Gilt Type 2 · Gilt Type 2, Exclamation Point and Underline
Explorer 1016 — Gilt Type 2 · Gilt Type 2, Exclamation Point and Underline
1962–1963
Carries both the lume dot below six and the underline, two markings for reduced-radioactivity lume. HODINKEE says this pairing is seen on a few 1016s only, not on GMT-Masters or Submariners.
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Identifying details
- Explorer dial
Arabic 3, 6 and 9 hour markers.
- Closed chapter ring
Minute track joined by a printed outer ring.
- Exclamation point
Small round lume dot below the six o’clock marker, forming a “!”.
- Underline
Printed underline in the dial text; understood to mark low-radiation tritium lume, c. 1962–64.
Variants of 1016
Reference overview →| Variant | Production |
|---|---|
| Gilt Type 0 (OCC) | c. 1959–c. 1960 |
| Gilt Type 1 | 1960–1962 |
| Gilt Type 2 | c. 1960–1963 |
| Gilt Type 2 · Gilt Type 2, Exclamation Point and UnderlineCurrent | 1962–1963 |
Case & movement
- Reference
- 1016
- Production
- 1962–1963
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case diameter
- 36 mm
- Crown
- 6 mm
- Crown guards
- None
- Water resistance
- 100 m
- Crystal
- Acrylic (Tropic 22)
More specifications (4)
- Movement
- Automatic
Movement
Rolex 1560
Added KIF shock protection and a free-sprung hairspring. The Submariner chronometer caliber through the late gilt and early era.