15 ROLEX Nicknames and the References Behind Them

The ROLEX catalogue speaks in reference numbers. Collectors prefer colours, comic-book heroes and soft drinks. From the Pepsi to the Panda, here is the reference behind each nickname, the watches that remain in the current collection, and their official prices in dirhams and riyals.

The Essentials

• Nicknames come from collectors; ROLEX lists every watch by model name and reference.
• The GMT-Master II ‘Pepsi’, with its red and blue bezel, left the catalogue at Watches and Wonders in April 2026, together with the white gold Submariner Date 126619LB, the ‘Cookie Monster’.
• ‘Batman’ and ‘Batgirl’ share the same blue and black bezel. The bracelet makes the difference: Oyster for Batman, Jubilee for Batgirl.
• Of the fifteen nicknames in our table, nine belong to watches in the current collection.
• Their prices begin at AED 47,150 in the UAE and SAR 52,300 in Saudi Arabia, for the GMT-Master II on an Oyster bracelet (rolex.com, read on 7 November 2026).

Why Collectors Speak in Colours

A ROLEX reference is precise and austere: 126710BLNR describes case, metal and bezel in ten characters. Collectors found a shorter way. Most nicknames describe a colour scheme (Pepsi, Coke, Root Beer, Sprite), others borrow a character whose palette matches the watch (Batman, Hulk, Kermit, the Smurf), and a few recall a celebrated owner.

The Middle East has its own chapter in this vocabulary. In the 1970s, Day-Date models with brightly lacquered dials in red, yellow, turquoise or green, known today as Stella dials, were offered above all to clients in the Middle East and Asia.

Pepsi and Coke: The Bezel That Divided Day and Night

The story begins in 1955. ROLEX launched the GMT-Master as a navigation instrument for professionals criss-crossing the globe, and it became the official watch of several airlines, among them Pan American World Airways. Its 24-hour bezel was two-coloured to distinguish the hours of day from those of night. Collectors saw the red and blue of a famous soft drink, and the name Pepsi has accompanied the watch ever since.

In 2014, ROLEX mastered a red and blue bezel insert in ceramic for the first time, on a GMT-Master II in 18 ct white gold, and the colours later reached the Oystersteel reference 126710BLRO. At Watches and Wonders in April 2026, both the steel 126710BLRO and the white gold 126719BLRO left the catalogue. From this year, the Pepsi belongs to the world of collectors, and this guide lists it without a price. The house tells the origins of the model on its history pages.

Its sibling, the Coke, wears a red and black bezel. It belongs to the aluminium-insert era of the GMT-Master II, references 16760 and 16710, and remains a chapter of the past collection.

Batman, Batgirl and Bruce Wayne: One Bezel, Two Bracelets

In 2013, ROLEX broke new ground with its first single-piece ceramic bezel insert in two colours, blue on one half and black on the other, fitted to an Oystersteel GMT-Master II, reference 116710BLNR. The palette evoked the Dark Knight, and the watch became Batman. In 2019 its successor, the 126710BLNR, appeared on the five-piece Jubilee bracelet, and collectors gave this version a name of its own: Batgirl.

Same bezel: Oyster bracelet for Batman, Jubilee for Batgirl. Both are in the current collection. The Oyster version, 126710BLNR-0003, is listed at AED 47,150 in the UAE and SAR 52,300 in Saudi Arabia; the Jubilee version, 126710BLNR-0002, at AED 48,000 and SAR 53,250.

In 2024 the family welcomed a quieter interpretation, the 126710GRNR, with a bezel in grey and black ceramic. Collectors stayed in Gotham City and named it Bruce Wayne. Its prices mirror the blue and black version: AED 47,150 or SAR 52,300 on the Oyster bracelet (126710GRNR-0004), AED 48,000 or SAR 53,250 on the Jubilee (126710GRNR-0003).

Sprite and Root Beer: Green, Brown and a Crown on the Left

The Sprite arrived in 2022 with a green and black bezel and an unexpected architecture: the winding crown and its guard sit on the left side of the case, the first GMT-Master II built this way. Comic-book enthusiasts proposed Green Lantern; the soft-drink vocabulary prevailed. Reference 126720VTNR is offered on an Oyster bracelet (126720VTNR-0001, AED 49,450 or SAR 54,700) and on a Jubilee bracelet (126720VTNR-0002, AED 50,300 or SAR 55,650).

The same left-hand construction now exists in 18 ct white gold. The 126729VTNR pairs the green and black bezel with a dial in green ceramic, at AED 219,450 in the UAE and SAR 243,100 in Saudi Arabia.

The Root Beer takes its name from warm brown tones. Earlier two-tone generations wore a brown and gold aluminium bezel; the modern 126711CHNR, introduced in 2018, combines Oystersteel and Everose gold, known as Everose Rolesor, with a bezel in brown and black ceramic. On its Oyster bracelet, it is listed at AED 80,500 and SAR 89,100.

Submariners in Green and Blue

Green came to the Submariner in 2003, for the model’s fiftieth anniversary. The Submariner Date 16610LV kept its black dial and received a green aluminium bezel insert; collectors named it Kermit. In 2010 the 116610LV went further, with a green dial and a green ceramic bezel: the Hulk, produced until 2020. That year, the 126610LV returned to the Kermit formula in a 41 mm case, black dial and green Cerachrom bezel, and took the name Starbucks for its deep green. It remains in the collection at AED 47,650 and SAR 52,800, and our guide to Submariner prices in Saudi Arabia covers every reference of the line.

Blue follows the same pattern. The white gold 116619LB, with a blue dial and a blue bezel, is the Smurf. Its successor, the 126619LB, kept the blue bezel over a black dial and was nicknamed Cookie Monster; it left the catalogue in April 2026. The two-tone version in yellow Rolesor, with a royal blue dial and a blue Cerachrom bezel, is the Bluesy: reference 126613LB-0002, at AED 77,800 and SAR 86,200.

The Panda and Its Reverse

On the Cosmograph Daytona, the nickname comes from contrast. A white dial with black counters recalls the face of a panda, and the steel 126500LN-0001 carries that scheme today beneath a black Cerachrom bezel. Its counterpart, the 126500LN-0002, inverts it with a black dial and steel counter rings, hence the reverse Panda. Both are listed at AED 67,450 in the UAE and SAR 74,700 in Saudi Arabia.

We trace the full story of the nickname in What Is a Rolex Daytona Panda?, and the wider chronograph family in our complete guide to the Rolex Daytona.

Every Nickname at a Glance

Prices below are the ROLEX suggested retail prices, VAT included, read on rolex.com for the United Arab Emirates (AED) and for Saudi Arabia (SAR) on 7 November 2026. Watches that have left the catalogue are listed without a price.

ROLEX watches are sold and maintained only by Official ROLEX Retailers. For the complete collection in riyals, our guide to ROLEX prices in Saudi Arabia covers every family, and The Rolex Oyster at 100 tells how the waterproof case shared by all these watches came to be, a century ago.