About this watch

Rolex GMT Master 'Pepsi' 16700 40mm 1999 Box & Papers Case and Bracelet The 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. The 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…