Trust me my friend, if you sell that watch you’ll be sorry. This watch is a keeper. It is so nice and perfect for all and any occasions. If you get tired of wearing it, put it on a side for a while and, believe me, you’ll get very exited to wear it again soon or later. This is a great heirloom as well for your kid one day. I did sell two of my Rolex watches about 20 years ago and still feel sorry today about it. As a matter of act I’m thinking of replacing them one day at a cost that will reach about 5 times the price I sold them for (GMT 2 Coca for 3500.- Swiss fr and a Submariner two tones with blue bezel and blue dial for 4200.- Swiss fr.) I did sell them in order to buy a AP Royal Oak that today gain so much value that helps me not feeling too sick about it, luckily. I did promise myself to never sell anymore watches from my collection. The Explorer is a watch that will never be outdated and looks just fantastic

Ya know what makes this channel great??? Your uncanny ability, to break down your thought process, and relay that information, in a very concise way. Without even realizing it yourself, your ability to self analyze, facilitates others ability to do the same, as well as making you extremely relatable in their eyes. I've come to discover myself, that this ability, is not as common as one would think. It also helps, that you have a real knack for storytelling. In life, understanding is key. Cheers

My Tag Heuer 2000 auto makes me feel that way. It was my first “nice” watch & I bought it new in ‘04 to celebrate my success in life. It was “my watch” from ‘04 to about ‘18. I have better watches now, but it will always have a place in my watch box & on my wrist a couple times a month.

I got the Explorer 124270 about a year ago and felt very similar to how you felt. It was (and still is) my only $1000+ watch. I wear it every day, and I still love it, but sometimes I find myself wishing for something else. Something a little bigger, a little flashier, with a date window or GMT hand, etc. sometimes I feel like the Explorer is too perfect of a watch, almost to the point of being boring, if that makes sense. I know this is all ridiculous. It’s an excellent watch that I feel good wearing, even if it’s never noticed by anyone, ever (I’m in LA, so that’s probably a good thing). I don’t plan to sell it, and I look forward to wearing it in 30 years and still feel like it fits any setting. It always felt like the correct watch to grow old with and pass down - which is what I was going for when I got it.

Yes, I can relate and nearly the same happened with my black bay blue bezel heritage, in-house movement. The only reason why I wanted to let go, is the thickness of the watch. But then I added a half link to the bracelet, a light polish of one marker…and I am back in love with this piece. And nothing out there is a better value for your money. Love the look and the weight of it on my wrist.

Great comments and commentary, can’t wait to get mine, just have to wait and be patient

I really enjoyed your video because your first three years sounds EXACTLY like my first three years. Aside from the Speedmaster, I purchased a Starbucks Sub. Biggest lesson you should take from your experience..wear your watches, enjoy them BUT take care of them! Be mindful of your watch when wearing them. From what I’m hearing, those small scratches added up and in the end taking some of those away made you feel like you got your Explorer back like when you first got it. You can have that everyday just take care of your watches, I put clear protectors on the clasp and sides only because I knew those were spots I’d scratch the most. I absolutely love my Explorer. I’m a big guy so when I heard they were discontinuing the 39mm I went out and got lucky and found one. Thanks for the content and wish you all the best!

One of the reasons I love watches...is that they are very personal items...a bit of yourself is imprinted on it. I like the thought of passing it on to a deserving person one day. The explorer 1...I could never get rid of it...its my weekend watch...and during the week I find myself..thinking, cant wait until I get home from.work on Friday so I can start wearing the explorer again. Such a good watch

really appreciated you sharing your story!

Thank you for sharing your Explorer story! I love my Speedy but I think I’d like to save up for an Explorer to complement it!

So well put - thank you for sharing. Wonderful video

What is the canvas type jacket you are wearing in the watch shots?

Thanks for this video, I am in the same boat as a few of your other viewers. I just bought the 114270 as my one watch collection

I’m pleased I found your channel! I’m currently thinking about parting with my orange Seamaster PO and BB58 and putting them towards an Explorer 40.

