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[[File:Ref 1016 | [[File:Ref 1016 hero.webp|thumb|right|300px|Rolex Explorer 1016]] | ||
The 1016 is the Explorer. Not the first Explorer reference, not the last, but the one that defines what the word means on a Rolex dial. It ran for somewhere between 26 and 29 years depending on whose start date you accept — either way, it is the longest or one of the longest continuous production runs for a single Rolex reference number. In that time it crossed two complete dial eras, two calibers, the radium-to-tritium lume transition, and generated enough variant complexity to sustain an entire collector subculture. Andrew Hantel built Explorer1016.com around that complexity, and his Type/Mark classification system is now the standard language collectors use to talk about these watches. If you are going to understand any single Explorer, it should be this one. | The 1016 is the Explorer. Not the first Explorer reference, not the last, but the one that defines what the word means on a Rolex dial. It ran for somewhere between 26 and 29 years depending on whose start date you accept — either way, it is the longest or one of the longest continuous production runs for a single Rolex reference number. In that time it crossed two complete dial eras, two calibers, the radium-to-tritium lume transition, and generated enough variant complexity to sustain an entire collector subculture. Andrew Hantel built Explorer1016.com around that complexity, and his Type/Mark classification system is now the standard language collectors use to talk about these watches. If you are going to understand any single Explorer, it should be this one. | ||
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== Bracelets and clasps == | == Bracelets | ||
[[File:Ref 1016 bracelet rivet.webp|thumb|right|250px|Riveted Oyster bracelet with 58 end links]] | |||
[[File:Ref 1016 bracelet gilt wrist.webp|thumb|right|250px|Gilt-dial 1016 on riveted bracelet]] and clasps == | |||
Bracelet documentation for the 1016 is well sourced through both The Vintage Rolex Field Manual and Andrew Hantel’s Explorer1016.com. Notably, both Oyster and Jubilee bracelets were available throughout the 1016’s production run — unlike the Submariner, which was Oyster-only, the Explorer offered a dressier Jubilee option. | Bracelet documentation for the 1016 is well sourced through both The Vintage Rolex Field Manual and Andrew Hantel’s Explorer1016.com. Notably, both Oyster and Jubilee bracelets were available throughout the 1016’s production run — unlike the Submariner, which was Oyster-only, the Explorer offered a dressier Jubilee option. | ||
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== Historical significance == | == Historical significance == | ||
[[File:Ref 1016 ian-fleming.webp|thumb|right|250px|Ian Fleming wearing his Explorer 1016]] | |||
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