Welcome to Watches You Should Know, a biweekly column highlighting important or little-known watches with interesting backstories and unexpected influence. This week: the Rolex Explorer. The Explorer ...

Julian Nott’s name might not ring any bells, but the British explorer and scientist was the preeminent adventurer in his field—ballooning. That may sound like an airy pursuit, but ballooning is a high ...

Many truly emblematic feats of exploration and adventure were completed without the need of specialist explorer watches. For instance, when Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the top of Everest ...