Rolex Explorer 14270 Tritium. A mid 1990s version of the rolex explorer 14270 with tritium dial and white 3 6 9 indexes. The explorer 14270 initially featured tritium for its luminous indexes which could be seen at the bottom of the dial at 6 o clock where it says t swiss t 25 but rolex came to change this mid production of the explorer 14270 in the years of 1997 1998 changing from tritium to super luminova as the luminous material.
Towards the end of the 1990s rolex switched from tritium to super luminova for the dials. The 14270 was the first explorer with a sapphire crystal. 14270 tritium luminova dial box papers 1997 serial.
For instance lug holes were eventually phased out from the explorer 14270 around the mid 1990s.
A watch with a second generation 3000 series movement the 3130. The explorer 14270 initially featured tritium for its luminous indexes which could be seen at the bottom of the dial at 6 o clock where it says t swiss t 25 but rolex came to change this mid production of the explorer 14270 in the years of 1997 1998 changing from tritium to super luminova as the luminous material. 14270 was in production for almost a decade. The rolex explorer is the perfect everyday watch and i m of the opinion that the reference 14270 is the ultimate embodiment of that ethos.