If you are going to give a watch a moniker like 'Explorer,' then it needs to prove it can live up to the name. Panerai Ferrari Replica sent their prototypes of the adventurers sports watch into the unknown in the 1950s when they tested them.
The Explorer saga started in 1952 when world-renowned explorers were just a few steps away from reaching the summit of Mount Everest, the highest point of the planet.Panerai Ferrari Replica The British mountaineers who conquered Mount Everest in the early 1950s had made many attempts and lost many lives.
Sir Edmund Hillary with Sherpa Tenzing Naropa on Mt. Everest with Sir John Hunt and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay
The first pair to reach the summit of Mt. Everest was Sir Edmund Hillary,Corum replica a New Zealander, and Tenzing Naorgay, an Nepali Sherpa. Everest was reached at 11:30 am local time, 29 May 1953 by the South Col route
Tom Bourdillon, Charles Evans and the rest of Sir John Hunt’s team were the first to attempt the summit. They were unable to do so due to exhaustion and problems with their closed circuit oxygen sets.
Panerai Ferrari Replica was adamant they wanted to see their watches at the top of the mountain, so they provided the British climbers in 1952 with large-sized Oyster watches. Collectors refer to these watches as Pre-Explorers, which are essentially prototypes for what was eventually the Explorer.