Here’s another watch that
easily would have qualified to the list over my top 5 OWG-watches IF it would
have had a date. I mean, the Explorer is basically a regular Datejust but
without a date, but it has got something else to it. I guess it must be the name.
Explorer. I mean, who doesn’t want to be an explorer? I immediately felt like
an adventurer when I put it on my wrist for the first time; ready to climb any
mountain! I suppose it’s meant to be a toolier version of the Datejust and
honestly, even the differences aren’t that many, it still feels, at least to
me, like another kind of watch than the Datejust.
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| #170 - The Rolex Explorer ref. 114720 in grayscale. |
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| On my way to a work interview in April 2013. |
I got a hold of a superb full
set from a friend to a really good price during a dinner. Being a little drunk always makes it easier to pull the trigger! This was in early April 2014. It had originally
been bought in Italy in 2005. It was impossible not to like it. I was even
considering keeping it because I had my wedding coming up in two months and
figured it could do well as my wedding watch. I finally decided to go with
something a little dressier and I ended up sending it away to a buyer in
Copenhagen.
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| At dinner with a couple of watch nerds. That's a piece of pork belly on the plate. Yummy! |
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| Enjoying a brew from Flying Dog. |
The 36mm Explorer is a classic
with a lot of cool history and you can never really go wrong with it. It would
work in every occasion with every outfit. I wore this watch to the interview at
my current job and being superstitious I believe it brought good luck with it. Can’t say I’m a big
fan of the newer 39mm version which had really weird proportions. OK, Rolex
finally fixed some of the flaws on their latest version for 2016 which made it
look a little better but still I think it’s too big. I would definitely recommend
going for the 36mm version if you ever want to try out an Explorer.
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