Watercolour of a steel Rolex GMT-Master II 116710LN with a black dial, a green 24-hour hand and an all-black ceramic bezel on an Oyster bracelet
Illustration: our own watercolour, after a photograph of a ref. 116710BLNR by gabihil (public domain), painted with the all-black ceramic bezel of the 116710LN.

Rolex · Ref. 116710ln · catalogued from 34 sources

GMT-Master II

The GMT-Master's bezel comes in two colours so a pilot can tell day from night at a glance. The 116710LN's is black all the way round, which is roughly how a long-haul flight feels.

The Rolex GMT-Master II ref. 116710LN is the steel GMT-Master II with a black dial and an all-black Cerachrom ceramic bezel that Rolex made from 2007 to 20196,8,10,11. It has a 40 mm Oyster case, a bidirectional 24-hour bezel, water resistance to 100 metres and calibre 31861,2, with about 48 hours of power reserve6,7,12 and a green 24-hour hand6,9. It was the first steel GMT-Master II with a ceramic bezel6,9. Rolex discontinued it at Baselworld 201910,11, and none of the 13 GMT-Master II models on rolex.com's US site on 16 October 2026 was an LN13. The last US retail price we found is USD 8,450, from a dealer's price table and WatchGuys, not from Rolex5,14. Our median of the first page of Chrono24's 116710LN listings, leaving out other references and modified watches, was USD 13,360 in February 2026 (USD 13,377 counting every listing); asking prices are not sale prices15.

The first steel GMT-Master II with a ceramic bezel, and the only steel one in all-black ceramic: Super Case, Maxi dial, green 24-hour hand, calibre 31861,6,9,11.

Discontinued in 2019, so pre-owned only. Our filtered Chrono24 median rose about 7.7 per cent from October 2024 to October 2025 and about 7.4 per cent from April 2025 to February 2026; both windows point up15,16,17,18.

Buy it for the black bezel and the solid bracelet. If you want more than about 48 hours of reserve, the current 126710 generation runs for about 706,7,19.

The particulars

Reference
116710LN, GMT-Master II1,2
Case
Oyster, 40 mm, monobloc middle case, screw-down case back and winding crown1,2
Material
Steel: 904L on Rolex's 2013 page, called Oystersteel on its 2018 page1,2
Bezel
Bidirectional, 24-hour graduated, black Cerachrom ceramic insert; it clicks into 24 positions1,3
Crystal
Sapphire, with a Cyclops lens over the date; Rolex's 2013 page gives 2.5 times magnification1,2
Winding crown
Screw-down, Triplock1,2
Water resistance
100 metres1,3
Movement
Calibre 3186, Manufacture Rolex, self-winding, with a GMT function and an independently set hour hand1,2
Frequency
28,800 vibrations per hour4,5
Power reserve
About 48 hours; one calibre database says 504,6,7
Hairspring
Blue Parachrom, paramagnetic1,2
Precision
COSC-certified chronometer on Rolex's 2013 page; −2/+2 seconds a day after casing, Superlative Chronometer, on its 2018 page1,2
Bracelet
Oyster, flat three-piece solid links with polished centre links; never offered on a Jubilee1,3,5
Clasp
Folding Oysterlock safety clasp with the 5 mm Easylink extension1,2
Lug width
20 mm, according to Bob's Watches8,9
Produced
2007 to 20196,8,10,11

Is it genuine?

Rolex's own advice. Asked how to spot a fake, Rolex's FAQ gives no tips. It says to buy only from the jewellers it appoints, which it says guarantee the authenticity of every part28. WatchGuys calls the 116710 one of the most counterfeited Rolex references and says good fakes get the ceramic right5; Bob's Watches says the best counterfeits can pass one or two of the usual tests31. The checks below catch crude fakes. None of them proves a watch genuine.

The bezel. Black Cerachrom ceramic all the way round, turning both ways in 24 clicks1,3,8. An aluminium insert belongs to the 16710 before it3,5. A blue-and-black insert belongs to the 116710BLNR7,8; any other colour on a watch sold as a 116710LN is a replaced insert, and such watches are openly listed for sale18,30.

The 24-hour hand. Green on the 116710LN, with 'GMT-Master II' printed in green on the dial6,9. The 116710BLNR has a blue one8,11,20. The local hour hand should jump forwards or backwards in one-hour steps without stopping the watch1,5.

