Rolex

This has been my primary covid watch, spending months on my wrist during the lockdowns. While I enjoy getting back to a rotation, something incredibly comforting about strapping this GADA piece on as autumn is slowly setting in. Does anyone else have simi...  

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Ah! The infamous Air-King. So much personality to this watch. Like many others here, this one has been growing on me since you got your example, to the point that I am slowly starting scouting for one. Another perfect comfort watch

I never really cared that much for the old one (case a bit thick for my taste, asymmetry of the dial, polished 3-6-9 indexes that disappear in the dial at some angles). But I have seen (and tried) the new version at an AD (display only model, obviously), ... 

But I find they integrated it quite well, so it doesn't really bother me.

While I like tje white inlays to the numerals on the new numerals, I think it was a mistake to add the crown guards. The old case did more to support the quirkiness and intermediate position of this watch in the Rolex line-up. But others may of course dis... 

One of my all time favorite watches. Understatement, toughness, versatility, it's pretty much the perfect sports watch for me. Mine says hi. ...  

Very good quality tropic style straps, with a nice color selection.

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Think this is the best picture I have ever seen of the 42EXPII, kudos!

Funnily, I stumbled into this watch, accepting it as part of a trade for a JLC, thinking it would be easier to monetise. I had never thought I would own a Rolex, but something just clicked when I put it on, and today I can't imagine parting with it.

All through lockdown my Explorer II was a great companion.