Early example of Explorer black dial boosts demand
The Rolex reference 6150, often dubbed the ‘Pre-Explorer’, was introduced in 1953 and famously tested by various Everest mountaineering expeditions over the coming years, including the first official summit by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953.
Earlier the same year, Rolex registered the name Explorer in Geneva.
The example offered at the Lon…