Which Model Is The Vintage Rolex Explorer Replica Based On?

[infinitime]

I am interested in purchasing this watch, but all the pictures I've seen of the genuine vintage "Explorer" and "1016" models have different text on the dial (above the six o'clock position). Can someone please tell me which Rolex model these replicas are meant to copy?

Edited June 12, 2006 by infinitime

[ubiquitous]

That's the coveted Explomariner!

[robertk]

thats very funny. A submariner explorer. Verrrrry rare.

[FasTTaP]

It's almost as rare as Paul's Datejust Milgauss

[Indyclmbr]

Interesting Historical Info on the Explorer.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~rkeulen/watch/explorer.html

Perhaps the strangest "Explorer" model is not really an Explorer, but a Submariner. It is a model 5513 non-date, non- chronometer watch with a classic "Explorer" style dial. The watch seems only to have been sold in the UK and only for a short period in the 1960s. The catalog shown bears the date 1966 and was a catalog only for the British market. One of these watches has surfaced with a hacking seconds movement (which would date it after 1972), also in the UK.

Climb on.

Edited June 14, 2006 by Indyclmbr