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	[[File:Ref 1655 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=1655 Freccione hero\|1655 Freccione]]		[[File:Ref 1655 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=1655 Freccione hero\|1655 Freccione]]
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	\|description=The Rolex Explorer II 1655 — the original Explorer II "Freccione" with the orange 24-hour arrow hand, fixed steel 24-hour bezel, produced 1971 to 1985 across five distinct dial generations.		\|description=The Rolex Explorer II 1655 — the original Explorer II "Freccione" with the orange 24-hour arrow hand, fixed steel 24-hour bezel, produced 1971 to 1985 across five distinct dial generations.
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	See also the [[Reference:explorer-ii\|Explorer II family index]], [[Reference:Movements\|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets\|bracelet & clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers\|serial numbers by year]].		See also the [[Reference:explorer-ii\|Explorer II family index]], [[Reference:Movements\|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets\|bracelet & clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers\|serial numbers by year]].

	==Sources==		== Sources ==

	* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra		* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra

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	===Sir Edmund Hillary===		===Sir Edmund Hillary===

	Sir Edmund Hillary, ~~the first person to summit~~ Everest, also wore a 1655. Stahl has documented the watch. Hillary's Explorer II provenance sits alongside the earlier 6610 / 1016 Explorer lineage on the broader Rolex-expedition line.		Sir Edmund Hillary, who summited Everest with Tenzing Norgay on 29 May 1953, also wore a 1655. Stahl has documented the watch. Hillary's Explorer II provenance sits alongside the earlier 6610 / 1016 Explorer lineage on the broader Rolex-expedition line.

	===Don McCullin===		===Don McCullin===

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	Secondary-market pricing has moved meaningfully with the broader vintage-Rolex cycle. The 2020–2022 peak carried 1655 pricing to levels that compressed somewhat by 2024, in line with the wider vintage correction. The reference holds its floor for two reasons. Production was modest compared to the contemporary Submariner and GMT-Master lines, and the documented expedition history (Messner, Hillary) is the kind of provenance that does not need the McQueen story to carry weight.		Secondary-market pricing has moved meaningfully with the broader vintage-Rolex cycle. The 2020–2022 peak carried 1655 pricing to levels that compressed somewhat by 2024, in line with the wider vintage correction. The reference holds its floor for two reasons. Production was modest compared to the contemporary Submariner and GMT-Master lines, and the documented expedition history (Messner, Hillary) is the kind of provenance that does not need the McQueen story to carry weight.


			== Related references ==

			* [[Reference:16550\|Explorer II 16550]] — 1985–1989
			* [[Reference:16570\|Explorer II 16570]] — 1989–2011
			* [[Reference:216570\|Explorer II 216570]] — 2011–2021

			See also the [[Reference:explorer-ii\|Explorer II family index]], [[Reference:Movements\|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets\|bracelet & clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers\|serial numbers by year]].

	==Sources==		==Sources==

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