The Cyclops lens. Rolex's 2013 page for this reference gives the magnification as 2.5 times1. The date should nearly fill the lens; a small date under the lens is a classic counterfeit flaw31,32.

The crown in the crystal. A tiny Rolex crown is laser-etched into the sapphire at six o'clock, barely visible without a loupe. Rolex began doing this around 2002, so a 116710LN should have one31,33.

The rehaut. 'ROLEX' is engraved around the inner ring between dial and crystal, with the serial number at six o'clock5,31,32. The letters should line up with the minute track5,32.

The seconds hand. It sweeps in small steps, roughly eight a second; one tick a second means quartz31. Some counterfeits use mechanical movements that imitate the sweep, so it proves nothing on its own32.

The case back. Plain, solid and screwed down, with no display window1,31.

The winding crown. It screws down and carries the Triplock system1. The marks below the coronet on the crown encode the metal and the water resistance, and counterfeiters often get them wrong32.

Bracelet and clasp. Solid links with polished centre links and an Oysterlock clasp with the 5 mm Easylink extension1,3,5. Bob's Watches and WatchGuys both say the 116710 was only made on the Oyster bracelet3,5.

The movement. A watchmaker who opens the case can see whether calibre 3186 is inside5,32. That tells you more, but it is an expert's opinion, not a guarantee.

Rolex made one steel GMT-Master II with a plain black ceramic bezel, and this is it. It arrived in 2007 with a black dial and a green 24-hour hand, and left the catalogue at Baselworld 20198,9,10,11.

It is not loud, which is most of its appeal. Below: where it came from, what it changed, what replaced it (nothing, exactly) and what it costs.

From Pan Am to ceramic

The GMT-Master was designed with Pan Am for its pilots and navigators; Rolex dates it to 1955 and Fratello to 1954, and Wikipedia gives both1,3,7,20. A 24-hour hand and a rotating 24-hour bezel show a second time zone, and the classic two-colour bezel separates its day from its night1,7.

The GMT-Master II followed in 1982 by Rolex's account, or 1983 by Bob's Watches', with ref. 16760 and an hour hand that can be set independently of the 24-hour hand3,7,20,22. Its long-running steel version was the 16710, made from 1989 to 2007 with an aluminium bezel insert in black, red and blue, or red and black, on an Oyster or a Jubilee bracelet3,5,20. Near the end of its run the 16710 received calibre 3186, the movement the 116710LN would use3,5,20.

Ceramic came first in gold. Rolex says it has made Cerachrom bezels since 20051, and that year the yellow gold 116718LN carried the first one, in black10,20,23. According to Bob's Watches, Rolex said then that a two-colour ceramic bezel was too difficult to make3,23.

The steel version arrived in 2007 as ref. 116710LN, for lunette noire, black bezel3,6,9,10; Fratello says 200820. It was the only steel ceramic GMT-Master II until the blue-and-black 116710BLNR of 20133,7,20.

What changed in 2007

Start with the bezel. The 16710's aluminium insert scratches and fades; the 116710LN's is Cerachrom ceramic, which Rolex calls virtually scratchproof and unaffected by sunlight and by chlorinated or sea water1,3,5. It turns in 24 clicks, one per hour, instead of the 16710's 1201,3. The downside, says WatchGuys: ceramic is brittle, and a hard knock on the edge can chip it5.

Then the case. The diameter stayed at 40 mm, but the lugs and crown guards became broader, and collectors call it the 'Super Case'3,5,9. The winding crown moved up from Twinlock to Triplock, Rolex's triple-seal crown from its divers' watches1,7,20. The dial became a 'Maxi' dial with larger hour markers and broader hands3,9, with Chromalight lume that WatchGuys says glows blue5. The 24-hour hand turned green, as did the 'GMT-Master II' on the dial6,9.

The bracelet changed the most in daily use. The 116710LN has solid links with polished centre links and an Oysterlock clasp with the Easylink extension, which lengthens the bracelet by about 5 mm without tools1,3,5,9. It was never offered on a Jubilee5,6.

