Rolex Explorer 1016 - 1964 Travel making them popular with drivers

making them popular with drivers who used them for timing race laps and quarter-miles without having to take their hands off the wheel

No bare-chested teeny boppers need apply

Thanks to its record-breaking slim automatic movement

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In a condition that shows lovely authentic aging

Rolex Explorer 1016 - 1964 Travel making them popular with driversSoup to nuts, the Rolex Reference Explorer is one of the most beautiful sports watches ever designed. In production for nearly three decades, the 1016 Explorer is the direct descendant of Rolex's original mountaineer's watch, used during the first ascent to the top of Mount Everest in 1953. These were watches designed to be tough as nails and capable of operating effectively in the harshest conditions known to man. It really doesn't get more badass