Expected Range: R300 000.00 - R500 000
Reserve Price to be met.

Rolex Oyster – aka the “Pre-Explorer” – which was a prototype of what would eventually become the Explorer mountaineer’s watch. It featured a Bubbleback case to accommodate the thick movement inside and was not equipped with the famous 3/6/9 dial configuration. The Rolex 6610 released in the late 1950s. As with all Rolex watches made in the same era, the Explorer 1016 first used Radium, followed by Tritium for luminescence.

Read more here about how amazing this Rolex reference really is, as quoted in the site: "Over the past decades, the Explorer – and its longest running model the 1016 – has risen with the popularity of vintage watches to become a sought-after cornerstone of collections everywhere."

https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-blog/watch-review/vintage-watch-week-the-explorer-1016.html