Rolex Explorer II

Why We Love ItWith its unusual origin as a cave explorer's watch, the Explorer II is a bit of an outlier among Rolex's other sports watches, but that makes it no less awesome in our opinion. Long available in both black and white dials, the Explorer II serves as a more casual and rugged counterpoint to the Submariner and GMT Master.What we offer here is a Reference 16570 dating from the 1990s. With a diameter of 39mm, the Reference 16750 preserves the classic proportions of vintage Rolex sports watches, but retains all the perks of it being a modern watch, such as a sapphire crystal and quickset date. Purists will love that the luminescent material is tritium, which on this particular Explorer II has aged excellently.The StoryThe Explorer II is definitely a timepiece for the man who craves something a little different from his sport model Rolex. Released in 1971 as a follow up to the original Explorer made famous by mountaineers in the 1950s, the Explorer II utilized a larger Oyster Ca