Rolex Explorer II

Description

This is a one owner watch and comes with the original warranty papers and box. The watch comes from our “the beauty of time” online collection that includes multiple Rolex Explorer II watches and a historic review of the Explorer II dials. This particular example is a very rare ROLEX Explorer II ‘Freccione’ Ref. 1655. Early versions of the reference, from the first year of production, were fitted with a straight seconds hand. The hands were painted white and were of a fairly minimalist design. The so-called straight seconds hand was a simple long, thin needle-esque centre sweep hand. Rolex introduced a seconds hand with a lollipop, luminous filled bubble quite quickly within the watch’s lifespan. Collectors look for watches with a MK1-MK4 dial Explorer II especially with all its original tags, booklets and warranty papers! The watch comes with several service papers from Rolex and communication between the one owner and Rolex indicating that: 1. The watch was not polished and 2. No parts/ aspects of the dial, hands were ever serviced! Therefore the documents verify the original condition of this beautiful vintage explorer II. The watch comes with the original Rolex base Calibre 1570 movement. the Calibre 1575 had a date feature and logically the Calibre 1575 GMT had the additional 24-hour hand. The movement was automatic, had the hacking-seconds feature (where the seconds hand stops when the winding crown is full pulled out to adjust the time) and boasted a 48-hour power reserve. This chronometer-rated movement was housed in a 39mm stainless-steel case with crown guards and the watch had a fixed, non-rotating, bezel with 24-hour markings; even numbers in Arabic numerals and odd numbers represented with hash markers. CASE: 40mm, stainless steel, 24 hour bezel, acrylic crystal with date loupe MOVEMENT: Caliber 1575, Self-winding chronometer movement, 26 jewels 48 hour power reserve DIAL: Black matte dial with tritium hour markers and T SWISS T at the bottom, White batton H/M hands and large orange arrow shaped 24 hour. Straight seconds hand in white. BRACELET: Rolex stainless steel bracelet Ref. 78360/501 Condition: The dial and hands are in perfect and original condition. The case and bracelet are unpolished and in great vintage condition. This beautiful vintage Rolex Explorer II comes with the complete set, even the original purchase receipt. The watch is a one family owner watch and comes with all service papers, original box and warranty as well as original Rolex tags. This is a very unique collectible watch.