Basic Information

The two watches are very similar, but they have a few key differences. The movement of 16710 is more advanced and allows user to move hour & GMT hand independently. The 16700 works like any other watch, except GMT hand completes a single revolution in 24 hours.

There are also other differences: 16700 was never offered with a SEL bracelet, and its manufacturing stopped at 2000 and 16710 came with two movements, cal 3185 and cal 3186.

Features

Feature	16700	16710
Bezel	Only Pepsi / Black	Black, Pepsi and Coke
Tritium	Before 1998	Before 1998
Swiss only/Luminova	1998-1999	1998-1999
Super luminova	Never	After 1999
Lug holes	Always	Before 2003
Solid end-link bracelet	Never	After 2000
Cal 3186 movement	Never	After second half in 2007

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Personal Preference

Despite the fact that I own a 16700, my personal preference is 2001-2003 GMT Master II because:

• Superluminova
• SEL bracelet
• Lug holes