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Rolex Pepsi GMT - Reference 16710.

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Here's a Rolex GMT Pepsi reference 16710 with a blue and red bi-directional rotating bezel from the 1990s. Keeps great time and is fully functional. Measurements include a 40mm ase and 20mm lug width. On its original oyster bracelet that fits up to a 7.25 inch wrist. Swiss made dial. Holes case. Black Dial. Features include GMT hand and quickset date function at 3 a clock. All parts are original including the cabochon crown, dial, movement, and caseback. Both the dial and case are in great cosmetic, untouched condition.


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History

In the mid-1950s, Pan American World Airways needed a navigation watch for its pilots flying transatlantic routes — a watch that could track two time zones simultaneously. Rolex delivered the GMT-Master in 1955. The solution was elegant: a 24-hour hand that made one full rotation per day, used in conjunction with a rotating 24-hour graduated bezel to read a second time zone at a glance.

The bicolor "Pepsi" bezel (red and blue) is the most iconic, but Rolex also produced black bezels for this period. The GMT-Master II, introduced in 1983, improved the concept by making the local hour hand independently settable — a significant upgrade for frequent travelers who reset their watch at every stop.

References 16700 (original GMT-Master, 1989–1999) and 16710 (GMT-Master II, 1989–2007) both use the caliber 3175 and 3185 movements respectively and represent the mature, refined expressions of a watch type that Rolex invented. These are proper instruments that look exactly like what they are.