Rolex Explorer 1016 Tropical Gilt Dial czapek with only micro-scratches from storage

with only micro-scratches from storage

We always have a good selection of Day-Dates

A military watch made by Omega…

we do know that these mono-pusher examples first emerged in the 1930s and continued to be ordered and produced well into the 1970s

The watch has a beautiful fat font insert that has faded to a blue jeans and peach hue…it just looks awesome

Rolex Explorer 1016 Tropical Gilt Dial czapek with only micro-scratches from storageBorn for high altitude Himalayan climbing, the Explorer arrived in the 1950s, launching in the same year as the Submariner and the Turn O Graph. As Rolex once put it in an advertisement, We built the Rolex Explorer as there are no watch repair shops on top of the Matterhorn. To say it was a major year for Rolex and for watches more broadly would be an understatement. It helped shape the company Rolex would become, defined the modern sports watch