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ROLEX. MONTRE BRACELET EN ACIER AVEC DATE ET 2ND FUSEAU HORAIRE MOUVEMENT AUTOMATIQUE
ROLEX. A STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC CALENDAR BRACELET WATCH WITH DUAL TIME ZONE Explorer II, Ref: 16570, Circa 1996

Paris Luxury: Montres et Chronographes de Prestige
29 October 2021, 14:00 CEST
Paris, Rue de la Paix

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ROLEX. MONTRE BRACELET EN ACIER AVEC DATE ET 2ND FUSEAU HORAIRE MOUVEMENT AUTOMATIQUE

ROLEX. A STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC CALENDAR BRACELET WATCH WITH DUAL TIME ZONE
Model: Explorer II
Reference: 16570
Date: Circa 1996
Movement: 31-jewel Cal.3185 automatic, adjusted to temperature and 5 positions
Dial: Black, luminous filled dot hour markers, white outer minute divisions, magnified date aperture at 3, polished Mercedes hands and red arrow tipped calendar hand with luminous inserts, centre seconds
Case: Brushed and polished tonneau form, screw down back and shouldered crown, 24-hour markers on bezel, No.T879728
Strap/Bracelet: Fitted 78790 Oyster link
Buckle/Clasp: Signed folding clasp
Signed: Case, dial & movement
Size: 39mm

Footnotes

The Rolex Explorer II 16570 first appeared on the market in 1989 and had an impressive run of nearly 22 years before the 216570 was released in 2011. The Explorer II model was originally developed to accompany speleologists on their cave exploration expeditions and as such was designed with extreme durability in mind.

The model features a fixed bezel with 24 hour display and a special 24 hour hand that can be set to distinguish day from night hours. Making the watch especially useful for explorers in caves or places such as the Arctic where the sun does not travel though the horizon on a regular basis. In addition the watch can be used as a compass in both the northern and southern hemisphere by pointing the hour hand at the sun and using the 24hr hand to determine north or south.

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