THE 216570 Explorer II Owner's & Wrist Pix thread

[FremStar]

Originally Posted by john333

Great picture and beautiful watch!! Congrats, and welcome to the club!

I echo John's sentiments! Wow!

[zeuloa]

Originally Posted by scrog10

I havn't seen the new Expo 2 in the metal as yet but looking at some of these excellent photos I have noticed two things I'm not to sure about.
On the black dial the hands are different. Less lume than the white with the centre painted gloss black. They look to be a different finish to the dial its self. ?
And I also noticed the orange hand is above the hour hand in the stack obscuring the time. On the original orange Explorer the 24 hour hand was below the hour hand. And in my opinion giving better legibility to the current time.

Exactly.... Anyone know why this was changed?

[FremStar]

Originally Posted by zeuloa

Exactly.... Anyone know why this was changed?

Just looked at my 1655 and 216570... Not sure why Rolex changed the layering of the hands, quite frankly I did not even notice it until reading your question on another members post, however, it does not detract from the beauty of the watch... Will post a pic soon (on my iPad)...

[FremStar]

Fresh pictures of both the 1655 and 216570... Both are still beautiful! Keep the pics flowing all and major congrats to all new owners!

Edit: I know the times are off by an hour! One time is set for Chicago the other NY

[subtona]

Originally Posted by FremStar

Fresh pictures of both the 1655 and 216570... Both are still beautiful! Keep the pics flowing all and major congrats to all new owners!

Edit: I know the times are off by an hour! One time is set for Chicago the other NY

excellent pair

[Adam K.]

Originally Posted by zeuloa

Exactly.... Anyone know why this was changed?

I assume the handstack was changed due to some technical necessity/convenience related to the independent hour hand function the 42mm Explorer has....remember, the 1655 only shows one time zone and the 12 & 24 hour hands cannot set independently as later Exp IIs allow.

The handstack of the 42mm Explorer is just like that of the 16710 GMT-II, the 116710 GMT-II, (and the 16550 and 16570 Explorer IIs), all of which also have the independently adjustable 12-hour hand capability.


Do agree the original looks slightly better, but its not a major issue to me.

[zeuloa]

Originally Posted by jedinite

Mine says hello!!

Great pair! How do they feel on the wrist compared to each other?

[zeuloa]

Originally Posted by subtona

currently, my favorite pair

Great pick! Do you have anymore pics of these 2. Maybe some comparing the thickness?

Thanks!

[Silvio Mosiello]

Originally Posted by FremStar

Now I can get back to my antics! John do not fight it - JOIN THE DARK SIDE!

The Dark Side took over for me!

[FremStar]

Originally Posted by Silvio Mosiello

The Dark Side took over for me!

Beautiful!

[Robbenisland]

Polar Explorer II on tour in Zermatt, Switzerland.

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[FremStar]

Beautiful pics of the Polar in Swiss! Thanks for sharing!

Originally Posted by subtona

excellent pair

Thank you Gus!

[Silvio Mosiello]

Wow Robbenisland great pics!

[AH0RSEY]

May the Lume be with you!

[AH0RSEY]

May the Olympics be with you too!

[FremStar]

Originally Posted by AH0RSEY

May the Lume be with you!

Beautiful pics of the striking BLUE LUME! There is no lume on my 1655, however, may the force be with you!

[emagni]

[superdog]

Almost flipped this for the 16750. Literally brought it to work to ship out. Put it on just to check, and realized I could not part with it. And im a true blue flipper. This is an amazing watch. So now i have both. Lol.

Now I'm thinking black.

[MYK]

Originally Posted by john333

I initially wanted the white dialed version when the first pictures were released of the Exp42, but the black dial is really growing on me.

Rolex really hit a home run with this one.

I'm in the same boat. I love the white one, especially with the super large black hands and black borders on the indices. But the black is also amazing and resembles the 1655 which is a watch I've always admired.

Going through the 12 pages on my thread, I've made up my mind on my next watch. I have time to think of which color to choose but it's getting harder and harder to decide! I already have a black sub and a white daytona.

[MYK]

Originally Posted by jim251

SNAP!

I bit my bottom lip looking at this photo! <3

[Silvio Mosiello]

No matter what color you get you will think about the other color.

[zeuloa]

Originally Posted by Silvio Mosiello

No matter what color you get you will think about the other color.

I think you've hit the nail on the head!

[anotherone]

Congrats!

[911SC]

[Silvio Mosiello]

Great shots I like how this thread is getting some attention!

[911SC]

Thanks Matthew, I like taking shots of the EXPII and the Milgauss... I think i'll be going picture crazy when I get my new Macro lens!

[Bugsy]

Wow, what great looking shots. All I have is a iPhone pic to contribute.ImageUploadedByTapatalk1344141885.936379.jpg


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[911SC]

Thanks! Love the white dial as well, would get it in a heart beat.

[Psmith]

Originally Posted by 911SC

Great pics Sir

[HRV]

Great pics