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Old 14 May 2015, 03:40 AM   #1
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What do you think about the Rolex Explorer I 14270 - Blackout dial

Wanted to know what you vintage guys thought about the blackout version of the explorer 14270. Watch has a significant premium over the regular 14270, but is also a lot rarer... thoughts?!

I'm thinking this is going up in value in the bear future.

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Old 14 May 2015, 03:51 AM   #2
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Very rare to me. Full sets go for around 10k, so a little more than double the price of the standard version. I don't think prices will increase significantly anytime soon though.
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Old 14 May 2015, 03:52 AM   #3
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Old 14 May 2015, 04:29 AM   #4
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Nice watch, of course, but doesn't impress me as "better" than a regular Explorer. (Not sure I'd call it vintage.) Personal preference, but I certainly wouldn't pay that much more for it. Rarer doesn't always equal more valuable.
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Old 14 May 2015, 12:46 PM   #5
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Watch is 25 years old, I think it falls into the vintage category...
I don't know if they'll go up in value but they seem to maintain pretty well. But yeah, values are all over the place.
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Old 14 May 2015, 01:07 PM   #6
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1016 is, to my mind, a vintage Explorer I. The newer ones just don't seem to have the same intrigue.
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Old 14 May 2015, 01:14 PM   #7
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Blackout 14270 doesn't interest me, either. What does interest me is that the regular version can be had, broadly speaking, for about 1/3 of the lower-end price of its predecessor, the 1016.
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Old 14 May 2015, 01:32 PM   #8
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get the 1016 much better choice
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Old 14 May 2015, 06:00 PM   #10
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Black out version of 14270 seem gimmicky. I've had 2 explorers, neither of that type. I see no extra value as a vintage to begin with in this series let alone in the future.


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