The Rolex Oyster Perpetual 36 Explorer dial features a blue sunburst Explorer-style tri-Arabic (3 6 9) numeral dial. This COSC certified Swiss chronometer is powered by a Rolex in house caliber 3130 automatic movement with hacking seconds, overcoil hairspring, and 48-hour power reserve. This Rolex Oyster case and Twinlock crown enable 100-meter water resistance .

Each Rolex Oyster Perpetual recalls the glory days of the original Rolex "Bubbleback" of the 1930s; these were the first watches to be built with Rolex's Oyster water resistant case and "perpetual" automatic winding system. The legacy of the Rolex "Explorer" 3--6-9 dial is tied to the 1953 exploits of Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary. Moreover, Ian Fleming's literary treatment of James Bond obliquely references the Rolex Oyster Perpetual - not the Submariner - as the watch of choice for Agent 007.

This Rolex Oyster Perpetual 36 Explorer Dial 116000 is encased in 36mm of stainless steel surrounding a blue dial on a steel Oyster bracelet. Functions include hours, minutes, and seconds. The watch also measures 11.7mm in thickness and 44.1mm from lug-to-lug.

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Hi, I'm Tim. Welcome to our channel and thanks for logging on. If you enjoy these videos, do me a favor and subscribe to our YouTube channel right here at WatchBox Reviews. I would really appreciate it, and I promise to update daily. If you like this watch, you can see it and purchase it on our website. the watchbox.com. Today, we discuss an elemental Rolex steeped in two grand traditions of the manufacturer. The Oyster Perpetual, the closest living and most direct descendant of the original 1933 Rolex Bubble Back—the combination of the Oyster water-resistant case with the Perpetual automatic winding system. And, this particular Rolex Oyster Perpetual 36116000, featuring the Rolex “Explorer” dial—the 936 made famous by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, mostly Norgay, but we'll give credit to both. They did climb a mountain.

The timepiece on my wrist has that characteristic cushioned form of a Rolex Oyster case. So, it's not purely round—36 from 9 to 3, not inclusive of the crown. It's a slim watch with a domed bezel on a sloped case flank. So 11.7mm thick. It will easily slide underneath the cuff. It's a trim case, too—44.1mm across the wrist. If you include the solid end links then side to side, it's still very manageable 45.7mm. The spacing between the lugs: 20mm and that's, if you wish to accessorize with a strap, you'll be a brave man to detach a modern Rolex bracelet as they are lovely pieces. The Oyster Perpetual is more basic than other Rolex watches, which is why the bracelet is all of a satin finish on its hoods. On its flanks, you still have high polish and you have removable links fixed by screws, never pin sleeves on a Rolex, fully finished clasp, internal olive high polish, and then there is a beak and hook system that supplants the conventional clamshell seen on some of the more rugged sports watches. This is a cleaner look. It doesn't have the clamshell operation. What it has is a vertical trigger system. So, it's not friction fit and you can't pry it open. You need to actively disengage it and lift it. It's a lift lock system that is very secure and very clean. There are no elephant ear triggers on the outside and it's quite secure. So, it's all satin finish on its top with an embossed Rolex crown. Internally, rather than the Rolex easy link system, you have three different anchoring points inside the clasp. So, with a strap tool, you can move the anchoring point of the bracelet to size the watch precisely without actually removing or adding links. You have a couple of options for sizing the bracelet.

The case form is fluid. It's curved. It's a little bit more graceful in the fashion of the Daytona's, the Datejusts, and the Day-Dates in that it doesn't have the squared-off ends or the sheer profile of the GMTs, the Submariners, the Explorer II, or the Sea-Dweller monstrosities. This is a timepiece that is all about traditional elegance. And nowhere is it more elegant than that domed bezel—pure steel Rolex watches generally come with a rotating bezel in a sports watch format, a flat planed conical bezel for example, if you have a full steel watch that is not a rotating bezel model, you'll see that on the Datejust 41s, the Air-Kings on the Milgauss, and then there's the domed profile that you'll see on the Oyster Perpetuals in the Datejusts, and for a steel bezelRolex, this is the way I like mine. I just feel like it's more elegant—the timepiece with a nicely balanced “Explorer” style dial. So “Explorer” denoting the use of tri-Arabics 9, 6, and 3, like the watches called Explorer by Rolex in the wake of the 1953 ascent of Mount Everest by Norgay and Hillary.

So the timepiece today, a well-balanced and fully lumed, white gold indices, white gold hands, white gold Rolex crown, sunburst blue dial—Rolex making everything in house. This is an eye-catching dial and it does without the date, which helps to balance it out and also keeps the crystal clear of a Cyclops eye magnifier. Many folks are not fans of that. Hacking seconds internally so you have the ability to pull the crown and stop the timing. So, you can synchronize the COSC-certified Swiss chronometer. Internally, Rolex manufactured caliber 3130: 31 jewels, automatic warning, 48-hour power reserve, 28:8 beat rate. You have that hacking seconds function. It's a COSC-certified Swiss chronometer—Rolex then takes that bare movement that's been certified chronometer, cases it up, and tests it to no worse than -2/+2 seconds per 24 hours. Hence, the superlative chronometer nomenclature.

Otherwise, full balance bridge with a free-sprung balance for shock-resistance, overcoil hairspring to help the watch beat concentrically—that is, keep good time in any orientation with respect to gravity, and in niobium zirconium oxidized blue parachrom blue Rolex alloy hairspring that helps the watch to resist magnetism. Oyster case, solid caseback, twin lock crown, a screw-down unit, 100m water-resistant—all the Rolex you'll ever need. And, if you're a minimalist type, this could easily be your one and only watch. See it and make it yours on the WatchBox.

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