Inside, calibre 3186. It differs from the 3185 in the 16710 mainly by a blue Parachrom hairspring, which Rolex says is insensitive to magnetic fields and up to ten times more resistant to shocks1,3,4. It runs at 28,800 vibrations an hour with about 48 hours of reserve4,5,6,7. Rolex's 2013 page calls the watch a COSC-certified chronometer; its 2018 page lists −2/+2 seconds a day after casing, the Superlative Chronometer standard Rolex redefined in 20151,2,24.

Twelve years, then nothing in black

In 2018 Rolex put calibre 3285, with about 70 hours of reserve, into a new steel GMT-Master II, the 126710BLRO, on a Jubilee bracelet7,20. At Baselworld 2019 it replaced the 116710BLNR with the 126710BLNR and discontinued four references, the 116710LN among them10,11. Monochrome reported that from 2019 every GMT-Master II would have a two-colour bezel11, and Bob's Watches wrote the same month that Rolex no longer offered an all-black bezel in the collection23.

That has held. On 16 October 2026 rolex.com's US site listed 13 GMT-Master II models, with BLNR, GRNR, CHNR or VTNR model numbers and none with LN13. The steel 126710BLRO is no longer among them. Rolex's US page for it still showed it at USD 11,300 in an archived copy from 10 October 2025, and on 16 October 2026 the same address returned «page not found»13,25,26. When it went rests on a dealer: Bob's Watches says Rolex removed it from the catalogue at Watches and Wonders in April 202612,27. Wikipedia notes that Rolex did not confirm the discontinuation, and we found no statement from Rolex7.

The closest current relative is the steel 126710GRNR of 2024: a grey-and-black ceramic bezel, with a green 24-hour hand and green 'GMT-Master II' text that Monochrome calls a nod to the black-bezel reference7,19,21. Bob's Watches calls it the successor; WatchGuys says there is none (see below)6,9. On 16 October 2026 Rolex listed it at USD 12,000 on a Jubilee bracelet, with calibre 3285 and about 70 hours of reserve19.

What it costs

Rolex no longer sells the 116710LN, and we found no Rolex price for it. The last US retail price we found is USD 8,450: a dealer's price table shows that figure in June 2012, and WatchGuys, citing WatchCharts, gives it as the last US retail price5,14. The same table shows USD 5,950 in October 2007, so by that dealer's table the US list price rose about 42 per cent in under five years14. We found no dated figure for 2013 to 2019.

Second-hand, three numbers measure three different things. The first is ours: the median asking price on the first page of Chrono24's 116710LN listings, without other references and modified or special watches. It rose from USD 12,008 in October 2024 to USD 12,933 in October 2025, about 7.7 per cent, and from USD 12,442 in April 2025 to USD 13,360 in February 2026, about 7.4 per cent15,16,17,18. Counting every listing, the same two windows give about 8.7 and 7.4 per cent15,16,17,18. Both windows point up, and so does the filter either way. Asking prices are not sale prices.

The second is a dealer's own sales: Bob's Watches says its 116710LN sales averaged about USD 13,900 over the twelve months to August 202612. The third is WatchCharts' market average, about USD 12,238 in September 2026 as WatchGuys quotes it5. Our February 2026 median is about 58 per cent above the last retail price we found, but that compares 2026 with 2012 without inflation, so read it as distance, not return14,15.

Buying one

Rolex's advice is to buy from the jewellers it appoints28. Rolex discontinued the 116710LN in 2019, so none is sold new11. Rolex's site also has a section called Rolex Certified Pre-Owned13, but we have not checked whether a 116710LN has ever been offered through it. Every 116710LN for sale is pre-owned. Three checks are specific to it: a bezel black all the way round, a green 24-hour hand and an Oyster bracelet3,6,9. Check the ceramic edge for chips under a loupe; WatchGuys says a cracked insert has to be replaced at service5.

We found no Rolex production figure for this reference, so nobody can honestly tell you how rare it is.

The dubious part

The all-black bezel is the GMT-Master saying it has been everywhere and would rather not talk about it. Its owners are rarely so restrained.

