Rather than a more traditional AM/PM indicator like you might see on some watches, where it basically looks like a moonphase except it’s the sun and the moon rotating around the disc in question, Rolex opted for something closer to a GMT in execution. Spelunkers needed a watch that was not only highly visible in the dark, but also one that gave them the ability to read the time in terms of AM or PM since they’d be in caves and thus couldn’t see the sun to determine what time of day it was. But the Explorer II? Well, it turns out it was invented for the sport/art of cave diving, or Spelunking. It’s about as close to new old stock as you can get for a watch of its age, and it’s absolutely beautiful.īut where did it come from? The Submariner’s origin as a dive watch is clear, as is the origin of a watch like the Daytona as a racing chronograph. The watch we’re looking at today is a Rolex 16570 Explorer II with a Polar white dial, basically untouched. Today, Michael dives into some of the history of the Rolex Explorer II, alongside a full review of the watch!
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