{"product_id":"rolex-explorer-tritinova-as05043","title":"Rolex Explorer 'Tritinova'","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWhen it comes to design language, the Reference 14270 may be the most important Rolex of the contemporary era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLaunched in 1990, the 14270 was the follow-up successor to the iconic 1016, and featured a truly avant-garde design language. Moving away from the matte dial 1016, the 14270 features a glossy dial with stylized applied Arabic quadrant indices and a sapphire crystal which gives the watch a thoroughly modern and luxurious visual appeal that was initially a very polarizing departure for the model. With the benefit of hindsight, we can know understand that the 14270 was essentially a test-run for a new design language that would many years later become standard for numerous timepieces across the entire Rolex catalog.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis particular example, a U-serial dating to circa 1997, features an excellent Oyster case with a sapphire crystal, a signed crown, a matching solid link Oyster bracelet with a signed fliplock clasp, and a \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etransitional 'Tritinova' dial. These dials were produced for less than a year and are the result of Rolex applying Luminova to leftover dials marked with \"SWISS - T \u0026lt; 25\", which were originally produced to spec for earlier Tritium applications.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese timepieces are incredibly versatile for everyday use, and can easily be dressed-up for formal occasions or dressed-down and worn as a sporty everyday companion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis one just has \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ea bit of added 'if you know, you know.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rolex","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39961374589015,"sku":"40920741","price":7870.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/products\/AS05043_40920741_ROLEX_EXPLORER_14270-6.jpg?v=1663876127","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/rolex-explorer-tritinova-as05043","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}