No Longer Made: Rolex Explorer II 16570 Watch

No Longer Made is a series done in collaboration with our partners at eBay, in which aBlogtoWatch editors feature their favorite watches that are no longer in production Low-key design, dual time zone functionality, near indestructibility, and with a doggedly non-luxurified attitude, the Explorer II 16750 may be the best value modern Rolex sports watch out there While the Submariner, GMT-Master II, and Daytona get all the spotlight, the Explorer II has been Rolex's low-key utilitarian tool watch that is also a true travel watch for decades now.

1655 was not at all meant to be a travel watch, the 16570 introduced an independent hour hand that functionally made the watch a dual time zone travel watch For better or worse, the 16550 brought the Explorer II more into the fold of the Rolex sports watch family With a simple brushed case and nary any polishing, gloss, or cerachrom in sight, the Rolex Explorer II 16570 is in many ways the last of its kind.

To close, I'm going to echo what I said at the top of the article: Explorer II 16750 may be the value modern Rolex sports watch out there. . Source