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Rolex Newbie Seeking Your Eyes for Advice

Hi All

Of late, I've been searching for a pre-owned Explorer 1. Initially, I was thinking of a 14270. And of course the devils here are tempting me with the 1016, you know who you are : ) believe me, I spent a good number of hours learning and soaking in as much from the web.

But after giving it some thought and since my plan is to eventually give it to my other half as her daily wear. I decided that a 114270, might just be the best choice. The lumes shine brightly when needed, no worries on water tightness, a better clasp design, etc. A real tool watch you need not worry it will fail on you. And because she is not a watch person like many us here, I think the watch has to be a real "beater" tool watch. All her current watches bear the battle scars of daily wear.

So today I saw these two (a 2001 & 2005 series). Both reasonably priced, comes with papers but I noticed a small difference on the dial design and I am hoping someone can verify it for me. I notice the  5-minute track markers (not sure what is the correct term), on the 2001 model is thicker than the 2005 model. Is this correct? Should this be any concern? Even the coronet on the clasp looks slightly different.

Please forgive the poor phone qualtiy pic. Thanks in advance for any advise. Much appreciated

gary