Rolex Explorer 1016 Tropical Gilt Dial Military and fixed spring bars —

and fixed spring bars — a design preferred by the Ministry of Defence

- Case number 321xxx dates to 1930s

- Black and silver bezel

The watch features incredibly rare hands

Zunächst tragen die Indexe der linken Zeitzone ostarabische Ziffern und die rechte westarabische

Rolex Explorer 1016 Tropical Gilt Dial Military and fixed spring bars —Born 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