The Rolex Explorer: Understanding The Iconic Tool Watch | Reference Points
The Rolex Explorer has come to embody what many see as the ideal one nice watch to own. Its simplicity and classic design allow it to go anywhere, not only far-off mountaintops. And the reference 1016 in particular, which spanned an incredible 29 years of production, from 1960 to 1989, has come to be seen by many as an ideal vintage watch for daily wear. With its subtle 36mm size, no-date simplicity, and crisp black dial – whether gilt or matte – it’s the sport Rolex that doesn’t turn heads – the anti-hype Rolex, if you will. The “if you know, you know” Rolex.
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