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== Movement notes == | == Movement notes == | ||
Caliber 3186 powered the 116713LN through its entire production window. This is the same movement Rolex had introduced on the yellow-gold [[Reference:116718LN|116718LN]] at Baselworld 2005, brought into the Rolesor line a year later. Its defining feature is the blue Parachrom hairspring, introduced elsewhere in the Rolex catalogue earlier in the 2000s and carried onto the GMT-Master II through the ceramic-era references. The 3186 also moved the GMT wheel to the revised design that cleaned up quickset date and independent-hour-hand behaviour, and it remained the reference movement for the line until | Caliber 3186 powered the 116713LN through its entire production window. This is the same movement Rolex had introduced on the yellow-gold [[Reference:116718LN|116718LN]] at Baselworld 2005, brought into the Rolesor line a year later. Its defining feature is the blue Parachrom hairspring, introduced elsewhere in the Rolex catalogue earlier in the 2000s and carried onto the GMT-Master II through the ceramic-era references. The 3186 also moved the GMT wheel to the revised design that cleaned up quickset date and independent-hour-hand behaviour, and it remained the reference movement for the line until caliber 3285 replaced it on the 2018 launches. | ||
The 3186 ran at 28,800 vph with a 50-hour power reserve. Caliber 3285, which superseded it on the ceramic Rootbeer pair in 2018, moved the reserve to 70 hours and added the Chronergy escapement. The 116713LN never received the 3285, which keeps its movement generation clean. | The 3186 ran at 28,800 vph with a 50-hour power reserve. Caliber 3285, which superseded it on the ceramic Rootbeer pair in 2018, moved the reserve to 70 hours and added the Chronergy escapement. The 116713LN never received the 3285, which keeps its movement generation clean. | ||
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== Dial map == | == Dial map == | ||
The dial story is the 116713LN’s narrowest. A single gloss-black lacquer dial with Chromalight lume plots in yellow-gold surrounds, paired with a black Cerachrom insert carrying gold-filled 24-hour graduations. The GMT hand is green, a detail that reads as the simplest generation marker separating the 116713LN and its Cerachrom siblings from the aluminum-insert 16713. There is no Rootbeer branch, no brown-dial branch, no alternate bezel colour inside the reference. | The dial story is the 116713LN’s narrowest. A single gloss-black lacquer dial with Chromalight lume plots in yellow-gold surrounds, paired with a black Cerachrom insert carrying gold-filled 24-hour graduations. The GMT hand is green, a detail that reads as the simplest generation marker separating the 116713LN and its Cerachrom siblings from the aluminum-insert 16713. There is no Rootbeer branch, no brown-dial branch, no alternate bezel colour inside the reference. Sotheby’s and Bonhams auction catalogues across the production run describe the same configuration. | ||
The single-dial decision is itself a narrative point. The vintage 1675 and 16753 carried brown-and-gold Rootbeer dials as the yellow-gold GMT identity. The 16713 split yellow-gold production between brown and black. The 116713LN consolidated yellow-gold GMT-Master II production onto black only. When Rolex brought the Rootbeer back in 2018, it did so in Everose, not yellow gold, and on a different six-digit reference. | The single-dial decision is itself a narrative point. The vintage 1675 and 16753 carried brown-and-gold Rootbeer dials as the yellow-gold GMT identity. The 16713 split yellow-gold production between brown and black. The 116713LN consolidated yellow-gold GMT-Master II production onto black only. When Rolex brought the Rootbeer back in 2018, it did so in Everose, not yellow gold, and on a different six-digit reference. | ||
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== Case, bezel, crystal, and crown notes == | == Case, bezel, crystal, and crown notes == | ||
The case is the Maxi-case geometry shared across the Cerachrom-era GMT-Master II. Compared with the 16713, the crown guards are larger, the lugs are thicker, and the case sides are more squared. The 40mm footprint is unchanged, but the wrist presence is heavier. The dial carries correspondingly larger applied hour markers and a wider Mercedes handset, | The case is the Maxi-case geometry shared across the Cerachrom-era GMT-Master II. Compared with the 16713, the crown guards are larger, the lugs are thicker, and the case sides are more squared. The 40mm footprint is unchanged, but the wrist presence is heavier. The dial carries correspondingly larger applied hour markers and a wider Mercedes handset, the configuration commonly called the Maxi dial. | ||
The Cerachrom insert is the defining technical change over the aluminum 16713. Rolex replaced the 120-click aluminum bezel with a 24-click unidirectional Cerachrom ring, scratch-resistant and colourfast in a way the aluminum insert was not. The 24-hour graduations are not printed or painted. They are deposited into the ceramic using a patented nano-particle gold process, which gives the markings their gold tone and keeps them flush with the ceramic surface. Cyclops over the date and the Triplock crown carry over unchanged. | The Cerachrom insert is the defining technical change over the aluminum 16713. Rolex replaced the 120-click aluminum bezel with a 24-click unidirectional Cerachrom ring, scratch-resistant and colourfast in a way the aluminum insert was not. The 24-hour graduations are not printed or painted. They are deposited into the ceramic using a patented nano-particle gold process, which gives the markings their gold tone and keeps them flush with the ceramic surface. Cyclops over the date and the Triplock crown carry over unchanged. | ||
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== Bracelets, end links, clasps, and packaging notes == | == Bracelets, end links, clasps, and packaging notes == | ||
The 116713LN shipped on the Rolesor Oyster bracelet, reference 97203, with solid end links and the Oysterlock clasp carrying the Easylink 5mm comfort extension. The Jubilee, which became the default two-tone GMT bracelet on the 2023 [[Reference:126713GRNR|126713GRNR]], was not offered on the 116713LN during its run. Every auction-house description | The 116713LN shipped on the Rolesor Oyster bracelet, reference 97203, with solid end links and the Oysterlock clasp carrying the Easylink 5mm comfort extension. The Jubilee, which became the default two-tone GMT bracelet on the 2023 [[Reference:126713GRNR|126713GRNR]], was not offered on the 116713LN during its run. Every auction-house description in the corpus shows the same Oyster fitment. | ||
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== Historical market and auction record == | == Historical market and auction record == | ||
Auction-house coverage is relatively thin for the 116713LN, in line with the reference’s status as an active-production watch through most of its life. Sotheby’s documented the reference with both a 2014 direct-sale listing and a broader direct-sale page covering the configuration. Bonhams catalogued a 2017 example in its Fine Watches sale, with retail provenance documented. The | Auction-house coverage is relatively thin for the 116713LN, in line with the reference’s status as an active-production watch through most of its life. Sotheby’s documented the reference with both a 2014 direct-sale listing and a broader direct-sale page covering the configuration. Bonhams catalogued a 2017 example in its Fine Watches sale, with retail provenance documented. The secondary market treats the 116713LN as a discontinued fixed-supply reference with a defined pricing band, distinct from the price trajectory of the steel ceramic siblings. The overall market picture is a steady dealer-led presence rather than a headline auction reference, which suits the watch’s role as the long-running Rolesor member of the Cerachrom family. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||