Pre-Explorer 6098
Undated2 variants
Bubbleback Oyster Perpetual chronometer regarded as a pre-Explorer: no “Explorer” name and, per Explorer1016.com, no 3-6-9 dial. A white-dial example accompanied the 1953 Everest expedition.
Variants over time
All recorded years
19501954
19501955
Faded ends mark approximate or unknown dates. Years are as stated by the cited sources.
Variants
- Everest Expedition Issue1953
The watches Rolex supplied to the 1953 British Everest expedition. Phillips records that climber George Band received a 6098 for the climb; the white-dial expedition watch now shown at Zurich’s Beyer Museum is the one usually pictured.
- Galaxy, Honeycomb Star-Marker DialUndated
Yellow-gold 6098 combines a light honeycomb dial with applied star markers.
Reference specifications
- Brand
- Rolex
- Model
- Explorer
- Reference
- 6098
- Category
- Field
- Production
- Undated
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Date
- No
- Movement
- Automatic
More specifications (1)
- Calibers
- A296
Specs shared by all variants. Variant pages show where a variant differs.