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Old 21 December 2008, 12:56 PM   #1
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Explorer II White Dial
The postman delivered my Christmas present early today.

Picked up an "A" serial Explorer II with NON SEL and "SWISS" marked dial.

Very comfortable and I can's stop staring at the white dial...just beautiful.

Sorry for the quick and dirties camera's acting up...
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Old 21 December 2008, 12:59 PM   #2
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Just got my black face Exp II the other morning. Congrats man I am pretty fired up myself!!!
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Old 21 December 2008, 12:59 PM   #3
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Congrats, buddy. You will be very happy with it!!
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Old 21 December 2008, 12:59 PM   #4
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Merry Christmas. Looks great.
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Old 21 December 2008, 01:00 PM   #5
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Haul that Explorer out of the case and onto YOUR WRIST!! Let's see a wrist shot! Then we know your are grinnin' ear to ear! If you shoot pics with a mirror in the background, make sure your pants are on first.
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Old 21 December 2008, 01:00 PM   #6
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WOW.. looks awesome... great watch.. can we see some WS???
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Old 21 December 2008, 01:02 PM   #7
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Old 21 December 2008, 01:02 PM   #8
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I have an ignorant question for you veterans. Is it possible to perfectly synchronize the 12 hour and 24 hour hand to my local time or is it just going to be close. Thanks!
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Old 21 December 2008, 01:09 PM   #9
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Haul that Explorer out of the case and onto YOUR WRIST!! Let's see a wrist shot! Then we know your are grinnin' ear to ear! If you shoot pics with a mirror in the background, make sure your pants are on first.
Wise words...
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Old 21 December 2008, 01:09 PM   #10
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Old 21 December 2008, 01:19 PM   #11
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Old 21 December 2008, 01:52 PM   #12
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I have an ignorant question for you veterans. Is it possible to perfectly synchronize the 12 hour and 24 hour hand to my local time or is it just going to be close. Thanks!
Sure... if I've understood you correctly, just set the 12 hr hand to (for example) 2 pm and the 24 hr hand to 14 on the bezel. This is how I leave mine unless I'm deliberately tracking another time zone.
In fact the earlier Exp IIs were permanently set this way, the idea being that the 24 hr hand was a "day/night indicator" (for cave explorers).

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Old 21 December 2008, 01:57 PM   #14
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Sure... if I've understood you correctly, just set the 12 hr hand to (for example) 2 pm and the 24 hr hand to 14 on the bezel. This is how I leave mine unless I'm deliberately tracking another time zone.
In fact the earlier Exp IIs were permanently set this way, the idea being that the 24 hr hand was a "day/night indicator" (for cave explorers).

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I like this idea. Have mine set to GMT now, but not planning on traveling anytime soon. Think I'll switch to this way.
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Old 21 December 2008, 01:59 PM   #15
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I like this idea. Have mine set to GMT now, but not planning on traveling anytime soon. Think I'll switch to this way.
The advantage of this setting is that if the watch stops (after not being worn for a while), you can tell at a glance whether it stopped in the AM or PM. This makes it easy to reset the date correctly.


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Old 21 December 2008, 02:42 PM   #16
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Great watch! Wear it with a smile.
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Old 21 December 2008, 03:03 PM   #17
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hey joe! congratulations! i'm glad that you finally found one!
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Old 21 December 2008, 03:08 PM   #18
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hey joe! congratulations! i'm glad that you finally found one!
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Old 21 December 2008, 03:10 PM   #19
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Old 21 December 2008, 03:57 PM   #20
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Congrats!

A White Exp II is on my list of watches I would like in the near
future. Really a nice watch!
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Old 21 December 2008, 04:11 PM   #21
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A great choice, the white dial is hypnotic!
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Old 21 December 2008, 10:53 PM   #22
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Many congrats.

What a cracking watch and a great Christmas present - even if it was to yourself
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Old 21 December 2008, 11:37 PM   #23
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Congrats - such a comfortable watch with a clean look. Love it.
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Old 22 December 2008, 12:37 AM   #24
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Old 22 December 2008, 03:11 AM   #25
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fantastic,congratulations,looking forward to going back to work tommorow so i can put mine back on.a real treasure love the explorer
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Old 22 December 2008, 03:13 AM   #26
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Great watch, and so comfortable too.Have mine on now, and don't even notice I'm wearing it.
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Old 22 December 2008, 03:17 AM   #27
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Old 22 December 2008, 04:12 PM   #29
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