The Explorer has one of the more straightforward histories when it comes to Rolex sport watches. There are only a handful of references, very few wacky variations, and the design has remained mostly unchanged since the watch debuted in 1953 with the reference 6350.

So a Rolex Explorer with gold? Isn’t that antithetical to the Explorer’s no-nonsense spirit and disrespectful to the legacy of Rolex’s least-changed sport watch? It might very well be, but it’s also the recipe for a watch that we immediately knew we needed to get on the wrist.

See how the new two-tone Rolex Explorer Ref. 124273 holds up in this episode of A Week On The Wrist.

*Re-uploaded to fix misidentified references.

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