net a porter givenchy Rolex Explorer I & II Rolex Explorer One and Two. After Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953, Rolex released the Explorer watch in their honor. Created as a simple yet durable watch for adventuring, the Rolex Explorer’s signature design traits are its stainless steel construction .The Oyster Perpetuals of the 1940s and 1950s are often called “bubblebacks” — or “semi-bubblebacks,” as the case may be — by collectors because . Subscribe