My friend explorer , year 2003 F series , fake or not ?

[Hendri Leong]

just saw my friend rolex explorer 2003 Y series.

i cannot find the crown logo on the crystal ... is it fake ?

please help me to identify it. picture attached.

[Bono]

hi hendri,

if i am right, rolex started micro-etching the crown logo end-2003 to early-2004... so it prob begun abt the last of the Y-series or early F-series...

[Hendri Leong]

i see... so its not a problem.

[stektan]

On Daytona too?

Anyone knows if the micro-etching is on the Daytona too? M series onwards...

[stektan]

Found it!

Oh ok, found it on mine...phew..

[3echo]

just saw my friend rolex explorer 2003 Y series.

i cannot find the crown logo on the crystal ... is it fake ?

please help me to identify it. picture attached.

The second pic seems to show the gmt hand is below the hour hand...

[psee]

Hi bro Hendri, at first look,I would think that this Exp-II is probably A-series or earlier since the dials should be marked "Swiss Made" at 6 o'clock from late A-series onwards and SEL bracelets also started from late A-series onwards ...

[z27ag]

i think not all 2003 models got the crown logo on the crystal...
maybe those nearer to the end of 2003 then have..

[BRABUS]

This watch looks fine to me , dun seems like a fake , i may be wrong .
BTW usually white dial rolex very hard to spot the micro-etching .

[kt2u]

The second pic seems to show the gmt hand is below the hour hand...

ya man I noticed that too... if so the stacking of the hands is definitely a tell-tale sign... GMT hand should be above the hour hand.

[zidaneong]

ya man I noticed that too... if so the stacking of the hands is definitely a tell-tale sign... GMT hand should be above the hour hand.

ya, the GMT hand should be above the hour hand and below the minute hand.