Question on Rolex 1016 Explorer I Authenticity

[yuhanchong]

Hi Everyone!

Have been a lurker here for a while and grateful for the wealth of information available here.

I have an opportunity to purchase this Rolex Explorer I at a discounted price but i have not been able to find any information on the different versions across MK I to IV with this specific marking "T Swiss-T<25" at the bottom.

Also doesn't help that a replacement case was used so i'm unable to trace which MK version exactly it belongs to.

Will anyone be able to help here? Could this potentially be a fake?

Pictures attached, thanks in advance!

Kind Regards,
Yuhan

[Hub6152]

Dial is terrible - why bother buying at all just because it’s cheap?

[fskywalker]

Hard to help with those pictures. What about the seller, are you comfortable with him? Buy the seller first


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[athom]

When will ppl understand that "good opportunity" / "discounted price" / "less expensive than the market" / etc. are always the watches to do NOt buy...

[Juhuatai]

You can just tell us that it's on ebay instead of saying "offered at a discounted price". The description clearly states that "Dial and Hand Refinished Long Time Ago." What are you asking? It's probably a real dial plate that's been refinished which makes it worthless.

[Mark020]

Refinished by somebody not overly talented

[jlovda]

Originally Posted by Juhuatai

You can just tell us that it's on ebay instead of saying "offered at a discounted price". The description clearly states that "Dial and Hand Refinished Long Time Ago." What are you asking? It's probably a real dial plate that's been refinished which makes it worthless.

Many times someone is afraid another TRF member will slide in and buy it while he's doing research.