
George Kidwell
Senior Cataloguer
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The Rolex Explorer II first appeared on the market in 1971 and continued the tradition of the earlier Explorer models which were introduced in 1953. The watch 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.