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Rolex GMT-Master for Sale

Vintage and neo-vintage GMT-Masters, at auction with no reserve or at a fixed price on the Exchange. Every auction lot is opened, checked against its reference and sealed before it ships to you.

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What Rolex GMT-Master has sold for at Grey Market

One Rolex GMT-Master has sold on Grey Market, verified before it shipped.

By era

GMT-Master references by era

Typical ranges are the spread of recent dealer, auction and Grey Market sales for the references on each page, rounded to a band. Indicative, not a valuation; each reference page carries the detail.

Buyer's guide

Buying a Rolex GMT-Master

What to check on a vintage GMT-Master

Bezel insert. The Pepsi insert is the watch's face and the part most often replaced: a faded original insert on a 1675 is worth more than the service part that replaced it, and an insert with the wrong font or the wrong red is the first thing a buyer notices. The reference pages show each insert generation.

Dial and hands. Gilt dials on early 1675s, matte on later ones, gloss with white gold surrounds from the 16750 on; the GMT hand should match the hour hand's lume. Service hands with bright lume on a tritium dial are a transplant.

Case and crown guards. Pointed crown guards date a 1675 to the early 1960s and are rare; polished-away lug bevels are common. The serial between the lugs dates the case and the caseback's inside stamping should agree.

Service parts. Crystals and crowns are consumables; a service dial, hands or insert should be in the listing's condition notes before you bid. Here they are, and the verification report confirms them in hand.

What a GMT-Master costs here, by era

Where enough recent sales exist, each era above shows a typical range, built from dealer, auction and Grey Market sales for the references in it and rounded to a band. A gilt-dial 1675 leads the family by a wide margin; a 16710 from the late 1990s is the practical neo-vintage entry, and the ceramic Pepsi above it.

Auctions here open low and run without a reserve, so a lot's closing price is whatever the room decides that week. The sold results on this page are what GMT-Masters have actually gone for here, before the buyer's premium.

Frequently asked

Buying a Rolex GMT-Master here

No. Every Grey Market auction runs without a reserve, so the highest bid when the clock runs out wins the watch. Bidding opens low on purpose; the price is set by the people bidding, not by a minimum the seller chose. Auctions run for seven days and extend briefly when a bid lands in the final minutes, so a last-second bid cannot close a lot before everyone has answered it.

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