A working travel complication under a gem-set bezel.
The GMT-Master II does something the Daytona does not: it is genuinely useful. The 24-hour hand and the rotating bezel let you read a second and a third time zone at a glance, and the hour hand jumps independently so you can reset local time on landing without stopping the watch.
The blue-and-red bezel — the one the trade calls Pepsi — began as a way of separating day hours from night hours on the original pilots' watch. On the gem-set references Rolex reproduces that division in baguette-cut sapphires and rubies rather than ceramic, set in its own workshop, with diamonds through the lugs and crown guards.
These are small-run watches and the specification varies, so we would rather agree the exact reference with you than name one here. Tell us the metal and the stones you want and we will come back with what exists and what is findable.
- Independent jumping hour hand; second time zone on the 24-hour hand
- Baguette-cut sapphire and ruby bezel, set in Rolex's own workshop
- 18 ct Everose gold with diamond-set lugs and crown guards
- Small-run reference; specification varies between examples
