Rolex Explorer 'Frog Foot' bfcm24 mid-century aesthetic but are working

mid-century aesthetic but are working with a less than stratospheric budget

To say that it was ahead of its time is most certainly an understatement

the hacking mechanism (unusual in automatic watches of the time) allowed for unparalleled accuracy

only 307 chronographs were completed

despite the amount of information displayed

Rolex Explorer 'Frog Foot' bfcm24 mid-century aesthetic but are workingToday, the Explorer I in all of its executions enjoys a kind of cult status among watch enthusiasts and collectors, but for many, the story really begins and ends with the Reference 1016. For one, it enjoyed the longest production run of all the Explorer models (1963 1989), making it the execution widely understood to define the model. Additionally, the trim 36mm steel case and both gloss and matte dials resonate with the original form follows