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Alpha Explorer automatic watch, 36 mm, Explorer 36 black dial
Explorer automatic, 36 mm, explorer 36 black dial

Alpha Explorer automatic, 36 mm

A homage of the Rolex Explorer

Explorer automatic watch, 36 mm version: about £92 €107.44, seen 27 Sep

At Alpha Europe, in stock on 27 Sep.

Size
36 mm across, the same width as the Explorer
Movement
Miyota 8215, automatic. Sapphire crystal
Look
Keeps 4 of the 6 marks of the Explorer, a close look
Gives it away
Numerals at 3, 6 and 9 drawn in different shapes and proportions
Compare with another homage

The price is for the explorer automatic watch, 36 mm version. The photo shows the explorer 36 black dial.

Against the Explorer

Rolex Explorer 12427036Rolex Explorer 124270
Alpha Explorer automatic, 36 mm36Alpha Explorer automatic, 36 mm

Photos use listed case widths and automatic case-edge readings. The readings have not been manually audited. Photo proportions stay unchanged. Perspective and lug length can differ.

36 mm, the same width as the Explorer
Rolex Explorer 124270 photo: 124270. Alpha Explorer automatic, 36 mm photo: Explorer 36 black dial.

The Rolex drawn is the 124270.

What gives it away

  • Numerals at 3, 6 and 9 drawn in different shapes and proportions

  • Triangle at 12

    Same.

  • Arabic 3, 6 and 9

    Gives it away. Numerals at 3, 6 and 9 drawn in different shapes and proportions

  • Baton hour markers

    Same.

  • Mercedes hour hand

    Not compared yet.

  • Smooth steel bezel

    Same.

Rolex left, Explorer automatic, 36 mm right.

Everything else

Every spec7 listed, each with where it came from

Every spec we have

From sellers. Each figure links to where it was found.

For the Explorer automatic watch, 36 mm version.

Case width
36 mmalpha-1993.com, 27 Sep
Thickness
12.5 mmalpha-1993.com, 27 Sep
Lug width
20 mmalpha-1993.com, 27 Sep
Movement calibre
Miyota 8215alpha-1993.com, 27 Sep
Case material
316L stainless steelalpha-1993.com, 27 Sep
Crystal
Sapphirealpha-1993.com, 27 Sep
Water resistance
5 baralpha-1993.com, 27 Sep
The movementMiyota 8215, in plain words

The movement, in plain words

Alpha lists the Miyota 8215 for the Explorer automatic, 36 mm.

How it runs. An automatic that also winds by hand through the crown. Wearing it keeps it running.

Beat. It beats 21,600 times an hour, 6 a second, so the seconds hand sweeps in small steps.

Off the wrist. It runs for about 42 hours once fully wound. Take it off on Friday evening and it will have stopped by Sunday around midday.

Setting the time. The seconds hand stops when you pull the crown out, so you can set it to the second.

Accuracy. Miyota's figure is -20 to +40 seconds a day.

On your wrist36 mm across, 12.5 mm thick, on a wrist your size

How it sits on your wrist

Set your wrist circumference to compare the 36 mm case with a schematic wrist. The ellipse estimates wrist width and shape. It cannot predict your fit.

17.0 cm6.7 in around

This wrist model is about 56 mm across. The case spans 64% of that estimated width. Lug to lug is unknown, so no lug extent is drawn.

Wrap a strip of paper round your wrist just below the bone, mark where it meets and measure it.

36 mm case Wrist model about 56 mm across
Schematic section, with a 10 mm grid. The ellipse approximates wrist anatomy from circumference. Your wrist shape, lug curve and fit will differ.

How tall it stands

12.5 36 wide

The side view uses listed dimensions. Case shape and lug curve are schematic.

Lug to lug is not listed yet, so the drawing stops at the case.

Side views to scale against other Rolex Explorer homages.

  1. Cronos L6031M10.75 mm
  2. Baltany S4066 retro Explorer11.5 mm
  3. Cronos L601911.55 mm
  4. Addiesdive AD202312 mm
  5. Alpha Explorer automatic, 39 mm12.5 mm
  6. Alpha Explorer automatic, 36 mm12.5 mm
  7. Bliger Explorer 39 mm12.8 mm
What owners report1 report on one topic

What owners report

Owner reports. Each covers one watch, so read them as things to check rather than a verdict.

From owners1 report

  • Customer review says bracelet is functional but has room for improvement; another says the later clasp revision improved it.

    Owner report on alpha-1993.com

Earlier prices1 seen before, with the date

  • Alpha Europe €107.44 (about £92), seen 27 Sep, in stock

    Explorer automatic watch, 36 mm

    Seller page
More from Alpha4 more on Bewrist

Every Alpha watch

Beside other Rolex Explorer homagesThis watch and 5 more of its look, to scale

Drawn to scale by listed case width.

All 29 on the look page

SourcesThe page this record was built from