Just bought my 16710. I hope they go up in price.
I'm always looking at prices or possible trades!
I'm excited. Wear it for a few years then trade it or sell it for more then I paid.
If everyone here agrees they will go up in price (not go down) then we should be buying up the rest.
Unless you guys want to trade me a Sub C!
I've "downgraded" to a 16710 from a 1675 because its just a much more wearable watch - sapphire crystal, easier on the date change (which is important if you have any sort of rotation)
The funny thing is, the price of the 16710 I bought at the same price as I got the 1675 just a short time ago!
But I love the 16710, I have a 2nd one inbound
If they have a silly stick dial the price rises by almost $5,000! Insanity.
Congrats on finding a 16710, the jury is still out on the price appreciation curve for these as they are quite high right now. I know all Rolex sport watches are high, but this reference in particular is often priced higher than the 16750 WG gloss dial and it's almost always higher than the 16700. The wearability is often cited as the reason these are so high, as well as the last appearance of the Pepsi bezel in a SS watch. I'll be curious to see if Rolex decides to release a 116710 BLRO any time soon, and if they do what effect that may have on prices of the 16710.
i dont deny that. saw two of them today, one on the subway ride home and the other on a patients wrist. I thought he was wearing it like Marlon Brando's character in apocalypse now, but turns out he had lost the bezel 😲
Well you've brought up another reason often cited for the high price on the 16710, the ease and relative low cost of changing the bezel. If you can find all 3 bezel inserts and both the 78360 and 62510H bracelet, then you've got quite a lot of different looks with the same watch.
indeed, especially if you arent queasy about changing it yourself, but supposedly doing it too often will flatten the lock that retains the bezel. guess youll just have to buy all three! 😁
indeed, especially if you arent queasy about changing it yourself, but supposedly doing it too often will flatten the lock that retains the bezel. guess youll just have to buy all three! 😁
So I compared the 2 that I have - on the left is "swiss made" dial, on the right is "t < 25" dial.
The fonts are different? The "t<25" dial has a serif on the "oyster perpetual date" and "GMT Master II" text, the "swiss made" dial has no (or very minimal) serif on the text. Is this normal?
Yes, the fonts on the GMT 16710 have slightly changed over the years, with the most well known examples of this being the "stick dial" and the "rectangular dial" versions of the II. You can also see the variations in the bezel inserts in your photo as the left one has very prominent serif and thicker numerals while the right has no serif and thin numerals. You've got two really great examples there, I'm guessing you'll be hanging on to these and not letting them go like your 1675. My 16750 says hi to your Pepsi cousins.
I heard the matte dial with painted indices like yours are rare on the 16750?
