Rolex Oyster Perpetual Explorer II Mens Watch 16570-WSO

The looks are just so-so, and like the vastly similar GMT-II, the Explorer II also has a GMT hand to track a second timezone. The looks have not changed much in the past decades and with the GMT-II already being a success one wonders what, if any, point there is to making another GMT watch…

For those who are not familiar with a GMT watch, a GMT watch is basically a watch that is just like any other watch with an hour, minute, and seconds hand, only with an additional hand to track the 24 hour time of any timezone of your choosing.  So if you look at the Rolex pictured above, the red hand is the GMT hand and is indicating that the time is 10:10 a.m. (as opposed to 10:10 p.m.)

So what kind of dingbat needs a watch to tell day from night you might ask?

Well the answer to that question is precisely the reason I love the Explorer II so much.  You see the Explorer II is designed for people of adventure.  People who travel so frequently that they may need to track a second timezone, and people who cannot tell day from night because they are exploring either the darkest of caves or traversing the most polar extremes where the sun never comes down.

The reason why I love the Explorer II is because it fits exactly my clean, simple, and functional tastes in watches AND accommodates the future self I hope to be.  In other words it is who I am AND the adventurer I hope to be.