Funny story, I’m in the market for my first luxury watch, and after much contemplation, consideration and research, I have finally decided to get the Oyster Perpetual Explorer. I really appreciate your experience and your advice on not just the watch, but also your experience with it. The words shared by you make my purchase feel seem less and i feel extremely confident now. I’m also going to cherish and enjoy wearing it, and feel a sense of gratitude whenever I see it. Thank you

I don't have anything at that price point, my omega smp is my most expensive watch buy its not THE watch in my collection. I've got a few that fall into the keeper category, but #1 was the Longines conquest. It's just something I can wear to work, the museum or taking pictures in the forest or on my hikes. At this point in my life I want a watch that functions in my life and can be worn.

Thanks for the update and great video as usual. Can you share where you bought it originally? Authorized Dealer? New/Used?

Great video. I enjoy the long term reviews and how you’ve felt about it over time. Good honest review.

Great video and thank you for the update on the Explorer. I just got a 114270 and appreciate it way more up close than I did from afar. Also, congratulations on the marathon!

Thanks for sharing your Explorer experience. It’s a fantastic watch. Most of my watches are in the 40MM range, but would love to add the 36MM as it is a classic size.

I totally relate. I have a nice, modest collection of 6 pieces, but my Longines Conquest 39mm in black has completely taken over my wrist time. Funny how one watch causes you to reevaluate everything you own. I have a Nomos that is reserved for special/memorable times, but my everyday is my Longines. Time to start selling everything else……maybe. 😏 Excellent vid as usual 😎👍🏼

I had a nice feeling of deja vu watching this - it essentially mirrors my own experiences and feelings about the watch :)

This happened to me too. I had an Omega AT and wear it everywhere the first few months and after a while I stop wearing it. I actually re-fell in love with it when I put it on a leather strap. I was wearing a field watch on a leather as my everyday watch. The Omgea AT was on a bracelet. The leather is just more comfortable for everyday use. I also put it on the nato which I can submerge my watch, but my wife liked the leather a lot more since it alot more elegant. My wife like Omega AT by far from my other watches.

It's been another year..updates? Great video!

Love the shoutout to Marshall at Wristwatch Revival. One of my favorite channels!

Awesome video. Love you take and honesty. Please keep keep it up.

Great to hear about your watch journey. Is your explorer a 36 mm or 39mm mk II dial. I noticed the bracelet had the old style clasp? Please explain. Thank you for your time.

May you share your wrist size? I’m contemplating either the 36 or the 40. I typically gravitate towards smaller watches in my wrist size is 6 3/4 so I think either work, but being 62 in relatively slender, makes it a little bit of a tougher choice for me. Any thoughts you have?

Love the perspectives shared here.

Glad that the Explorer 1 is still a keeper for you! It certainly a keeper for me together with my Omega AT 36mm, JLC MUT, Lange Saxonia etc etc… 😁

I just love it. Looks so elegant and so classy on my 18cm wrist. Classic..

I have always enjoyed nice watches, and bought and sold many, mostly Omegas, over the last twenty years. I’m still in my first year of Explorer ownership, and wear it on a rotation with a couple of GS, an Omega, JLC and CWCs. It’s definitely a keeper, so much so that it’s being left to a specific family member in my Will, hopefully not too soon!

3:11 where is that bracelet from?

Good video! I share your love for the Eplorer 1. After 6 years, my 214270 mk2 is still my favorite Rolex even if it is the first one and cheapest one I owned. There is something in the video... I can get over the fact that in your video at 3'04'' the clasp seen dosen't quite look like the OE one and then at 7'20'' it is back with another clasp but this time the one I beleve was originaly sold with the 114270. Am I wrong? Please let me know, I can't get my head over it.

