1950's Rolex ad for the Explorer (Credit: Jake's Rolex Watch Blog) Most people believe that the Explorer I was launched by Rolex for commemorating the Everest expedition and that this watch was with British explorer team consisting of Edmund Hillary and S...
Superb work, which will certainly be appreciated by all the Explorers Lovers! Thanks a lot! Just one question about the size of the 6610... 36mm, too? I thought that the 1016 bwas launched before 63...In fact I believed that it was introduced in '59... Th...
some sources mention 1959 as the birth of ref. 1016, but I have never seen any of these watches with a production date before 1963. If you have examples I would be happy to add this to the post. Cheers Jeff
reads lately, Jeff!. Really thanks for this great job made. The Explorers always atracted me... With the time I think I must make the jump on it. Thanks for your lesson! Best Emilio
available, part due to its superlative attributes, part due to its iconic look that u cannot miss. and the sum of parts is quite a lot of value. thanks for the write-up.
I think what is great about the explorer I is that it is one of the very few rolex sport watches that is also a very nice classy (small 36 mm) dress watch too
I just let my wife read it, she sports a 1974 1016 and absolutely loves it! I was just about to award my two daughters with two Explorers (they have reached the age where a serious watch is needed) until something more appealing (Rolex, of course) caught ...