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The case against starts with what the Explorer is for. Its identity is discretion, the watch worn when the owner does not want anyone noticing a watch at all. The 36mm case was part of that: compact, understated, gone under a shirt cuff. At 39mm the Explorer started competing visually with sportier references and lost the quiet authority that made it distinctive. | The case against starts with what the Explorer is for. Its identity is discretion, the watch worn when the owner does not want anyone noticing a watch at all. The 36mm case was part of that: compact, understated, gone under a shirt cuff. At 39mm the Explorer started competing visually with sportier references and lost the quiet authority that made it distinctive. | ||
Rolex settled it with the 124270 in 2021, returning the Explorer to 36mm. The reversal | Rolex settled it with the 124270 in 2021, returning the Explorer to 36mm. The reversal reads as a decision about where the Explorer should sit in the lineup, separate from any verdict on the 39mm case itself, and it leaves the 214270 as the only 39mm Explorer, whichever side of the size argument a collector lands on. | ||
== Related references == | == Related references == | ||