The steel GMT-Master II, generation by generation
ReferenceYearsCalibreWhat changed
167101989–20075,203185; 3186 at the very end3,5,20Aluminium insert in black, red and blue, or red and black; Oyster or Jubilee bracelet3,5
116710LN2007–20196,8,10,1131861,3Black Cerachrom, Super Case, Maxi dial, green 24-hour hand, Triplock, Oysterlock, Oyster only1,3,5,9,20
116710BLNR2013–20197,8,2031867,8Two-colour blue-and-black Cerachrom insert and a blue 24-hour hand7,20
1267102018–present (BLRO 2018–2026, BLNR from 2019, GRNR from 2024)7,11,12,13,21,26,2732857,19About 70 hours of reserve, Jubilee or Oyster bracelet, two-colour bezels only7,11,19

Start and end years are disputed in places: Fratello starts the 116710LN in 2008, and one Bob's Watches article ends it in 2018. See «Where the sources disagree».

Price of the 116710LN, US dollars
DatePriceKindSource
October 2007USD 5,95014US list priceDealer price table
March 2008USD 6,82514US list priceDealer price table
October 2008USD 7,00014US list priceDealer price table
September 2010USD 7,27514US list priceDealer price table
May 2011USD 7,90014US list priceDealer price table
June 2012USD 8,4505,14US list priceDealer price table; WatchGuys gives the same figure as the last US retail, citing WatchCharts
February 2026USD 13,36015Median asking price, filteredOur median, Chrono24 first page, without other references and modified watches; USD 13,377 counting every listing
Twelve months to August 2026About USD 13,90012Average sold priceOne dealer's own sales (Bob's Watches)
September 2026About USD 12,2385Market averageWatchCharts, as quoted by WatchGuys

None of these sources is Rolex. The dealer table (Minus4Plus6, archived November 2024) also shows USD 5,950 in a column dated October 2006, before the launch, so its row covers a line, not one reference per date; we start it in October 2007. Asking prices are not sale prices.

List price then, asking price now, US dollarsUS list price (dealer price table)Chrono24 median asking price (first page, filtered)
5,0006,0007,0008,0009,00010,00011,00012,00013,00014,000Oct 2007Jan 2008Apr 2008Jul 2008Oct 2008Jan 2009Apr 2009Jul 2009Oct 2009Jan 2010Apr 2010Jul 2010Oct 2010Jan 2011Apr 2011Jul 2011Oct 2011Jan 2012Apr 2012Jul 2012Oct 2012Jan 2013Apr 2013Jul 2013Oct 2013Jan 2014Apr 2014Jul 2014Oct 2014Jan 2015Apr 2015Jul 2015Oct 2015Jan 2016Apr 2016Jul 2016Oct 2016Jan 2017Apr 2017Jul 2017Oct 2017Jan 2018Apr 2018Jul 2018Oct 2018Jan 2019Apr 2019Jul 2019Oct 2019Jan 2020Apr 2020Jul 2020Oct 2020Jan 2021Apr 2021Jul 2021Oct 2021Jan 2022Apr 2022Jul 2022Oct 2022Jan 2023Apr 2023Jul 2023Oct 2023Jan 2024Apr 2024Jul 2024Oct 2024Jan 2025Apr 2025Jul 2025Oct 2025Jan 2026List 8,450Asking 13,360

List prices: a dealer's table, plotted on the first of the month. Asking prices: our median of the 59–60 listings on the first page of Chrono24's 116710LN page in archived copies (Internet Archive), without other references and watches whose titles mark them as modified or special (3, 4, 6, 6, 10 and 4 removed). Unfiltered: 12,100 · 12,458 · 12,842.5 · 13,158.5 · 13,650 · 13,377. Asking prices are not sale prices.

The numbers behind the chart
SeriesObservedPrice
US list price (dealer price table)1 Oct 2007USD 5,95014
US list price (dealer price table)1 Mar 2008USD 6,82514
US list price (dealer price table)1 Oct 2008USD 7,00014
US list price (dealer price table)1 Sep 2010USD 7,27514
US list price (dealer price table)1 May 2011USD 7,90014
US list price (dealer price table)1 Jun 2012USD 8,4505,14
Chrono24 median asking price (first page, filtered)11 Oct 2024USD 12,00816
Chrono24 median asking price (first page, filtered)19 Apr 2025USD 12,44218
Chrono24 median asking price (first page, filtered)9 Sep 2025USD 12,59029
Chrono24 median asking price (first page, filtered)16 Oct 2025USD 12,93217
Chrono24 median asking price (first page, filtered)13 Jan 2026USD 13,36630
Chrono24 median asking price (first page, filtered)15 Feb 2026USD 13,36015

