![The Art of Craft: Rolex Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Its Famous Explorer II Watch With a 21st-Century Update The Art of Craft: Rolex Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Its Famous Explorer II Watch With a 21st-Century Update](https://news.artnet.com/app/news-upload/2021/05/m226570-0001_2101uf_002.jpg)
The Art of Craft: Rolex Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Its Famous Explorer II Watch With a 21st-Century Update
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ROLEX | EXPLORER II, REFERENCE 16550, A STAINLESS STEEL WRISTWATCH WITH 24 HOUR INDICATION, DATE, CREAM RAIL DIAL AND BRACELET, CIRCA 1987 | Watches Weekly | Rolex and Audemars Piguet | 2020 | Sotheby's
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