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Five references make up the line: the 1655 with linked-hand day-night logic, the 16550 with the first true GMT function, the 16570 across the long middle run, the 42mm 216570 from 2011, and the 226570 in current production.

== ~~Start here~~ ==

== Common entry points ==

~~If you only read three articles in the line, read these.~~

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| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Reference:1655|1655]]''' — the Freccione. ~~Original orange straight-and-lollipop 24-hour hand, five~~ Mark dials plus two service dials, caliber 1575 GMT shared with the GMT-Master 1675 ~~— the reference McQueen wore and the reference that anchors the line's vintage collecting~~.

| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | ''Identifying a vintage orange-hand Explorer II?''<br/>'''[[Reference:1655|1655]]''' — the Freccione. Five Mark dials plus two service dials, caliber 1575 GMT shared with the GMT-Master 1675.

| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Reference:16550|16550]]''' — ~~the transitional~~ Explorer II~~. First sapphire crystal~~, first true independent-hour GMT function, ~~black or Polar white dial, and~~ the cream / rail dial paint-defect sub-~~variant that the catalog tracks as a separate~~ branch.

| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | ''Working from a Polar or cream dial?''<br/>'''[[Reference:16550|16550]]''' — first sapphire-crystal Explorer II, first true independent-hour GMT function, the cream / rail dial paint-defect sub-branch.

| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Reference:16570|16570]]''' — ~~the long~~-~~run modern reference. Twenty~~-~~one years of~~ production across four internal versions (V1 tritium through V4 ~~cal~~ 3186)~~, black or Polar white~~, plus the 2007 SRR military limited edition.

| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | ''Cross-checking a long-run modern?''<br/>'''[[Reference:16570|16570]]''' — twenty-one-year production run across four internal versions (V1 tritium through V4 caliber 3186), plus the 2007 SRR military limited edition.

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 Five references make up the line: the 1655 with linked-hand day-night logic, the 16550 with the first true GMT function, the 16570 across the long middle run, the 42mm 216570 from 2011, and the 226570 in current production.
-== Start here ==
+== Common entry points ==
-If you only read three articles in the line, read these.
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-| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Reference:1655|1655]]''' — the Freccione. Original orange straight-and-lollipop 24-hour hand, five Mark dials plus two service dials, caliber 1575 GMT shared with the GMT-Master 1675 — the reference McQueen wore and the reference that anchors the line's vintage collecting.
+| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | ''Identifying a vintage orange-hand Explorer II?''<br/>'''[[Reference:1655|1655]]''' — the Freccione. Five Mark dials plus two service dials, caliber 1575 GMT shared with the GMT-Master 1675.
-| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Reference:16550|16550]]''' — the transitional Explorer II. First sapphire crystal, first true independent-hour GMT function, black or Polar white dial, and the cream / rail dial paint-defect sub-variant that the catalog tracks as a separate branch.
+| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | ''Working from a Polar or cream dial?''<br/>'''[[Reference:16550|16550]]''' — first sapphire-crystal Explorer II, first true independent-hour GMT function, the cream / rail dial paint-defect sub-branch.
-| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Reference:16570|16570]]''' — the long-run modern reference. Twenty-one years of production across four internal versions (V1 tritium through V4 cal 3186), black or Polar white, plus the 2007 SRR military limited edition.
+| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | ''Cross-checking a long-run modern?''<br/>'''[[Reference:16570|16570]]''' — twenty-one-year production run across four internal versions (V1 tritium through V4 caliber 3186), plus the 2007 SRR military limited edition.
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