Rolex · Family: Yacht-Master II
The Rolex Yacht-Master II 116680 is a 44mm Oystersteel watch built around a regatta chronograph function: a programmable countdown of up to 10 minutes with mechanical memory, syncable to a sailing regatta's actual start. It runs the in-house Calibre 4161, delivering 72 hours of power reserve. Cazador has no verified price observations yet (n=0). Its differential: the Ring Command bezel, which programs the countdown by rotating the bezel itself instead of using pushers.
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The Yacht-Master II launched in 2007 as the most sophisticated regatta instrument Rolex had ever built: unlike a conventional chronograph, it carries a programmable countdown function of up to 10 minutes, with mechanical memory able to recall the setting even after the mechanism is stopped and restarted, designed to sync with a sailing regatta's actual start sequence.
Reference 116680, in Oystersteel, introduced the "Ring Command" bezel: a patented system that mechanically links the bidirectional bezel to the movement, so programming the countdown is done by rotating the bezel itself — with its blue Cerachrom ceramic insert and 10-minute scale — rather than by using additional pushers on the case.
Inside that 44mm case sits Calibre 4161, an in-house movement with a column-wheel and vertical-clutch architecture — the same family of technical solutions Rolex uses in its high-end chronographs — with 360 components, 44 jewels, and roughly 72 hours of power reserve. The blue Parachrom hairspring, paramagnetic and shock-resistant, contributes to an accuracy of -2/+2 seconds per day after casing.
At 100 meters of water resistance with a sapphire crystal, the 116680 sits in sailing-instrument territory rather than dive-watch territory. Rolex has since introduced a later generation of the family (references 126680 and 126688) [UNVERIFIED: the exact discontinuation date of the 116680 and the introduction year of the later generation are not part of the catalog sources consulted for this fiche].
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A programmable countdown of up to 10 minutes with mechanical memory, designed to sync with a sailing regatta's actual start sequence, unlike a conventional elapsed-time chronograph.
A Rolex-patented system that mechanically links the bidirectional bezel to the movement, letting the wearer program the countdown by rotating the bezel itself instead of using additional pushers.
It runs Calibre 4161, an in-house Rolex movement with a column wheel and vertical clutch, 360 components, and roughly 72 hours of power reserve.
It's rated to 100 meters, sufficient for sailing and watersports use, but it isn't designed as a technical dive watch.
In 2007, as the most sophisticated regatta instrument Rolex had produced to date, with its programmable countdown and mechanical memory function.
Rolex has introduced a later generation of the family (references 126680 and 126688). We do not confirm with verified sources the exact date the 116680 stopped being produced.