This is Watch Your Style.
My name's Eric.
Today I'm going to be doing a review for you guys on the Rolex 116710 BLNR, better known
to the watch enthusiasts world as the Rolex Batman.
So I've had many requests, many email requests and a lot of comments on the YouTube videos
for me to do a review on the Batman.
It's taken me quite some time to do one just because it's kind of hard to get a hold of
one.
I feel like lately, once I get one in, it's immediately sold or there's a deposit on one.
Everyone calls the store here at CRM Jewelers and they want the Batman.
They want the Batman.
That there's a waiting line for the Batman at the boutique.
So it's a watch that has a very high demand.
Pretty much, it's exactly like a standard Rolex GMT with the ceramic bezel.
The only difference is, obviously, it has a black and blue bezel, which is a new process
that Rolex developed to be able to do a ceramic...both colors.
And it's got the GMT hour hand in blue.
Those are some of the differences.
What makes it special is, the fact that it's very hard to locate.
So, for me...you know...to me it's something a little bit different.
It's just that added extra touch that makes it a little more sophisticated than the standard
GMT.
This particular model that I have here for you today, it's my personal Batman.
I ended up finally just being able to grab one for myself and you know what?
It's a watch that I've actually seen myself wearing more than usual.
For the past four or fiver years, I've seen myself wearing watches of a higher bracket
than a stainless steel Submariner and stuff of that nature, but for some reason, this
watch catches my attention.
It's just something different.
I see it as a piece that's under $10,000, but it's something special.
It just gives it that little notch of sophistication where most people may not want to.
It's OK if you don't like it, but some people may just not want to spend the extra money
for the black and blue bezel over the black...standard black bezel.
But one thing about it to is that you might be ready to pay the extra money, but you might
not find one.
There's a lot of hype going on with this watch right now.
At first, I thought that it was going to die down and I think that already enough time
has passed that the market has stabilized and, you know what?
The Batman is here to stay.
When they introduced it in the beginning, I wasn't 100% sold on it.
But let me tell you something, it's a watch that looks...it just looks very nice on the
wrist and it grabs your attention.
It has a very strong following and like I say, I can't seem to have...to get enough
of them in the store to be able to supply the demand.
And that right there, it's also what's contributing to the cost of the watch.
A standard Rolex GMT, the standard black one, you can expect to pay for something in the
preowned condition, around $6,750, whereas the Batman, in pre-owned condition, you're
going to be spending easily $8,200 to $8,300, around there.
It's just there's not enough of them to supply the demand.
A couple of guys tell me, �Hey, well Eric, I can get a brand new one at the boutique
for $9,400,� but there's always a catch.
The catch is that there's a waiting list or they always got some type of intrigue going
on, �Well, I only have one here in stock, but there's already a deposit,� so...it's
one of those watches that, I say, if you're gonna go to the boutique and you're gonna
get financing, for example, at a major AD, for example, like Mayors...this is a watch
I would choose because it's a watch that has the closest pre-owned price to a brand new
one; in other words, it's holding it's value very strong.
For me, I like it.
It's probably one of the best every-day watches that I've had in the last three years.
It's perfect.
You could wear it with a suit.
You could wear it with shorts.
It's good for the water.
It's good for every day.
It's not too load.
It doesn't say too much, but it's a very special watch, so, it gives you that little notch
of sophistication.
The black and blue over the standard black.
Not that there's anything wrong with the black.
I, for one, pretty much like every single Rolex model, but the black and blue is something
special.
And when you're trying to find one, you'll notice how challenging it might be to locate
one.
Now, the Rolex GMT Batman just like it's brother, the Standard GMT in black, are almost exactly
the same, like I said earlier.
They're both stainless steel cases, 40-mm size, ceramic bezel.
One thing I want to point out, that one of the differences you'll notice is that the
standard black one has �GMT Master II� written on the dial in green.
The Batman has it written in white.
Just like everything else written on the dial.
So there's really no way to add a bezel or the hands.
Some people have asked me that.
They've said, �Well Eric.
You could pretty much just put an aftermarket bezel on it and paint the hand blue.� Well,
I mean, I guess, if you wanna do something crazy like that.
For me, I'm just not into that type of stuff, especially for this type of model.
But one thing I wanna tell you is Rolex plans everything in advance.
And, like I've said, one of the changes is that the dial doesn't have �GMT Master II�
written in green.
It's in white, so it would be pretty challenging for someone to try to do a swap on you.
It's just very highly unlikely.
But overall, it's the same watch.
It just has that different color bezel and it's kind of amazing how, it just adds so
much more to the watch.
You know, when it comes to the Watch Game, the Batman is a watch that's very highly respected.
To me, it's almost...and don't quote me on this, because I'm saying this very early...but,
for me it's almost like a watch that has almost replaced the stigma and the status of the
steel Daytona.
I feel like many of my friends and clients that are heavy collectors that have pretty
much any watch that we can imaging, I'm seeing them wearing the Batman daily lately.
It almost has become the go-to, daily watch for a watch collector.
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My name is Eric.
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