dial option. | |description=The 126715CHNR is the solid-Everose GMT-Master II introduced in 2018, with caliber 3285, a brown-and-black Cerachrom bezel, Oyster bracelet, and a later Tiger Iron dial option. | ||
|keywords=Rolex, 126715CHNR, GMT-Master, specifications, reference guide | |keywords=Rolex, 126715CHNR, GMT-Master, specifications, reference guide | ||
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|image_alt=Everose Rootbeer, brown-black bezel | |image_alt=Everose Rootbeer, brown-black bezel | ||
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The solid-gold Rootbeer lineage reaches back to the yellow-gold 1675/8 and [[Reference:16758|16758]], both 1970s solid-gold GMT-Masters with brown-and-gold aluminum Rootbeer inserts. Sotheby’s catalogue entry for the 126715CHNR frames the modern reference as a homage to those watches. The departures mirror the 126711CHNR. Everose replaces yellow gold, two-colour Cerachrom replaces aluminum, and the brown sunburst dial gives way to gloss black or, on the -0002, a hardstone cut. | The solid-gold Rootbeer lineage reaches back to the yellow-gold 1675/8 and [[Reference:16758|16758]], both 1970s solid-gold GMT-Masters with brown-and-gold aluminum Rootbeer inserts. Sotheby’s catalogue entry for the 126715CHNR frames the modern reference as a homage to those watches. The departures mirror the 126711CHNR. Everose replaces yellow gold, two-colour Cerachrom replaces aluminum, and the brown sunburst dial gives way to gloss black or, on the -0002, a hardstone cut. | ||
Alongside it in the current lineup sit the 126711CHNR, the steel [[Reference:126710BLRO|126710BLRO]] Pepsi, the steel [[Reference:126710BLNR|126710BLNR]] Batman, the two-tone yellow-gold [[Reference:126713GRNR|126713GRNR]] from 2023, and the solid yellow-gold [[Reference:126718GRNR|126718GRNR]]. The | Alongside it in the current lineup sit the 126711CHNR, the steel [[Reference:126710BLRO|126710BLRO]] Pepsi, the steel [[Reference:126710BLNR|126710BLNR]] Batman, the two-tone yellow-gold [[Reference:126713GRNR|126713GRNR]] from 2023, and the solid yellow-gold [[Reference:126718GRNR|126718GRNR]]. The current GMT-Master II lineup cited here also includes the Rolesor 126711CHNR, steel 126710BLRO and 126710BLNR, yellow-gold Rolesor 126713GRNR, and solid yellow-gold 126718GRNR. | ||
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The reference launched at Baselworld 2018. Sotheby’s catalogued an early-production circa-2018 example in its 2020 watch sale, anchoring the launch year in the auction record. Production has run continuously since. | The reference launched at Baselworld 2018. Sotheby’s catalogued an early-production circa-2018 example in its 2020 watch sale, anchoring the launch year in the auction record. Production has run continuously since. | ||
The 2025 Tiger Iron dial arrived at Watches & Wonders 2025 as part number 126715CHNR-0002. The standard black-dial 126715CHNR-0001 continues in parallel. | The 2025 Tiger Iron dial arrived at Watches & Wonders 2025 as part number 126715CHNR-0002. The standard black-dial 126715CHNR-0001 continues in parallel. No production total for either branch is published in the cited sources. | ||
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The 2025 Watches & Wonders variant uses a dial cut from tiger iron, a natural stone composite of tiger’s eye, red jasper, and black hematite. The stone’s banded structure gives each dial a different pattern. Case, bezel, movement, and bracelet carry over from the -0001 in the documented specification. | The 2025 Watches & Wonders variant uses a dial cut from tiger iron, a natural stone composite of tiger’s eye, red jasper, and black hematite. The stone’s banded structure gives each dial a different pattern. Case, bezel, movement, and bracelet carry over from the -0001 in the documented specification. | ||
Tiger Iron | Tiger Iron brings a hardstone dial to the GMT-Master II line. Rolex describes the material as a metamorphic rock composed of tiger’s eye, red jasper, and silvery hematite. | ||
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== Special branches == | == Special branches == | ||
The | The catalogue lists two production branches: black dial -0001 and Tiger Iron -0002. Both use the same case, bezel, caliber 3285, and Oyster bracelet. The cited records do not show a separate case or movement revision for either part number. | ||
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== Auction record == | == Auction record == | ||
Sotheby’s 2020 | Sotheby’s 2020 Watches sale included lot 15, a circa-2018 black-dial 126715CHNR with caliber 3285, 18k Everose case and bracelet, and a May 2018 guarantee card. The catalogue estimated it at US$20,000–30,000 and described the bezel as a link to the 1970s Root Beer GMTs. Sotheby’s later listed a circa-2019 example as lot 8073 in its 2022 Fine Watches sale, estimated at HK$260,000–320,000. These lots document individual auction offerings; they do not establish production totals or a market history for the 2025 Tiger Iron branch. | ||
== Related references == | == Related references == | ||