Rolex Explorer 1016 Tropical Gilt Dial le-locle with “Iraqi General Youth Training

with “Iraqi General Youth Training Association” engraving in Arabic language

As mentioned before

The watch houses the calibre 2003 manual-wind movement and is fitted with an AP leather strap and AP white gold clasp

The rose gold lug is complemented by the rose gold dagger hands without lume

At this point we already saw the introduction of the 36mm models

Rolex Explorer 1016 Tropical Gilt Dial le-locle with “Iraqi General Youth TrainingBorn for high altitude Himalayan climbing, the Explorer arrived in the 1950s, launching in the same year as the Submariner and the Turn O Graph. As Rolex once put it in an advertisement, We built the Rolex Explorer as there are no watch repair shops on top of the Matterhorn. To say it was a major year for Rolex and for watches more broadly would be an understatement. It helped shape the company Rolex would become, defined the modern sports watch