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[[Reference:gmt-master|GMT-Master]] → '''116713LN'''

[[Reference:gmt-master|GMT-Master]] -> '''116713LN'''

The [[Reference:116713LN|116713LN]] is the two-tone ceramic GMT-Master II of the six-digit era. It arrived at Baselworld 2006 as the first GMT-Master II with a Cerachrom bezel, and it did so in Rolesor rather than steel. That release order matters. For roughly a year, the only ceramic GMT-Master II Rolex sold was this steel-and-yellow-gold version, ahead of the all-steel [[Reference:116710LN|116710LN]] that arrived in 2007. The reference then ran alongside the steel ceramic version for the next decade, holding the Rolesor position in the line until the broader 2019 generation change.

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== Production outline ==

The reference launched at Baselworld 2006 and ran into roughly 2019. Dealer-side guides place the end of production around 2018 to 2019, reflecting the rolling nature of the cutoff rather than a dated announcement. The surviving market carries examples dated across the full run, with 2014 and 2017 lots entering the auction-house record in ~~Sotheby’s~~ and Bonhams sales during active production.

The reference launched at Baselworld 2006 and ran into roughly 2019. Dealer-side guides place the end of production around 2018 to 2019, reflecting the rolling nature of the cutoff rather than a dated announcement. The surviving market carries examples dated across the full run, with 2014 and 2017 lots entering the auction-house record in Sotheby's and Bonhams sales during active production.

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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 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.

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-<small>[[Reference:gmt-master|GMT-Master]] → '''116713LN'''</small>
+<small>[[Reference:gmt-master|GMT-Master]] -> '''116713LN'''</small>
 The [[Reference:116713LN|116713LN]] is the two-tone ceramic GMT-Master II of the six-digit era. It arrived at Baselworld 2006 as the first GMT-Master II with a Cerachrom bezel, and it did so in Rolesor rather than steel. That release order matters. For roughly a year, the only ceramic GMT-Master II Rolex sold was this steel-and-yellow-gold version, ahead of the all-steel [[Reference:116710LN|116710LN]] that arrived in 2007. The reference then ran alongside the steel ceramic version for the next decade, holding the Rolesor position in the line until the broader 2019 generation change.
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 == Production outline ==
-The reference launched at Baselworld 2006 and ran into roughly 2019. Dealer-side guides place the end of production around 2018 to 2019, reflecting the rolling nature of the cutoff rather than a dated announcement. The surviving market carries examples dated across the full run, with 2014 and 2017 lots entering the auction-house record in Sotheby’s and Bonhams sales during active production.
+The reference launched at Baselworld 2006 and ran into roughly 2019. Dealer-side guides place the end of production around 2018 to 2019, reflecting the rolling nature of the cutoff rather than a dated announcement. The surviving market carries examples dated across the full run, with 2014 and 2017 lots entering the auction-house record in Sotheby's and Bonhams sales during active production.
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 [[File:Ref 116713LN dial-detail.jpg|thumb|right|300px|alt=Black dial on two-tone Rolesor|Black dial on two-tone Rolesor]]
-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 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.