Questions people ask

Is the Rolex 116710LN discontinued?
Yes. Rolex discontinued it at Baselworld 201910,11, and none of the GMT-Master II models on rolex.com's US site on 16 October 2026 was an LN13. It is only available pre-owned.
When was the 116710LN made?
From 2007 to 2019 according to most sources6,8,10,11. Fratello starts it in 2008, and one Bob's Watches article ends it around 20189,20.
What does LN stand for?
Lunette noire, French for black bezel6,9.
What movement is in the 116710LN?
Calibre 3186: self-winding, with an independently set hour hand, a blue Parachrom hairspring and about 48 hours of power reserve1,6.
What was the retail price of the 116710LN?
USD 5,950 in October 2007 and USD 8,450 in June 2012, says a dealer's price table; WatchGuys gives USD 8,450 as the last US retail. Neither is Rolex, and we found no dated figure after 20125,14.
How much is a 116710LN worth now?
Our Chrono24 median, leaving out other references and modified watches, was USD 13,360 in February 2026 (USD 13,377 counting every listing), an asking price, not a sale price15. Bob's Watches says its own sales averaged about USD 13,900 in the year to August 202612; WatchCharts' average was about USD 12,238 in September 2026, as WatchGuys quotes it5.
Did the 116710LN come on a Jubilee bracelet?
No. It was made on the Oyster bracelet only3,5,6.
What is the difference between the 116710LN and the 116710BLNR?
The bezel and the 24-hour hand: black with a green hand on the LN, blue-and-black with a blue hand on the 2013 BLNR7,9,20. Case and movement are the same6,9.
What replaced the 116710LN?
Nothing directly. WatchGuys says it has no direct successor; Bob's Watches calls the grey-and-black 126710GRNR of 2024 its successor6,9,21.
How many 116710LNs did Rolex make?
We found no Rolex production figure for this reference.

Should you buy one? If you want a GMT-Master that keeps its opinions to itself, yes. Buy it for the bezel and the bracelet, not for the chart.

The house rules · every fact sourced, every disagreement shown

Where the sources disagree

When the GMT-Master arrived. Rolex's 2013 page for this reference and WatchGuys say 1955; Fratello says 1954, and Wikipedia says 1954 in its text and 1955 in its infobox. We give both1,7,20,34.

When the GMT-Master II arrived. Rolex's own history page and Wikipedia say 1982; Bob's Watches says 1983. Rolex's 2013 page for this reference says 'unveiled in 2005', which fits the ceramic generation, not the first GMT-Master II. We write 1982 or 19831,3,7,22.

When the 116710LN began. Bob's Watches, WatchGuys and BeckerTime say 2007; Fratello says 2008. We use 20073,6,10,20.

When the 116710LN ended. Monochrome and BeckerTime, writing in spring 2019, report it discontinued at Baselworld 2019, as do WatchGuys, Fratello and Bob's reference page. Bob's review says 2018. We use 20196,8,9,10,11,20.

The first ceramic GMT-Master II. Bob's reference page calls the 116710LN the first GMT-Master II with a ceramic bezel, and Wikipedia gives both 2005 and 2007 for ceramic in the range. Rolex has made Cerachrom since 2005, and three sources put the first on the gold 116718LN. We call the 116710LN the first steel one1,6,7,8,9,10,20,23.

The power reserve. WatchGuys, Wikipedia and Bob's buying guide say 48 hours; Bob's review says 48 to 50; Grail Watch says 50. Rolex's 2018 page for the reference leaves the field empty. We write about 482,4,6,7,9,12.

The successor. Bob's Watches calls the 126710GRNR the successor; WatchGuys and BeckerTime say there is no direct successor or equivalent. The GRNR came in 2024 with a two-colour bezel. We call it the nearest relative6,9,10,21.

The retail price. The dealer table's last figure is USD 8,450 in June 2012; WatchGuys gives USD 8,450 as the last US retail, citing WatchCharts. The table also shows USD 5,950 in October 2006, before the launch. We found no Rolex source and no dated figure for 2013 to 20195,14,34.

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Ref. 116710BLNR

GMT-Master II, the blue-and-black sibling

2013 to 2019. Same case and calibre, blue-and-black bezel.