Rolex GMT-Master II “Bruce Wayne” 40mm Black Dial Black & Grey Cerachrom Bezel Green GMT Hand Jubilee Bracelet 126710GRNR | 2025 Mint Full Set

Gotham’s Darkest GMT — The Watch Collectors Have Been Waiting For

Every great collector nickname tells a story. When Rolex introduced the GMT-Master II 116710BLNR with its black-and-blue Cerachrom bezel in 2013, the watch world took one look at the dark palette and named it “Batman” immediately. When the 126710BLNR launched on the Jubilee bracelet in 2019, its slightly more refined, bracelet-elevated character earned it the name “Batgirl.” For years afterward, enthusiasts and collectors speculated openly about when Rolex would deliver the darker, more monochromatic counterpart — a GMT with even less color, even more shadow, a Gotham-esque watch that could stand alongside the Batman family while carving out its own identity. That watch arrived at Watches & Wonders Geneva in April 2024 as the reference 126710GRNR — and almost immediately, the nickname was coined on Reddit and Instagram: “Bruce Wayne.” Where the Batman leans blue, the Bruce Wayne goes darker — a black-and-grey Cerachrom bezel that carries an understated menace few watches can match, elevated by a single flash of green on the arrow-tipped GMT hand. It was the first time Rolex paired this black-and-grey bezel with a full Oystersteel case and bracelet, and it changed the GMT-Master II conversation overnight. This 2025 full-set example in mint condition, complete with factory warranty, represents one of the most current and desirable configurations of this newest addition to the Gotham GMT family.

The Nickname Decoded: GRNR — Gris-Noir, Vert

The reference suffix tells the complete technical story: GRNR stands for Gris-Noir — French for grey-black — describing the two-colour Cerachrom ceramic bezel insert. The green GMT hand is the final element that completes the Bruce Wayne identity — a callback to the green GMT hand that Rolex first introduced on the “Hulk” Submariner and “Kermit” references, here deployed with deliberate restraint against the dark grey-and-black bezel to provide a single, precise accent color without disrupting the watch’s fundamentally monochromatic character. The result is a dial and bezel combination that reads as dark and authoritative at a glance, then reveals its personality detail — the green hand — only upon closer inspection. It is precisely the kind of watch Bruce Wayne himself would wear: outwardly understated, inwardly capable of everything.

904L Oystersteel Case — The GMT-Master II’s Foundation

The 40mm Oyster case is crafted from Rolex’s proprietary 904L stainless steel, a high-corrosion-resistant alloy delivering a deeper and more reflective polish than the 316L steel used by most competing manufacturers, maintaining its surface integrity across decades of active daily wear. At 12.1mm in thickness and 48.5mm lug to lug, the case is sized precisely for the 20mm lug width bracelet options and sits with a confident, focused wrist presence that balances sport and refinement without tipping toward either extreme. The case features the characteristic dual-texture finish of brushed lugs and polished sides — a contrast that creates a dynamic interplay of light and shadow across the case geometry that the 904L alloy renders with particular depth and brilliance. The case is sealed with a screw-down Triplock triple-waterproofness crown — three gaskets, same specification as the Submariner — delivering 100 meters of water resistance in an environmental seal that far exceeds the demands of daily travel and active wear. A scratch-resistant sapphire crystal with Cyclops magnifying lens protects the dial and date window, and the screw-down solid caseback seals the Caliber 3285 inside.

The Black and Grey “Bruce Wayne” Cerachrom Bezel — A Subtlety That Commands Attention

The bidirectional rotating 24-hour bezel of the 126710GRNR is fitted with a black-and-grey Cerachrom ceramic insert — and producing it requires the same extraordinary technical process as every two-colour ceramic bezel in the GMT-Master II family: two separate ceramic pieces, one black, one grey, bonded at the precise midpoint and fired together at extreme temperatures to create a seamless, structurally unified single piece with no visible joint or transition anywhere along the color boundary. The result is pure ceramic throughout — virtually scratchproof, completely corrosion-resistant, and entirely UV-stable. What makes the grey half of this bezel particularly compelling is its visual behavior: unlike the saturated, uniform blue of the Batman bezel or the bold red of the Pepsi, the grey Cerachrom carries a more muted, shifting tone that reads differently under different light sources and angles — more blue-grey under cool lighting, warmer and more stone-like under incandescent light. This subtle dynamism is part of what gives the Bruce Wayne its distinctive character and has earned it such immediate collector enthusiasm since its April 2024 debut. The 24-hour numerals and graduation marks are moulded into the ceramic surface and filled with white-tone PVD, making them as permanent as the bezel itself. The bezel rotates bidirectionally in 60 precise, crisp clicks — distinguishing it from the unidirectional Submariner bezel and reflecting the practical dual-direction utility of a travel complication.

