My newest Rolex acquisition

[By-Tor]

This extremely rare "Noob" GMT rep was for sale at RWG by Raimondo68. I was amazed that nobody grabbed it, because the price was great.

This and Explorer II from the same factory have amazing SELs, correct date mag, exceptionally good rehaut thickness and depth. Best I've ever seen (for the GMT).

Sorry for the asolutely crap photo. I didn't have decent lighting.

It also has virtually perfect dial (gen on the right).

The crown guards are bad for this model, which require some easy mods.

I had another replacement bezel with sharp teeth from bklm, replaced the bad insert and I modified the crown guards myself.

Now I have two of these beauties, and don't have to exchange the bezels anymore. Couldn't be happier. Next: Genuine crown(s).

[slickdick]

Good looking GMT, what movement is in this watch?

[By-Tor]

Good looking GMT, what movement is in this watch?

ETA 2836-2.

Stephane owns the correct stack version with genuine dial.

http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=55915

The watch needs mods, but this might be the best base Rolex ever (along with the old version ExpII). The crystal & rehaut thickness look amazing. I'm referring to this area:

Replicating this properly has been negleted on most Rolex replicas, and I think it's very important detail. At least for me.

PS: I have no idea if this watch is still in production. Precious Time can't source it any longer. I was lucky to find another one.

[its_urabus]

congrats. wear them both well. and if you cant, send one my way, and I will gladly sport it...

[chrgod]

Nice find!

Wear it well.

[Slartibartfast]

Great looking GMT. Wouldn't mind one of those myself. Hmmmm....... now where's my credit card.

[Pugwash]

Nice watch, mate.

[By-Tor]

Thanks fellas.

Now I need to buy the Explorer II again.

Or perhaps I should get yet another GMT. All black... to complete the trilogy.

[Stephane]

Congrats BT

A Trilogy is a great idea

[Terje]

I never was a fan of the Pepsi GMT...until now.

[By-Tor]

Congrats BT

A Trilogy is a great idea

Thanks mate.

Just for the record: I didn't remove the crown & stem to modify the crown guards. I was going to, but I couldn't find a 1.2mm screwdriver from anywhere (to release the stem).

So I bought extremely thin hand file, unscrewed the crown to the time set position and carefully filed the insides, using only the tip of the file. There was enough space to just straighten the inside guards.

Here's my tool:

Here's the cg's. They're pretty much spot on for a 16710 now. I'm not sure if I'm the first one who modded the cg's this way.

Here's how they look unmodified on this rep model (photo by RobbieG). Way too thick and triangular. Also notice the dull bezel with smooth teeth. That is a "must" modification for this rep. It improves the overall look a lot, although you couldn't really "spot" it easily.

[predfan2001]

Dang By Tor, you do really like the GMTs. After my 2 bad deals on 1655s I'm out. My 2 Omega GMTs are still cranking though .

Very nice. Maybe I'll try another one day!

[Jetsons]

Terrific snag, BT! They sure don't make them like they used to.

Darn nice work on the CGs. I've done a couple just removing the crown but never with the crown on the watch. Very creative.

Enjoy those beauties!

[By-Tor]

Thanks guys.

I think this could be the correct time to get one of these (if you ever will). It might be too late soon. Precious Time sold 150 or 200 of these to the membership, but said it's impossible to get this model anymore. This just popped up in the sales section and I reacted fast. I'm sure there will be more available through member trades.

According to Angus the factories aren't going to concentrate on the 16710 anymore (now that it's out of production). The dealers will probably still have the 16710 reps on sale, but the reps will be just the that conical/wokky sh*te.

This same factory made the Noobmariner, that outstading YM (see bklm's review) and Explorer II (the old amazing version). I wish they'd done the new SeaDweller too.

PS: If you don't know how to do the mods, get the "Retro" version by Joshua. It's very good out of the box (save the rehaut thickness). The old TW Best versions are good bases as well. But not as good as this (imho).