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The 14270 is the first modern Explorer. It replaced the legendary reference 1016 around 1989, bringing sapphire crystal, applied 18k white gold indices, and caliber 3000 to a watch line that had been running on acrylic and painted dials for decades. It ran until 2001 — twelve years that produced five distinct dial generations, from the rare Blackout to the final Swiss Made Super-LumiNova. For years it sat in what Hodinkee called “wristwatch purgatory — not old enough to be vintage, not new enough to be cool.” That purgatory is lifting. | The 14270 is the first modern Explorer. It replaced the legendary reference 1016 around 1989, bringing sapphire crystal, applied 18k white gold indices, and caliber 3000 to a watch line that had been running on acrylic and painted dials for decades. It ran until 2001 — twelve years that produced five distinct dial generations, from the rare Blackout to the final Swiss Made Super-LumiNova. For years it sat in what Hodinkee called “wristwatch purgatory — not old enough to be vintage, not new enough to be cool.” That purgatory is lifting. | ||