The Black Chromalight Dial with Signature Green GMT Hand

The deep black lacquered dial is both simple and bold, offering excellent readability with its high-contrast combination of white-filled Chromalight luminescent applied hour markers and Mercedes-style hands. Chromalight is Rolex’s proprietary long-lasting luminescent material, emitting a distinctive, intense blue glow in darkness that is significantly more sustained and brighter than standard Super-LumiNova — a detail that makes the Bruce Wayne exceptionally legible in all low-light conditions from a dark boardroom to a nighttime cabin at altitude. The signature green arrow-tipped GMT hand circles the dial once every 24 hours, displayed against the 24-hour scale of the grey-and-black bezel to show a home or reference time zone. The choice of green for this specific GMT hand is the final, decisive element of the Bruce Wayne’s identity: five years after Rolex last used a green GMT hand on a stainless steel watch, the GRNR brings it back in a new context that is simultaneously familiar and entirely fresh. A magnified date window sits at 3 o’clock beneath the Cyclops lens, and the engraved rehaut runs the full circumference of the inner bezel edge for authentication and finishing detail.

The Five-Link Jubilee Bracelet — Comfort, Elegance, and Heritage

This example is fitted with Rolex’s five-link Jubilee bracelet in 904L Oystersteel, with brushed outer links and polished centre links continuing the case’s dual-texture finishing philosophy across the bracelet. The modern Jubilee is superb in its comfort and venting abilities — its smaller links with more separation between them allow the bracelet to drape like silk over the wrist while offering excellent air circulation, to the point that you can forget it is being worn. The five-link design is a little more formal than the Oyster, but that is part of its appeal — the Jubilee gives the Bruce Wayne a sportier and more versatile wrist presence than the Oyster would, complementing the watch’s transition from airport to boardroom to dinner without requiring any adjustment. The bracelet closes with a folding Oysterlock safety clasp — with brushed steel sides and polished centre detailing matching the bracelet’s own finish language — and includes the Easylink 5mm comfort extension for quick tool-free on-wrist adjustment.

The GMT Complication — Tracking Time Across Three Zones

The GMT-Master II’s defining complication remains the most practically elegant dual-timezone function in watchmaking. The green GMT hand completes one revolution per 24 hours and is read against the bidirectional 24-hour ceramic bezel to display a home or reference time zone — immediately showing whether it is day or night at any second location on earth. The local hour hand adjusts independently via the crown’s rapid-setting mechanism, advancing or retarding in one-hour increments without stopping the movement, disrupting seconds accuracy, or affecting the GMT hand’s continuous reference time display. Together with the date at 3 o’clock and the seconds hand, the result is a watch that simultaneously displays three time zones and the date — the complete informational needs of any global traveler — readable in a single glance at the wrist from across a meeting table.

Powered by Caliber 3285 — The Finest Movement Rolex Has Made for the GMT-Master II

The Caliber 3285 is the most technically advanced movement Rolex has ever produced for the GMT-Master II, featuring the patented Chronergy escapement — machined from nickel-phosphorus for approximately 15% greater energy efficiency and outstanding magnetic field resistance — combined with a blue Parachrom hairspring made from a proprietary zirconium-niobium alloy that is virtually unaffected by temperature fluctuations, shocks, or magnetic interference. Paraflex shock absorbers provide additional structural resilience. Running at 28,800 vibrations per hour with 31 jewels and a 70-hour power reserve, the movement carries Rolex’s Superlative Chronometer certification for accuracy of -2/+2 seconds per day after casing — twice as strict as standard COSC requirements. Stop-seconds for precise time-setting and independent rapid-setting of the local hour hand complete the practical package.

Condition & What’s Included

This 2025 example is in mint condition and comes as a full set with original Rolex box, papers, and factory warranty intact. Authenticity is fully guaranteed on every watch sold through The Crown Collection Watch.

Shipping & Trade

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Why This Reference Stands Out

The 126710GRNR “Bruce Wayne” is the newest and most talked-about addition to the current GMT-Master II steel lineup — introduced in April 2024 and immediately generating the kind of market enthusiasm typically reserved for the Pepsi and Batman references. Pre-owned examples currently trade between $19,995 and $22,795 on the secondary market, with a current average of approximately $21,316 — significantly above the retail price of $11,800 to $12,000, reflecting demand that authorized dealer availability cannot begin to satisfy. The black-and-grey bezel configuration is the most subtle and versatile of all the GMT-Master II bezel variants, transitioning seamlessly between casual and formal contexts in a way that the more colorful Pepsi and Root Beer references cannot. The green GMT hand provides the essential accent that prevents the watch from reading as monotone while keeping the overall palette restrained and sophisticated. A 2025 mint full-set example with factory warranty represents the most current and most pristine acquisition point available for what is already establishing itself as one of the defining modern Rolex references of the decade.