For sale at Debonar Watches: pre-owned Rolex Explorer 14270, full set.This Rolex has the rare distinction of being, quite likely, the very first modern Rolex sports watch, ushering in a new era of watchmaking and watch design for the brand.The 14270 was released at the Basel Fair in 1989 and put Rolex at the cross-section of sport and luxury.This model maintains the classic 36mm sizing of the Explorer. It sports a glossy black lacquer dial, with applied markers and numerals with white-gold surrounds, a sapphire crystal, and features a Rolex Caliber 3000 movement – an upgrade over the 1570 used in the preceding 1016.This piece has the "Swiss Only" dial (out of the 4 variants that were created by Rolex) and had the shortest run of all 14270 iterations. It officially marked the end of the Tritium-dial Explorer and the transition to non-radioactive LumiNova. BRAND ROLEX MODEL EXPLORER REFERENCE 14270 CASE MATERIAL STEEL MOVEMENT AUTOMATIC DIMENSION 36 MM DIAL BLACK BEZEL STEEL CRYSTAL SAPPHIRE BRACELET TYPE OYSTER BRACELET MATERIAL STEEL BRACELET LENGHT 18 CM ORIGINAL BOX YES ORIGINAL PAPERS YES YEAR APPROX. THE END OF '90s CONDITION VERY GOOD