Rolex — Explorer

Explorer 1016

“Classic Explorer”

Explorer 1016 is the long-running vintage core of the Explorer line: a 36 mm stainless-steel Oyster watch with a smooth bezel, no date, automatic Rolex movement context, and the 3-6-9 black dial vocabulary that defines the model. Its collector interest lives in dial-era nuance -- gilt, matte,…

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Rolex Explorer 1016
Reference1016
BrandRolex
FamilyExplorer
Produced1963–1989
StatusDiscontinued