In about October 2019 I bought a secondhand 214270 (2109 model) Explorer. I was overwhelmed with the experience and the watch. My parents had died over the same period and left me a little money so I splashed some cash. I got it before they went up and like you wore it every day. It was unbelievably comfy to wear. Silly to say this but when I put it on every morning I sighed with a feeling of relief and comfort. Then rather stupidly about a year later I sold it, they stopped making it and the prices went bonkers. I cannot now afford to rectify the mistake and buy another. So I switched to Tudor. Partly because I fell for the BB58 and partly because trying to deal with the Rolex AD network is simply impossible. My daily is and has been for a year or more the BB58 silver, the 925 one. I love it and wear it too much. Silver is of course a soft metal and I know it will get bashed. So far it hasn't but I hear horror stories. So in the past year I have looked for a cheaper daily wearer that will look the part and do the job. I failed until this week when I succumbed to my Rolex itch and bought a super clone Submariner Starbucks. Hasn't arrived yet but at the price and apparently from the reviews it will do the job and I won't have to worry about the odd scratch or three.

Great vid!! A quick question, did you change the clasp? The clasp at 3:09 is different to the clasp at 7:18.

Yes! I totally ebb and flow with how I feel about mine, but for some reason this summer it totally clicked with me. Like I loved it more than the day I “got the call”. Even though I’ve said this so many times ( and lied) , this one I’m keeping

Great video! I just subscribed. I am curious what watches are in your current "collection"?

I have been wearing the modern Exp 1 124270 for the past year and a half. I have an Exp 2 polar and Submariner in my collection and though i love them they do not have the versatility or low profile nature of the Exp 1. I can literally wear it with a suit and tie to climbing and skiing. It’s that good and versatile. When I saw they made the new model in the vintage size I knew I had to have it! I can’t take it off my wrist. By the way you should see my 2010 Exp 2. Talk about scratched up! Wow! I think of it more as patina.

This video is like a love letter to your explorer. For me this, this is a grail watch. Don’t sell it man, it’s such a fine piece that’s absolutely timeless, It’s rugged and handsome. But I totally get the feeling you’re explaining. It’s almost like a curse for watch enthusiasts like you and me.

Amazing video! You are a great talker

You’re married to your Explorer for life, too many good memories attached to it. Same happens with mine. I basically wear two watches, a 114270 Explorer that my mother gave me back in ‘09 and a 1601 Datejust that belonged to my grandpa. I’ve actually contemplated making some good money selling the 1675 GMT Master and the 14060M Submariner that I bought myself, but I know I’d regret selling them, even though those other 2 combined take about 80% of my wrist time. Just got the Explorer back from a service, and am in a new honeymoon with it. Never polished any of my watches though.

Love my Explorer. I go back and forth with this and my 40 Seadweller, but never lost my love for this one. It’s good to switch things up. The Explorer is more professional and doesn’t scream ROLEX. Subtle elegance.

thats a great watch and on the top of my list, great video

I’ve three Rolex’s…..the Sea Dweller 16600, ….2004…Model, I’ve an Explorer one 39mm Mk 2 Dial ….2017, and the Root Beer GMT Master 2….2020. It’s a perfect collection. So regarding the Explorer ….it’s definitely the plain no nonsense watch of the three I own and I appreciate its lume characteristics and simplistic dial. I wear it almost exclusively. However if given only one watch, it would be my vintage Sea Dweller. The other two watch’s have a unique purpose and there beautiful time pieces. However the elapse time Bessel and characteristics of the Sea Dweller offer’s all the little things that make it a keeper. Fortunately I’m never parting with any of the three collectables so I never have to consider selling any of them. In my opinion, I’d keep you’re Explorer……versatility and something that eludes the flashiness of a Root Beer isn’t a bad thing when you don’t travel or just want something more casual.

I love the explorer. My first watch was an explorer two and wore quite big for my taste. The explorer 1 is the overlooked best rolex!

Yes got a tubor gmt and love it to bits 😍

Great video, and your choice if you want to polish it. However, Flitz can buff out small scratches and imperfections on stainless steel surfaces so it is mildly abrasive and therefore could remove or polish out some of the brushed finish on the case and bracelet. In my opinion this would not be a good idea. I once tried polishing a small scratch on the polished side of a submariner and made it worse by softening the transition between the brushed and polished surfaces. It ruined my enjoyment of the watch, much more than the scratch which didn’t even notice. I vowed from that day never to attempt any form of polishing on a watch.

