Rolex GMT-Master II 16718 18K Yellow Gold Black Bicchierini Dial – Excellent Conditions

ROLEX GMT-MASTER II 16178 18K YELLOW GOLD BLACK BICCHIERINI DIAL AND BEZEL

The GMT has been a fundamental piece in the Rolex product line ever since its introduction in 1954. Originally, the wristwatch was designed in collaboration with Pan American World Airways (an airline, which filed for bankruptcy in 1991 and was partially bought by Delta Airlines) . In the 1950’s, the aviation industry gained more and more popularity and pilots and their crew started to take more long-distance flights than ever before. This was the reason Rolex introduced the GMT Master for Pan Am. The bezel (24 hours indication) was an innovative key feature that allowed the wearer to simultaneously reference two different time zones. The fourth hand (24-hour display) enables the wearer to set the watch to any time zone for the main time view, then set the rotatable 24-hour scale bezel to a second time zone. For the ones who didn’t know, GMT stands for “Greenwich Mean Time”. One of the previously mentioned important and rare GMT’s is the reference 16718

This pre-owned Rolex watch reference 16718 boast the following features:

Case in 18K Yellow Gold
Black bicchierini Dial
Black bezel
Crystal Sapphire
Black calfskin leather strap

This rare and Vintage luxury Rolex watch 16718 is available at our Milano Boutique