Case
Diameter
40.00 mm
Height
12.00 mm
Lug Width
20.00 mm
Material
White Gold
Glass
Sapphire
Caseback
Closed
Water Resistance
100.00 m
Bezel
Gem-Set
Dial
Color
Black
Indexes
Stick / Dot
Hands
Rolex Professional (Maxi)
Shape
Round
Other
Gender
M
Production
2007–present
Movement Specs
Caliber
3186
Rolex in-house
Caliber Brand
Rolex
Type
Automatic
Perpetual rotor
Power Reserve
50 h
2.1 days
Frequency
28800 bph
8.0 Hz
Jewels
31
Complications
Date, Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Additional 24 Hour Hand (adjustable)
About the Movement
Calibre 3186 is a self-winding mechanical movement entirely developed and manufactured by Rolex. In addition to the conventional hour, minute and seconds hands, it features a 24-hour hand to display a second time zone. Like all Rolex Perpetual movements, the 3186 is a certified Swiss chronometer, a designation reserved for high-precision watches that have successfully passed the Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC) tests. The 3186 is equipped with a Parachrom hairspring, offering greater resistance to shocks and to temperature variations. Its architecture, in common with all Oyster watch movements, makes it singularly reliable.
About the Family
The GMT-Master was developed in 1955 in collaboration with Pan American World Airways for their pilots who needed to track multiple time zones as commercial transatlantic flight became routine. The solution — a rotating 24-hour bezel combined with an additional GMT hand — allowed pilots to read home time, local time, and a third time zone simultaneously. The bicolour bezel inserts that distinguish the GMT-Master's variants — 'Pepsi' (blue and red), 'Batman' (blue and black), 'Coke' (black and red), 'Root Beer' (brown and gold) — have become some of the most recognisable nicknames in the watch collecting community. The GMT-Master II, which allows independent setting of the local hour hand, remains one of Rolex's most coveted professional models.
About this reference
The Rolex GMT-Masters 116759 SA, SARU and SANR represent a family of white gold GMT-Master with gem-set cases first introduced in 2007.
Other references in this family
GMT-Master II Stainless Steel / BLNR
Black dial
GMT-Master II Stainless Steel / LN
Black dial
GMT-Master II Rolesor / LN
Black dial
GMT-Master II Yellow Gold / LN
Black dial
GMT-Master II White Gold / BLRO
Black dial
GMT-Master II Yellow Gold SA
Paved dial
GMT-Master II Yellow Gold SANR
Black dial
GMT-Master II Yellow Gold SARU
Paved dial
GMT-Master II White Gold SA
Black dial
GMT-Master II White Gold SANR
Black dial
GMT-Master II White Gold SARU
Black dial
GMT-Master II 16710 Coke
Black dial
GMT-Master II Two Tone / Black
Black dial
GMT-Master II 16718 Yellow Gold
Black dial