Craft + Tailored on Instagram: “Rare with a side of patina! This specific 1960 Rolex Explorer ref. 1016 is the earliest version of the 1016 to display the “superlative…”
![ROLEX | EXPLORER, REF 5504 STAINLESS STEEL WRISTWATCH CIRCA 1960 | Watches Weekly | London | 2020 | Sotheby's ROLEX | EXPLORER, REF 5504 STAINLESS STEEL WRISTWATCH CIRCA 1960 | Watches Weekly | London | 2020 | Sotheby's](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7a51938/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1999+0+0/resize/385x385!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Ff9%2F6a%2Fca81c8e94332b8896159855cc6ca%2Fl20087-bp7sz-1.jpg)
ROLEX | EXPLORER, REF 5504 STAINLESS STEEL WRISTWATCH CIRCA 1960 | Watches Weekly | London | 2020 | Sotheby's
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