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Rolex 126713GRNR GMT-Master

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GMT-Master -> 126713GRNR

The 126713GRNR is the two-tone Rolesor GMT-Master II Rolex launched at Watches and Wonders 2023. Yellow gold had been absent from the GMT-Master II since the solid-gold 116718LN was retired in 2019, and the expectation heading into the show ran to a new colour or a new bezel rather than a return to gold. What arrived was larger than that: yellow Rolesor, a grey-and-black Cerachrom insert that had no precedent in the line, and the first Jubilee bracelet on a precious-metal GMT.

Nicknames came unevenly, and none stuck. Nothing the watch has picked up carries the singular grip that “Batman” or “Pepsi” earned in earlier generations.

Two-tone Rolesor, grey-black bezel
Two-tone Rolesor, grey-black bezel

Core facts

detail value
reference 126713GRNR
family GMT-Master II
production 2023-present
movement caliber 3285
case 40mm Yellow Rolesor (Oystersteel + 18k yellow gold)
crystal sapphire with Cyclops
water resistance 100m
bezel grey-and-black two-colour Cerachrom with yellow-gold-filled numerals
key identity first Jubilee-bracelet GMT-Master II in precious-metal Rolesor

Where it sits in the line

The 126713GRNR is the middle member of the GRNR family, between the steel and the solid gold. The solid-gold 126718GRNR launched on the same 2023 keynote and the steel 126710GRNR arrived a year later to complete the set, which leaves the Rolesor as the warm middle ground against the steel version's stealth.

Rolex lists the reference under “Yellow Rolesor,” the firm’s trademark for an Oystersteel-and-yellow-gold combination that has been in the catalogue since 1933. GRNR reads as gris-noir, grey-black, from the bezel-naming convention. Anyone expecting green from those letters wants the left-handed 126720VTNR, the green-and-black Cerachrom GMT introduced a year earlier.

Production outline

Production began in 2023 with the Watches and Wonders launch and the reference remains current in the 2026 catalogue. Launch retail was EUR 16,300, CHF 15,700 and USD 16,450, per Brice Goulard’s hands-on review for Monochrome. The 2024 steel 126710GRNR extended the family alongside it and left the Rolesor in production.

Movement notes

The 126713GRNR runs caliber 3285. The calibre arrived on the GMT-Master II line with the 2018 126710BLRO Pepsi and carries across the whole 126710-generation family. It runs at 28,800 bph, delivers a 70-hour power reserve, and holds to Rolex’s Superlative Chronometer -2/+2 seconds-per-day standard. The Chronergy escapement is the headline mechanical change from caliber 3186, bringing higher efficiency through a redesigned pallet-fork geometry and a skeletonised escape wheel. Blue Parachrom hairspring and Paraflex shock protection carry over.

Dial map

The 126713GRNR ships with a single dial configuration: black lacquer, 18k yellow-gold applied markers, gilt-style “GMT-Master II” text and Chromalight luminescence. It reads as glossy black with yellow-gold hands and markers. The gilt typography is a deliberate vintage cue, which Fratello read on launch as a callback to the neo-vintage two-tone Datejust and Rootbeer era, and the Jubilee bracelet pushes in the same direction.

No dial variant exists, and the bezel is the only colour variable on the reference.

Case, bezel, crystal, and crown notes

The case is 40mm across and 11.9mm thick, with a sapphire crystal, a Triplock crown and 100m water resistance. It uses the slimmer 126710 architecture that replaced the Super Case in 2019, so it wears trimmer than the 116710-era profile of the 116718LN. Nothing else in the specification departs from the wider 126710 generation.

The bezel is the main talking point. Rolex had shipped red-and-blue (BLRO), blue-and-black (BLNR), brown-and-black (CHNR) and green-and-black (VTNR) ceramic combinations before 2023, but grey-and-black was new to the line here. The numerals sit recessed into the ceramic and filled with 18k yellow-gold PVD.

Bracelets, end links, clasps, and packaging notes

The 126713GRNR ships on a Yellow Rolesor Jubilee bracelet with brushed steel outer links and polished 18k yellow-gold centre links, and the Oysterclasp carries the Easylink 5mm comfort extension. It is the first Jubilee on a precious-metal GMT-Master II, following the precedent the 2018 steel 126710BLRO Pepsi set. Rolex catalogues no other bracelet for the reference. Full-set packaging is the standard presentation box, International Guarantee card and swing tags.

Special branches

With no factory dial or bracelet variants to separate, the only branches on this reference are the names collectors have tried on it. “Zombie” takes the grey Cerachrom half and reads the watch cool. “Bumblebee” takes the yellow-gold-and-black pairing and reads it warm. A Time+Tide reader poll in April 2023 returned “Dark Knight” ahead of “Black Adam,” “Bruce Wayne,” “Guinness,” “Wolf of Wall Street” and “Bumblebee.” None is official, and none has displaced the others.

Historical market and auction record

The 126713GRNR has not yet entered the auction-house record, being too recent for the Sotheby's, Phillips and Christie's catalogues.

The closest thing to a market reading is Time+Tide’s May 2023 secondary-market snapshot. First-offer grey-market asks sat around EUR 35,500 against a EUR 16,550 retail figure, roughly a 2.1x premium at first availability. The solid-gold 126718GRNR carried a tamer premium at the same moment, roughly 1.7x, which points to the Rolesor drawing the stronger early demand of the two.

Related references

See also the GMT-Master family index, movement reference, bracelet & clasp guide, and serial numbers by year.

Sources

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