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Explorer II
Compare this collectionExplorer II
1971
Built for cave and polar explorers needing to distinguish day from night, featuring a fixed 24-hour bezel and orange GMT hand.
- Category
- GMT / expedition watch
- Designers
- In-house design studio
- Case materials
- Oystersteel
- Sizes
- 42mm
- Dial
- White or black dial with large luminous markers
- Crystal
- Scratch-resistant sapphire
- Strap / bracelet
- Oyster bracelet
- Movements
- Calibre 3285
- Movement type
- Automatic
- Power reserve
- 70 hours
- Water resistance
- 100m (10 ATM)
- Complications
- GMT · Date
- Key references
- 226570
- Price band
- $10,500–$11,500
The house
Rolex
The world's largest single luxury watch brand, renowned for the Oyster case, waterproof reliability, and near-universal recognition of its Crown logo.
- Founded
- 1905
- Founder
- Hans Wilsdorf
- Headquarters
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Signature materials
- Oystersteel (904L stainless steel), Everose gold, Cerachrom ceramic bezels, Rolesor
- Signature movements
- In-house Calibre 3235, 3230, 4130, 9001 families with Chronergy escapement and Parachrom hairspring
- Notable designers
- In-house design studio