I spent my career buying and selling to people like you! when you got tired of your watch that I couldn't afford to own,I bought it to resell to afford food and board!must be nice up there!

Thanks, very honest video

I sold my Explorer 39. Never really missed it, just a bit too plain and small. A watch nobody notices, even I started not noticing it.

That's your first love, it's a keeper. No matter you would not wear it anymore, she has a share of your soul in each scratch and dents, it's a legacy.

I’m the process of selling a lot of my watches. 114270 is mostly all I want to wear ever. Love my north flag but it is a bit thick for my wrist with its integrated bracelet and it doesn’t have the perfect proportions if you put it next to a 36mm explorer to compare it to

Do you still wear your BB58? I'm kind of in the opposite scenario where I currently own a 58 but I just put my name down on the Explorer.

u bought them brand new ?

Is that a pelagos you’re wearing in the video? Beautiful!!

I have the smiths PRS-29a which is just superb - what a tool watch should be... but hopefully can get an Explorer 114270 some day, unless I decide the Smiths does it all anyway (in fact it kind of does... and as a bonus, it's manual wind which I love)

Good to hear that it keeps you coming back... Curious if you ended up holding onto your BB58?

What mm case?

I have owned my Rolex Explorer 1016 since new purchased january 89,it’s been worn daily for 34years apart from service time,a beautiful watch

This 36 is on my mind for a long time and hope it will be my 2nd piece. It looks great on your wrist, may I know your wrist size?

I got the black bay pro this year and I’m in love with it… I do have a draw to the explorer but I feel like I should only have one. Is it worth the move idkkkkk haha

It takes a long time to get attached to a watch as I put away a Tag F1 which I had worn every day for eleven years and replaced with a 40 mm Explorer that I have worn for a few months and still feel guilty about putting away the Tag which did nothing wrong and still looks good with little wear other than the black oxide coating wearing on the bezel a bit, so it may take another five or ten years to develop an attachment to this Explorer if I don't get robbed!

Hilarious accounting of the psychology of a watch collector.

Interesting tidbit, Ian Fleming, the original creator of James Bond was well known for wearing this watch but it wasn’t the one he had in mind for 007’s use.

Your final thoughts about being privileged to wear something of the sort are my exact reflexions every time I look down at my Speedy or my Pelagos. Work hard, play hard

Looks perfect on you

If you had to choose an Explorer today, would it be the new 124270 or still your 114270?

My Seiko Flightmaster fills most of the slots for me that are filled by your Explorer One!

Like marriage, its easy to grow bored or used to a really good thing so it is important to spice it up. Throw on a new strap once i awhile or put it away for a little and come back to it later. Unless you need the money, you can always put a watch away in storage and a safe deposit box somewhere and pull it out when you miss it. It'll save you the money when you realize later that you want it again.

Good video, man. Glad you re-discovered your Explorer. I always thought I'd love the Explorer before I saw it in real life. I watched countless videos--with beautiful macro shots--and thought, "yup that's the one for me". Then, one of my coworkers picked one up and has been wearing it every day for the past couple of years. I got to handle it a few times and it didn't look as good as it did in those videos. And, I'm not sure why. It was just thing that allowed me to move. In addition, pre-owned Explorers were selling for over $7,500 and rising. Thankfully, I found my Grail Watch in the 1863 Speedmaster. I've been wearing it regularly for the past 2 years and it is the one. You can't rid of your Explorer, man. You married your wife with that watch. Like her, it's a keeper.

I have a Rolex sub no Date, and will always keep it 💯

Great video...I have the same feeling about 4 and 5 digit Datejust watches. My first Rolex was a 1601and its a watch that I would be satisfied with as a one watch collection. I have videos on my channel where a talk about watches...

Nice video Lovely watch What was your marathon time? Thinking of rewarding myself with a Rolex if I get a BQ Not sure if that's enough of an achievement

I have a BB58, and Speedmaster. I need to get an explorer next.

That's great that you've been able to wear your watch. I bought a Rolex date sub last year from my AD and I've barely worn it. I worked so hard to get it that I'm afraid of banging it or scratching it. I guess I have it in my head that if I get into a jam that watch can get me out of it.

