Rolex GMT-Master II Stainless Steel 40mm

The Oyster Perpetual GMT-Master II in Oystersteel with an Oyster bracelet.

This model features a black dial and a two-colour Cerachrom bezel insert in blue and black ceramic. Designed to show the time in two different time zones simultaneously during intercontinental flights, the GMT-Master II has come to be recognized for its robustness and versatile appearance.

24-HOUR ROTATABLE BEZEL

INNOVATIVE HIGH-TECHNOLOGY

In addition to conventional hour, minute and seconds hands, the GMT-Master II features an arrow-tipped hand, which circles the dial once every 24 hours, as well as a bidirectional rotatable 24-hour graduated bezel. The distinctively coloured 24-hour hand displays the “home” reference time in a first time zone which can be read on the graduations on the bezel. The traveller’s local time is easily set by “jumping” from hour to hour, thanks to an ingenious mechanism operated via the winding crown: the hour hand can be adjusted forwards or backwards independently of the minute and seconds hands. This allows travellers to adapt to their new time zone without affecting the precision of their timekeeping.

BLACK DIAL

HIGH LEGIBILITY IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES

Like all Rolex Professional watches, the GMT-Master II offers exceptional legibility in all circumstances, and especially in the dark, thanks to its Chromalight display. The broad hands and hour markers in simple shapes – triangles, circles, rectangles – are filled with a luminescent material emitting a long-lasting glow.

OYSTERSTEEL

HIGHLY RESISTANT TO CORROSION

Rolex uses Oystersteel for its steel watch cases. Specially developed by the brand, Oystersteel belongs to the 904L steel family, alloys most commonly used in high-technology and in the aerospace and chemical industries, where maximum resistance to corrosion is essential. Oystersteel is extremely resistant, offers an exceptional finish once polished and maintains its beauty even in the harshest environments.

THE OYSTER BRACELET

ALCHEMY OF FORM AND FUNCTION

The Oyster bracelet is a perfect alchemy of form and function, aesthetics and technology, designed to be both robust and comfortable. It is equipped with an Oysterlock folding clasp, which prevents accidental opening and the Easylink comfort extension link, also exclusive to Rolex. This ingenious system allows the wearer to increase the bracelet length by approximately 5 mm, providing additional comfort in any circumstance.

TWO TIME ZONES

SIMULTANEOUS DISPLAY

With traditional hour, minute and seconds hands, a triangle-tipped 24-hour hand, and a bidirectional rotatable bezel with 24-hour graduated Cerachrom insert, the GMT-Master II can display the time in two time zones simultaneously: either the local time and the reference time, or the local time and that of an alternative time zone. The date, at 3 o’clock on the dial, is synchronized with the local time.

THE CYCLOPS LENS

A MAGNIFYING LENS

The Cyclops lens is one of the most distinctive Rolex features, and one of the most recognizable. Named after the one-eyed giant of Greek mythology, the Cyclops lens magnifies the watch’s emblematic date display two and a half times for easy reading. Behind the Cyclops, as with every feature of a Rolex timepiece, lies a history of invention, research and development, and the endless search for perfection.

• Oyster, 40 mm, Oystersteel
• Monobloc middle case, screw-down case back and winding crown
• Bidirectional rotatable 24-hour graduated bezel. Two-colour blue and black Cerachrom insert in ceramic, moulded numerals and graduations
• Screw-down, Triplock triple waterproofness system
• Scratch-resistant sapphire, Cyclops lens over the date
• Waterproof to 100 metres / 330 feet
• Perpetual, mechanical, self-winding, GMT function
• -2/+2 sec/day, after casing
• Centre hour, minute and seconds hands. 24-hour display. Second time zone with independent rapid-setting of the hour hand. Instantaneous date. Stop-seconds for precise time setting
• Paramagnetic blue Parachrom hairspring. High-performance Paraflex shock absorbers
• Bidirectional self-winding via Perpetual rotor
• Approximately 70 hours
• Oyster, flat three-piece links
• Bracelet material: Oystersteel
• Folding Oysterlock safety clasp with Easylink 5 mm comfort extension link
• Highly legible Chromalight display with long-lasting blue luminescence
• Caliber 3186