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Watercolour of a steel Rolex GMT-Master II 126710BLRO with a red-and-blue ceramic bezel marked with 24 strokes and no numerals, a black dial, a red arrow-tipped 24-hour hand, a blank date window under its magnifying lens and a five-link Jubilee bracelet

The Reference · Ref. 126710BLRO

GMT-Master II 126710BLRO

The GMT-Master was made to show a pilot the time at home. Since the 126710BLRO left the catalogue in April 2026, it mostly shows its owner what it is worth.

Watercolour of a steel Rolex Submariner Date with a black dial, black ceramic bezel and Oyster bracelet

The Reference · Ref. 126610LN

Submariner Date 126610LN

The 126610LN is the current Submariner Date: waterproof to three hundred metres, and usually worn at a desk.

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Illustration of a steel Rolex Cosmograph Daytona ref. 116520 with an engraved steel tachymeter bezel and a black dial on a steel Oyster bracelet

The Reference · Ref. 116520

Cosmograph Daytona 116520

The 116520 can work out an average speed of up to 400 kilometres an hour. Mostly, it is asked to time the school run.

Watercolour of a stainless steel Rolex Explorer II with a white («Polar») dial, black-outlined hands and hour markers, a red arrow-tipped 24-hour hand, a fixed brushed steel bezel with a 24-hour scale of plain strokes, a blank date window under the Cyclops lens and an Oyster bracelet

The Reference · Ref. 16570

Explorer II 16570

The 16570 has a 24-hour hand so that someone deep in a cave can tell midday from midnight. Most of its owners have a window for that.

Illustration of a Rolex Datejust 41 in steel with a fluted white-gold bezel on a bracelet

The Reference · Ref. 126334

Datejust 41 126334

The 126334 has a bezel of solid 18 ct white gold. From across the room it looks exactly like steel, which may be the most discreet thing anyone has ever done with gold.

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