Rolex’s Greenwich model was released in 1955. At that time, it was a dual-time watch developed jointly with Pan American Airways to meet the requirements of pilots on international routes traveling in different time zones. Later, with the use and feedback of Pan American Airways, it was gradually adopted by other airlines and received high praise from pilots. In addition, a full gold model was added to meet the wealthy class’s requirements at that time. In 2005, the 50th anniversary of the birth of the Greenwich model, Rolex began to use ceramic bezels and started a large-scale style update. The bezel of Ref.126710BLRO still uses the previous red and blue colors intact. In 2018, it was equipped with the five-bead chain of prior years and with [Cal.3285], called the next-generation movement [3200 series] and released. Rolex replicas for sale cheap.
The red and blue ceramic bezel is called the Pepsi bezel, which is a trendy style all over the world. By the way, when a purple light illuminates the ceramic Pepsi bezel, the bezel looks red as a whole, which feels very interesting. The red and blue ring briefly disappeared from the production line from 2007 to 2013 and reappeared on the newly released white gold Ref.116719BLRO ceramic ring in 2014. It was then used on the current steel five-bead chain in 2018, and the steel Oyster chain was added in 2021. The [BLRO] at the end of the model expresses the bezel’s color. [BL] is [Bleu=blue] in French, and [RO] is [Rouge=red] in French. Swiss replica website.
As mentioned earlier, the ceramic Pepsi bezel first appeared in the platinum Ref.116719BLRO, then paired with the steel Ref.126710BLRO. The color of the early bezel of Ref.126710BLRO is the same as that of Ref.116719BLRO and slightly different from that of Ref.126710BLRO. A careful comparison will reveal that the color of the early bezel is lighter (blue is brighter, red is close to pink), but you have to put them together to find their difference. Such early bezels are called MarkⅠ on the Internet. (The pictures below are all from 2018, and the one on the right is MarkⅠ)
The specific circulation period of MarkⅠ is challenging to define because the date on the warranty card is only its sales date. Still, the information I have is that the individual in 2018 is most likely MarkⅠ and should be relatively rare overall. Regarding Ref.126710BLRO, there were rumors of discontinuation before the new model was released in 2024. It was said that the reason was the high scrap rate and production difficulty of the red and blue Pepsi bezel. The process problems involved will not be mentioned here. During that period, it was tough to find Ref.126710BLRO. The current market price is beyond the editor’s psychological price. However, the editor did not believe it would be discontinued then because it would not have specially launched a new steel model after the platinum model if it had been discontinued. The steel model of the ceramic Pepsi bezel has not been around for a long time. As everyone studies them in the future, I believe the information about them will become more and more accurate.
Case Size: 40mm
Case Color: Silver-tone
Brand: Rolex
Series: Gmt Master Ii
Model: m126710blro-0002
Band Width: 20mm
Gender: Men’s