[Robf52]

Originally Posted by Explorer1nyc

He was the sherpa. The history/facts of who wore what or which watch was carried or worn - this is all stuff we can't confirm.

A Smith watch & a Rolex OP were w/ them - that's what we know. what was on the wrists of those men at the summit - up for dispute.

As far as why the Explorer has "history" - it was built for expeditions such as the Everest climb. it was built to withstand extreme temperatures and built to take hard knocks.

The original Explorers - I forget original ref, but let's include the 1016 here - were actually used by Explorers. The same way the sub is known as the first Bond watch (on film), the Explorer is known as the watch Ian Flemming wore and many say he had Bond wear the same watch in the books, which, i can say, having read the books, it's never addressed as an Explorer, but the description is close enough.

It's essentially considered the first Bond watch (in books).

The Explorer was designed for tough situations - you could say history was built into it. Many famous expeditions and explorers wore an Explorer (the web can back this up).

The OP's weren't really used in these expeditions, nor were the Datejusts.

The gmt was a candidate to go to the moon, but lost out to the Speedmaster, prob mostly due to the crystal which, if it shattered in zero gravity, well, floating shards of glass is no good.

However, the gmt did eventually make it to the moon, which in my opinion gives the gmt serious history props.

It's my understanding that it was the pre-Daytona 6238 that NASA tested and which lost out to Omega.