The GMT-Master 16700.....A Forgotten Reference

[Phrank]

Originally Posted by Phrank

Rise from the Dead, Thread!

Great post, been reading this and thoroughly enjoying, doing some further research, and since someone has to take the fall, it's the OP...

Hopefully there will an "Incoming" tomorrow, before 3pm, with signature

Thanks Tools, was an awesome read and loved this thread.....

Going to post here before doing an "Incoming".

Finally after a great snafu in shipping...again...it has landed, 32 days late!

Thanks again Tools, threads like these are one of the reasons I enjoy The Rolex Forums.

This was a fantastic thread, and decided for me, as a 5 Digit fan, that I wanted to chase down a Rolex 16700 GMT.

So Behold - Rolex 16700 GMT on Jubilee, E Serial, serial number puts it end of 1990 into beginning of 1991, bracelet/links codes all correct.

[verbal.kint]

i’m very glad i ran into this post while lurking considering it’s fifteen years old & still going! decided to make a username & make it my first post (oops, i actually had to make 10 other posts before i was able to add a picture).

my first rolex was an 1803 which i bought in 2019. i’ve always wanted a gmt but felt my wrists were too small to wear one.

but.. after trying so many on during my trip to japan, i decided to pull the trigger anyway on a 16700!

1997, t serial.

[N0trub]

Would love some help not sure my letters are lining up with the u and the e at top as it should for an a series 1999 rolex 16700 thanks for any
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[Glaze88]

Here is my newly acquired 1990 E Serial 16700. Love it :)

[dannyp]

The more I think about the original, non-jumping hour GMT, the more I wonder: Why not simply have had a single, 12-hour hand and a 12-hour rotating bezel? Wouldn’t that have served the same purpose? For the “II” the chosen configuration makes infinitely more sense since the 12-hour hand (not bezel) can represent local time and the date follows suit. But on the original the whole point was to avoid all the resets, wasn’t it?

[LookCloser]

Great thread!

I was hoping to chronologically place inserts for 16700/16710 models.

There’s an incredibly helpful post made by 5 digit expert. Link here: https://www.instagram.com/p/ClR2HO4S...RlODBiNWFlZA==
So I will use the Mk designations from this post to discuss below.

I have been picking up a few inserts throughout my collecting journey but not able to place the black insert that is on my U-serial 16700.

It seems to be a fat font but not quite serif bezel, so I am at a loss. Don’t think it is a Mk1 sans serif either. What are you guys’ thoughts? Would be fun to be able to place this guy!

[WaTmAn]

Love the 16700 and 16750.
Can't decide if I should go with Sapihre or Plexi.
I'm a bit scared with Plexi as a every day watch

[Phrank]

Update to this thread, I sent my E-Serial 1990 Rolex 16700 GMT Master (above Post #301), to RSC Toronto for a full overhaul and upgrade - so new dial, hands, crystal, crown, clasp and one link also had to be replaced. No polish as well.

The Lume!!!!

Very happy with the results.

[pault8084]

Pleased to have found this resource and this thread!
Here’s my 16700. Any feedback gratefully received! Believe it’s 93/94. Period correct bezel and dial in your opinions?

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