ROLEX. EXPLORER BOUGHT FROM THE NAAFI IN 1961 BY AN RAF WARRANT OFFICER.

A RARE AND COLLECTIBLE MEN'S STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC BRACELET WATCH BOUGHT FROM THE NAAFI* IN 1961 BY RAF WARRANT OFFICER HAYWARD .

Brand: Rolex
Model: Explorer
Date: 1960
Case reference: 1016
Movement: Signed Rolex, automatic, 25 Jewels, Cal. 1560, No.65XXX
Dial: Signed, 3-6-9 glossy black dial, tritium applied Arabic numerals and hour batons, silvered Mercedes hands with tritium insert, silvered centre seconds hand
Case: Signed, stainless steel, screw down crown, screw down back, stamped inside 1016
Bracelet: Signed, stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet stamped 7836, signed stainless steel deployment clasp, endlinks stamped 280
Size: 36mm
Accompaniments: Original Rolex Coffin box still with the inside paper explaining how to use the box for cigarettes and paperwork for provenance

* = NAAFI = the Navy, Army & Air Force Institutes (UK, a shop network for UK armed service personnel)