An nice watch. I wish it would fit me, but it felt a bit too small on my 7.3 inch wrist.

You are having a questions which you should not have if you understand the nature of your consciousness. When you first bought Explorer, it was huge step up in raising your level of awareness. It happened to me when I bought my first mercedes. The feeling was great. But we are beings who want always more because we tend to grow in consciousness. You maybe outgrew explorer and you just need a new watch as you are not the same person like you were years ago. New watch for new you, but you should know that after 3 years of more expensive Rolex or Patek, you are going to feel probably the same, having second thoughts as your mind will get used to it and will not pay attention to it like you are not paying attention now to old shoes. It is natural to outgrow things and I think my ultimate point in watch journey will be to not wear any watch. I m writing you as I have a couple of more expensive rolexes and I recently bought tudor and I am wearing it all the time. But few days ago, I started to think more and more about Rolex 36mm. I just think that Explorer might be the one and only Ultimate Watch ever made by any company. I hope you will continue to enjoy it in the years to come.

Similar story. I bought the Rolex Explorer in 2009 (I’m 45yo) after lusting after the Submariner for ages (that’s another story). In that moment the Sub felt overwhelming and the Explorer spot on. I wore it everyday for a few years until I got the Explorer II and then the Explorer felt small, and I have 17cm wrists. I can’t sell it but simply don’t wear it (I’ll most likely give it to wife, kids when they get older). Usually I take it when I travel so that I’m forced to wear it for a few days and the appreciation comes back, but if I can swap it for another watch I do.

Explorer is a keeper

Love the damn Explorer

I have a BB 58 and a SD 43 but the only one I could never part with is my Explorer 1 it’s my forever watch

12κ views, 3k subs. Com'n let's help the man gain some traction

Yes, I have a watch like that. It is called Rolex Explorer 1.

It s the keeper watch , no dout about it

Is yours 36 or 39mm?

Do you have 2 bracelets for it? 3:10 7:43

Bro stop watching KZfaq and you’ll love the watches you already own more.

2023 video: 36mm is the perfect size 2024 video: I love me larger Rolex Explorer

Is it the 124270?

I love that it’s simple and clean but when I see the price it’s like “does this look like a 7-8k watch”? But the fact people keep coming back to it says a lot. I wanted to like Omega but none make me say yes… but I think the Rolex Explorer I does… but so does my Tag Heuer Carrera (which the watch peoples poo poo the brand)

idk, sound like newbe xp, it call collection because you collect over the years, it is less about getting that one watch and more like getting watchs at diff point in life and each timepiece represent each chapter, i have collected more then 20 watches now and i dont intend to stop untill dad bring me home, side story there was a time not too long ago i wanted to really change my life and job that lead me down a very shitty path, it was getting low no it was low, i had no money left, no food, cant pay rent, i really wann sell my watches just for a few more days of food, but i cant one ham viewmatic represent i save for months just eating something so my stomach doesnt hurt, another a chronograph my brother who i dont seen or contec in years now gift my that watch that started this whole watch collecting and all of them each have a/many story and meaning, and seeing pp talking shit about ''having that one watch'' or ''my 3 watch only collection'' or ''should i sell my collection for that one watch'', bitch pls it is a multiple empty bottomless cup and we are filling the cup with nitrogen, idk what im trying to say here, idk i hope this help you see your watches in diff light. literally why you think watches look so damn good in showroom

The word Explorer at the top of the dial is diabolical, way to murder symmetry Rex.

i love automatic watches but i don't wear them anymore. i now only wear casio watches (not G-shock) because i always use my hands on heavy stuff. i can't risk damaging my automatic watches while working.

the bracelet looks like after market

a banged up explorer looks much better than a polished/pristine one

This watch needs gold hands & indices.

If only we could do the same collection rotation to our wifes too

You didn't have your Explorer on when you ran the marathon ? ;) ... put it on a Perlon and it disappears on your wrist...

Engrave the case back then you will never get rid