{"product_id":"rolex-gmt-master-pepsi-16700-40mm-1999-box-papers","title":"Rolex GMT Master 'Pepsi' 16700 40mm 1999 Box \u0026 Papers","description":"\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-b2f2b982-7fff-cf8b-99b9-195a664922c8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRolex GMT Master 'Pepsi' 16700 40mm 1999 Box \u0026amp; Papers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCase and Bracelet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 40mm Oyster case is in great condition with some wear visible around the case sides. That is the expected place to find it and the expected kind to find. Rolex finished this generation with brushed lug tops and polished flanks, and a polished surface is the one that records every contact with a desk edge or a doorframe over twenty seven years, so light marking along the sides is a record of the watch having been looked after. The more useful question on a 16700 is what the case has not had done to it, and the answer here is favourable. This reference has drilled lugs, which give an unusually honest gauge of polishing, because a case worked hard on a wheel loses definition around the lug holes first and the openings begin to soften and elongate. The lug profile and the crown guards on this example are retained.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe watch is on its Oyster bracelet, in very good condition with very light stretch. Stretch on a bracelet of this era is a matter of mechanics rather than metal. Nothing actually elongates. Very light stretch on a twenty seven year old daily wear Oyster is a normal finding and it sits comfortably with the rest of the watch. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDial and Hands\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe dial and hands are excellent. This is a 1999 watch, which places it in the final two years of the reference and on the Luminova side of Rolex's changeover from tritium, so the dial carries the single word SWISS at six o'clock rather than the SWISS T\u0026lt;25 depth marking of earlier examples. On this reference an excellent grade means exactly what it says.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChronometry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe watch was demagnetised and tested on a Witschi WAIO, passing the tightness, demagnetisation and chronometry stages. Across four positions it ran +8.3 seconds per day dial up, +7.9 dial down, +9.3 at six up and +4.7 at twelve up, for a mean of +7.6 seconds per day and a positional delta of 4.6. Amplitude averaged 245.7 degrees, from 260.8 dial up to 232.5 at six up, a horizontal to vertical drop of 28.3 degrees, with beat error between 0.2 and 0.4 milliseconds. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe tightness stage passed but keep the crown fully screwed down whenever it is worn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crown Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55182291304727,"sku":"Rolex GMT Master 'Pepsi' 16700 40mm 1999 Box \u0026 Papers","price":17999.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/8670\/3383\/files\/Rolex-GMT-Master-Pepsi-16700-40mm-1999-Box-Papers-2.jpg?v=1789265533","url":"https:\/\/crownvintage.com.au\/products\/rolex-gmt-master-pepsi-16700-40mm-1999-box-papers","provider":"Crown Vintage Watches","version":"1.0","type":"link"}