Vintage Rolexes are very rare but attractive to many people. It is very difficult to buy a vintage Rolex produced in the old days and if you are lucky to find one on the auction market, the prices can be very high. Therefore, some people come to my blog and ask me where they can buy good quality vintage Rolex watches. There are some Rolex replicas in our watch market, most of them are Submariners, however, all Rolex replicas are not top quality, I mean, they are not the best quality compared to those replicas produced by the big houses like ARF, GMF, ZF, etc. But some of them look good and can satisfy your love for vintage Rolexes.
The vintage Rolex I’m talking about is an Explorer, made by a small factory here, I don’t know its name, maybe it’s a factory that usually made vintage Rolex before, for example, Submariner 5580, Daytona Paul Newman. Just from the pictures alone, I like this Explorer Rolex watch.
It has a different case than the modern Rolex Explorer, it looks a little bigger, especially the case, which looks stronger and more durable. The crown is screwed down and there is not much on the outside, almost all the parts are under the protection of the crown guard. The entire case is brushed and I have no idea of the diameter or thickness of the case. The case back is solid and smooth, and the bracelet is attached to the case in a different way than today’s Rolex Explorers.
The dial is black and all the hour markers and hands are white, except for the orange 24-hour hand in the center. At the top of the dial, I don’t think it’s a sapphire crystal, probably a mineral glass face. The hour markers are square bars, the bar at 6 o’clock and the triangle at 12 o’clock are much larger than the others. By the way, this vintage Explorer II does not have Arabic numerals on the dial. The movement inside is the Asian clone ETA 2836, a movement that used to be widely equipped in the cheap replica watches, but now, Super Clone Rolex does not use this movement now, and almost all other Swiss brands of watches also choose to use the Japanese Miyota 9015. However, the clone 2836 still has an important place in the market, and it is necessary for a moderate-quality replica Rolex watch.