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Cake day: October 21st, 2023

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  • I thought about being an Explorer for years, but could never quite get myself there. The modern Explorer just doesn’t know what it is. Is it a sports watch? Sure, it’s stainless steel, but it’s way too highly polished and has tons of polished applied indices and numerals. Is it a dress watch? Could be! But the chunky numerals make that a weird fit. The 1016 was the best version of the Explorer, back when it was honest about what it was meant to me. The Ranger is the same thing, but with a modern movement (and at a fraction of the price of the vintage explorers).