First impressions are not always right .

[willy]

Many years ago i first saw a Rolex Explorer 16570 . At that time i was a Sub or Seadweller person , and i thought the Explorer was a ugly son of a bitch watch . But i did not look closer enough at the Explorer at this time , as i should have done .

In the last 10 years i have owned mostly 43-44 mm watches , and considered only 40mm and below as dress watch territory. I have bought on average 4-5 watches a year and sold them again . I like to try watches out before i judge them .

I have liked many of my watches but in the end i could always find something about them that i did not like in daily use . Things like movement on the wrist - scratch prone- highly polished bracelets-crowns that dig in the back of my hand etc etc . The list is endless .

Then about 2 months ago i had a meeting with Bo Hansen the King , he was wearing a black dial Explorer . And for the first time i took a closer look at this watch . I left Bo, and when i got home i began to research the history of the Explorer . After a few days and many hours on the net i decided to get this watch and try it out.

Thomas Chrono had a white dial 95 model 16570 for sale at a good price , so i did a deal with him for the watch .

At 40 mm it is not a big watch but it seems to wear bigger on the wrist . It is extremly comfortable to wear , indeed i forgot sometimes that i was wearing it . It kept superb time and was a easy watch to read but had a really lousy lume . And i must admit i am not into white dial watches . But the size and design of this watch was perfect for me as a daily watch , in fact better than anything i have owned so far .

So i did something i have never in my life done before . I bought the same watch again in for a 2 month period . I did another deal with Thomas for a 2008 black dial 16570 with the 3186 parachrome hairspring caliber . And now i am even more pleased because i think these models are better made than the older models in many ways . The last series of Explorer models have this caliber and are without holes in the lugs and a few other improvments . Also looking at the details on this model gives me pleasure. It is also with the black dial a light catcher supreme and can easily double as a dress watch

I have tried the new 42mm Explorer as well . A superbly made watch with even more improvements in the build . But it is just to heavy for my liking .

So to come to the end of this story , i have to see what i have learnt from it .

I have learnt never to dismiss any watch untill you take a really close look at it . Anyone else who as made the same mistake ? Willy