Rolex Explorer 1016 Tropical Gilt Dial 1970 - Serial 173xxxx dating to

- Serial 173xxxx dating to 1968

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Both the hands and hour markers have developed a soft off-white patina

The dial is stunning and has no cracks with black text

This is a lovely condition Lemania manual wind watch made for the Canadian Navy

Rolex Explorer 1016 Tropical Gilt Dial 1970 - Serial 173xxxx dating toBorn 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