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GMT-Master › 116710BLNR

Rolex 116710BLNR GMT-Master, the original Batman
Rolex 116710BLNR GMT-Master, the original Batman

The 116710BLNR is the steel GMT-Master II introduced at Baselworld 2013 with a blue-and-black Cerachrom bezel. It shares the 40mm Super Case, caliber 3186, dial, and Oyster bracelet with the black-bezel 116710LN; the bezel colour, blue 24-hour hand, and dial signature distinguish it. Rolex replaced it with the 126710BLNR in 2019.

Batman is a collector nickname for the blue-and-black colour scheme. Rolex's BLNR code refers to bleu/noir.


Core facts

detail value
reference 116710BLNR
family GMT-Master II
production 2013-2019
movement caliber 3186
case 40mm Oystersteel Oyster case, Super Case generation
crystal sapphire with Cyclops
water resistance 100m
bezel two-colour blue-and-black Cerachrom
key identity first Rolex with a two-tone ceramic bezel

Where it sits in the line

The 116710BLNR is a bezel variant of the 116710LN, sharing the 40mm Super Case, caliber 3186, Oyster bracelet, and dial platform. The blue-and-black Cerachrom bezel, blue 24-hour hand, and absence of the green GMT-Master II signature line distinguish it from the 116710LN.

Rolex replaced it with the 126710BLNR in 2019, moving to the slimmer 126710-generation case, caliber 3285, and a Jubilee bracelet at launch. The 116710BLNR and the 116710LN left the catalogue together at that same Baselworld.

Production outline

Published histories place production from 2013 through 2019. Launch prices are market data and are not needed to identify the reference.

Movement notes

Caliber 3186 runs the whole production. It carries a blue Parachrom hairspring, Paraflex shock protection, and the revised GMT wheel Rolex used across its Super Case sports references. Power reserve is 48 hours.

The same 3186 powers the 116710LN, so the two ceramic-bezel references are mechanically identical and separate only above the dial. Caliber 3285 replaced it on the 126710BLNR in 2019, bringing a 70-hour reserve and the Chronergy escapement.

Dial map

Blue/black Batman dial
Blue/black Batman dial

A single dial ran the whole production, glossy black in the Maxi layout with 18K white-gold markers, Chromalight plots, and a blue 24-hour hand. The printed text omits the green "GMT-Master II" signature that appears on the 116710LN, which is the fastest way to separate the two in a photograph.

Beyond the hand colour and that signature line, the dial is the 116710LN's, unmodified. Rolex changed the bezel and left everything under the crystal alone.

Case, bezel, crystal, and crown notes

The case is the Super Case generation used across Rolex's professional sports references from the mid-2000s. Compared with the 16710, it has heavier crown guards and wider lugs. Rolex used Oystersteel through this period.

  • Case flank and Triplock crown
    Case flank and Triplock crown
  • Caseback detail
    Plain screw-down caseback


The bezel is a single blue-and-black Cerachrom ring rather than two joined pieces. The two-colour manufacturing process became the basis for later ceramic GMT bezels. The blue can appear darker under low light.

The crystal is sapphire with a Cyclops. The crown is the Triplock system shared across Rolex's modern sports references, and the reference carries 100m water resistance.

Bracelets, end links, clasps, and packaging notes

Oyster bracelet detail
Oyster bracelet detail

The 116710BLNR ships exclusively on an Oyster bracelet with solid end links. The Oysterclasp carries the Easylink 5mm comfort extension. Glidelock, the longer micro-adjustment system Rolex uses on the Submariner and Deepsea, does not appear on the GMT-Master II. The Jubilee reaches the Batman family only with the 126710BLNR in 2019.

Full-set packaging is the Rolex presentation box, the International Guarantee card, and the swing tags, which is the configuration auction catalogues expect on a complete example.

Full set with box, warranty booklets, and warranty card
Full set: presentation box, warranty booklets, and warranty card naming the model and serial

Special branches

The 116710 family carries two published configurations, the all-black 116710LN and the blue-and-black Batman, so the 116710BLNR has no sub-branches inside it. The one grouping collectors do pull out is late production. Full sets with 2019 guarantee-card dates mark the final year of the original Batman and sit right against the 126710BLNR handover; Sotheby's catalogued one of them.

Historical market and auction record

The auction record runs deeper than the 116710LN's. Sotheby's catalogued a late-production full set, box, warranty booklets, and warranty card, dated to 2019 as the reference left the catalogue.

Prices have varied with the discontinuation, dial and bezel condition, box and papers, and the wider watch market. The page records no fixed premium or valuation range.

Related references

See also the GMT-Master family index, movement reference, bracelet & clasp guide, and serial numbers by year.

Sources

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