New to TRF - Planning first Rolex Purchase - GMT II LN - thoughts appreciated!

[shahuk]

Hi All -

Delighted to have joined the forum, I'm in the US and am planning out my first Rolex purchase - It will be for daily wear and I've fallen in love with the GMT Master II LN. I am currently in the process of sourcing one pre-owned. My watch dealer (who I trust explicitly and have purchased a number of non-Rolex watches) has a nice example with box and papers, its a G serial (2010) but the papers were stamped end-2012. It has not had a service. He is offering it at a fair price but has also told me that if I wait and another watch comes in post-2015 with the 5yr international warranty he would sell it to me for the same price. So my questions are:

1. I'm assuming nothing has changed between 2010-present with this watch?

2. I'm in no rush, should I wait for a newer example to come up or just go for this one? The 5y Warranty is a consideration but more importantly if I decide to trade it because it doesn't agree with me as a daily wear watch, would I be better served value-wise with a newer example? Not sure how Rolexes work in this regard

A freind who collects watches insists that a G serial watch is interesting because it was the last year before serials became scrambled, but I'm not a collector so I'm not factoring this into my thought process

Any thoughts are much appreciated, and thank you for your patience with my basic questions!

[Jim Smyth]

Older ones had a Green lume and the newer ones have a Blue lume.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q...lume&FORM=IGRE

Dont remember the exact change over date but you would be close by a few years if it matters.

[Nikrnic]

Originally Posted by Jim Smyth

Older ones had a Green lume and the newer ones have a Blue lume.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q...lume&FORM=IGRE

Dont remember the exact change over date but you would be close by a few years if it matters.

I'd wait.To me the newer the better.

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[rgwarden]

As soon as you wear it its relative newness means very little. G serial is hardly vintage! As long as it hasn’t been polished I’d grab the one available now. Blue/green lume makes very little difference (for what it’s worth I prefer the earlier green lume but neither are very good to be honest, not compared to Omega lume anyway!)
The value of both will be pretty much the same within a couple of years, five year warranty or no, as long as both have box and papers. I say buy now and get wearing it.


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[shahuk]

Lol one vote each way so far :-) there is something appealing about a bird in the hand..

[YoyoGift8]

Depends on how long is the wait for the newer one. Usually I will prefer the newer model but also dependent on the condition & if it is a complete set.

[stratguy]

You know the old saying - One in the hand...

get it now

[DoctorA]

I’d get it now if you can
Price might increase
Supply might get less

[shahuk]

Originally Posted by yoyoGift8

Depends on how long is the wait for the newer one. Usually I will prefer the newer model but also dependent on the condition & if it is a complete set.

It is in mint condition and has box and papers, but has not been serviced yet. Not sure how long the wait will be for a newer one - as long as it takes for someone to trade one in!

[Sky21]

The newer blue Chromalight lume is quite a bit brighter, but there most likely will be no difference in collectibility between a G serial and a newer random serial if that is your main concern.

[henrylee]

I'd get the newer one if there is no price difference

[Nav01L]

Green lume looks better with the green hand and dial text imho, change to blue occured around April/May 2013, along with BLNR coming out.

In any event, its a great watch, I say go for it

[jagwap]

I have the G and have no strong feelings towards the later one even thought it has blue lume. As said above the green matches the green highlights I suppose.

The GMTIIc is my only long term reliable watch. I had it srviced, but only because I dropped it and smashed the bezel (not easy to do). So I wouldn't be overly worried about the 5 year warranty.

However I suppose it is sensible to wait for a newer one if it is the same price. But then why wait? It's maybe Rolex's best modern peice.

[Eric-London]

Am I the only one who thinks Rolex's newer 'blue' lume still looks kind of green?

[TheVTCGuy]

My first thought would be wait about 21 days and see what is released at Basel, before you do anything, but then I remembered any new model Rolex shows there won’t be available for purchase for probably 10 months to longer.

[nick800]

What’s the price?

[jrs146]

Originally Posted by Eric-London

Am I the only one who thinks Rolex's newer 'blue' lume still looks kind of green?

Haha I’ve had probably close to a dozen different newer watches with the blue Lume and not one looks like it does online. They’re all somewhat of a green/blue mixture. Looks bluer than the older green Lume but never that really nice true blue you see in pics.


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[joli160]

Originally Posted by Sky21

The newer blue Chromalight lume is quite a bit brighter, but there most likely will be no difference in collectibility between a G serial and a newer random serial if that is your main concern.

X2

[rgwarden]

Originally Posted by jrs146

Haha I’ve had probably close to a dozen different newer watches with the blue Lume and not one looks like it does online. They’re all somewhat of a green/blue mixture. Looks bluer than the older green Lume but never that really nice true blue you see in pics.


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Exactly this. I had a BLNR and the lume just didn’t look blue to me, certainly not as the pics online suggested. Admittedly now I have a 16570 and that is far more clearly green to me (and more legible to my eye!) but I’ve yet to see true blue loom in the flesh.


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[watchwatcher]

I'm holding off buying anything right now to see what comes out of Basel. I'm not sure if I expect much, but as I'm in no rush, I figure might as well...

[withthesword]

i had one, and it was great, but i eventually flipped it because i missed having 5 digits.

overall, you can't really lose with a 116710LN

[Alex6340]

Originally Posted by withthesword

i had one, and it was great, but i eventually flipped it because i missed having 5 digits.

overall, you can't really lose with a 116710LN

Is this a beach in south Iceland ?


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[withthesword]

indeed it is! good eye :)

[cht]

Originally Posted by shahuk

It is in mint condition and has box and papers, but has not been serviced yet. Not sure how long the wait will be for a newer one - as long as it takes for someone to trade one in!

Just budget the cost of $600 for a service at RSC and plan to be without the watch for a month or so.

[shahuk]

Originally Posted by nick800

What’s the price?

~$7500

An AD close by (miraculously) has one in stock new, at msrp + tax. About $1500 difference

[Flstfirider]

Originally Posted by Eric-London

Am I the only one who thinks Rolex's newer 'blue' lume still looks kind of green?

Nope...the blue lume still has a green tint to it.