ROLEX EXPLORER I ,Ref,14270 @ Watch Castle Of Time Shop / Office

ROLEX

EXPLORER- I

With

"Black Out" Dial

Cool Man...Yes,I'm...

Description

Rolex. A stainless steel self-winding water-resistant wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, black-out dial, bracelet and guarantee Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Explorer, ref. 14270, case no. X4*****, manufactured in 1991’ s,Cal. 3000 nickel-finished lever movement, 27 jewels, the black dial with luminous baton and dagger numerals, applied black painted Arabic 3, 6 and 9 numerals, luminous hands, sweep centre seconds, in tonneau-shaped water-resistant-type case with screw back and screw down crown, stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet, case, dial and movement signed 36 mm . diam.

Notes

The Rolex Explorer reference 14270 with "Black Out" dial is one of the rarest and most desirable versions of this celebrated model.

In production only during a very short time in 1991, it is distinguished by the unusual dial layout, featuring black painted Arabic 3, 6 and 9 numerals from which it derives its name. This variant is mainly found in the "E" &”X” series of ref,14270.

ROLEX Oyster Perpetual

EXPLORER- I ,Ref.14270

Black Out Dial… 1991’ s

時間再度回到1992年那時，我帶著朋友到台北著名的一家錶店看錶兼買錶，那時的勞力士錶款主流還停在Ref.16233、Ref.18238…一進到錶店，老闆也熱情的招呼看錶；朋友一直想要完成他多年來的勞夢，所以話題一轉他告訴我想要一只半金的Ref .16233G帶時標鑽點，那時定價好像是$183,000(最低可打8折)，當錶拿來試戴之時，老闆從抽屜內再拿一只Ref.14270給我們一比較，當然那時後這只錶配量並不多，所以老闆直說，買這種錶比較有收藏價值…當然以我朋友的眼光，當然不會選那一只，黑呼呼的錶，他的理由是: 這種錶誰知道是勞力士啊！？所以，也很直接的告訴老闆他不喜歡，他只要很勞力士精神的Ref .16233G …

我當時所見的就是這一只，我曾問老闆為何有黑色數字時標的？老闆看著錶對我說：我也不知道，一直以來都是白色數字標的，不知為何配給他們幾只黑色數字標？不過也沒差，因為二個的3.6.9數字標都不會亮，所以大概是新面盤款式吧！我印象一直很深刻，只是那時候手頭上真的沒什麼錢，也不太了解勞力士未來錶款的發展及價值，對於鐘錶一切僅於紙上談兵，而我手上收藏錶也只有二只老的OMEGA Seamaster及一只Ref.1601 S/S罷了…

2008年之前這一種Black Out Dial，曾經炒作到USD$10,000，如果連同當時的配件及盒單價值又更高了，不過最近已經又回復到市場的合理價格帶，所以最近買錶我都覺得開心，因為過去買錶的價格我可以買到更多更合理的價位；今年的Basel Watch Fair 勞力士公司將進行探險家一號大改款，這一款Black Out Dial官方資料有看到可能會再次複刻，若以舊款的生產數量而言，我覺得此錶除了保值外，它的價值應該會再有一次的高峰吧。