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Welcome to Watches You Should Know, a biweekly column highlighting important or little-known watches with interesting backstories and unexpected influence. This week: the Rolex Explorer. The Explorer ...

While I’d not say no to a Rolex Submariner, I opted for the Explorer 1 due to a combination of its history – it was based on the Rolex Oyster Perpetual watches Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay ...