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The 16570 is the long-run modern Explorer II. Produced from 1989 through roughly 2011, it replaced the short-run 16550 and held the reference slot for twenty-two years before the 42mm 216570 took over. Two dial options, matte black and a crisp white called Polar. The case is 40mm steel with a fixed 24-hour bezel, sapphire crystal with Cyclops, and a true GMT movement with independent local-hour setting. Four distinguishable production versions split it by case, dial-printing, lume, and caliber. The 16570 is a slow-moving watch in a Rolex line that otherwise prefers sudden breaks, and that slow drift is what gives it the internal map collectors now rely on. | The 16570 is the long-run modern Explorer II. Produced from 1989 through roughly 2011, it replaced the short-run 16550 and held the reference slot for twenty-two years before the 42mm 216570 took over. Two dial options, matte black and a crisp white called Polar. The case is 40mm steel with a fixed 24-hour bezel, sapphire crystal with Cyclops, and a true GMT movement with independent local-hour setting. Four distinguishable production versions split it by case, dial-printing, lume, and caliber. The 16570 is a slow-moving watch in a Rolex line that otherwise prefers sudden breaks, and that slow drift is what gives it the internal map collectors now rely on. | ||