Sell Your Rolex Explorer in Boston
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The Explorer is the quiet Rolex — the Everest watch, all business, no date, no rotating bezel — and its market rewards exactly the originality that generalist buyers miss. LBC Pawn Cash 4 Gold 3% Loans* buys Explorers in Boston from the current 36 and 40mm cars to the vintage 1016s collectors hunt.
Sell for cash the same visit, or loan on it at 3% per month* and keep it on your wrist long-term. Text photos to 857-867-6468.
The Explorers we buy
- Explorer 36 — 124270
- Explorer 40 — 224270
- Explorer 214270 (39mm, both dial generations)
- Explorer 114270 / 14270 (36mm, five-digit era)
- Vintage Explorer 1016 — matte & gilt dials
- Explorer 6610 and early references
- Two-tone Explorer 124273 (steel & yellow gold)
The 1016 is the sleeper. Vintage Explorers with original matte or gilt dials and correct hands have quietly become serious collector watches — we price them that way.
Explorer value is originality, full stop
On modern Explorers the checklist is simple: reference, condition, bracelet stretch, set. On vintage cars everything is the dial — a correct, original 1016 dial with matching hands is the watch; a refinished dial cuts the value hard, and a polished case cuts it further. If your Explorer has been in a drawer since the eighties, that is perfect. Bring it untouched.
Explorers also make excellent estate pieces — plain, valuable, and often unidentified by families sorting a watch box. Bring the whole box; we will identify every piece and price each one in front of you.
Box & papers — they pay more, but they are not required
A full set — inner and outer box, warranty card, booklets, hang tags and links — adds real money to a Explorer offer, because the next buyer pays for completeness. No box, no papers? We buy it anyway. Our staff authenticate and inspect the watch in-house: the movement, the reference and serial engravings, the dial, hands and bracelet are all checked at the counter, and we price what is in front of us.
Bringing more than the watch? The more you bring in, the more you get — a second watch, the gold chain you never wear, the coins in the drawer. Bundles are priced piece by piece in front of you, and the total is almost always stronger than selling each item separately somewhere else.
Bring a valid photo ID. Sellers and borrowers are 18+ with ID; serial numbers are checked and every transaction is recorded and reported exactly as Massachusetts law requires.
How it works
1. Text photos first. Photos of your Explorer — dial, case back, clasp, plus the box and papers if you have them — to 857-867-6468. Get a realistic range before you travel.
2. Bring it in. 1107 Commonwealth Ave, Boston — Mon–Fri 11–6:30, Sat 11–4:30. Bring a valid photo ID (18+). Rolex deals are handled in our private VIP room, and we inspect and price the watch at the counter, in front of you.
3. Get paid the same visit. Cash on the spot if you sell — or a pawn loan at 3% per month* if you would rather borrow against it and keep it yours.
Why sell your Explorer here?
Estate liquidators buy watch boxes by the pound and let the good pieces subsidize the junk. We price each watch on its own merits, in front of you, piece by piece.
Online marketplaces mean weeks of messages, shipping a five-figure watch to a stranger, and real fraud risk on the payment.
At LBC Pawn the watch is inspected at the counter in front of you, the offer is the offer, and you leave with cash the same visit — or with a loan ticket and the watch still yours.
Skip the drive-first guesswork. Text photos of the watch — dial, case back, and the box and papers if you have them — to 857-867-6468 and get a ballpark before you come. Prefer to talk? Call the same number during shop hours.
What a loan costs — in plain numbers
| If you borrow | After month 1 | After month 2 | After month 3 | After month 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $100 | $111 | $114 | $117 | $120 |
That first month includes the one-time 8% charge; after that it is a flat 3% per month. No hidden fees, no surprises — the full cost is printed on your ticket.
*Pawn loans: 3% per month interest plus a one-time 8% charge in the first month only. Example: a $100 loan costs $111 after month 1, $114 after month 2, $117 after month 3 and $120 after month 4. Loans run up to 4 months and may be renewed by paying the interest due. Borrowers must be 18 or older with valid photo ID. Items not redeemed by the end of the loan term may be sold as allowed by Massachusetts law.
More Rolex models we buy
Questions we hear
- Is my vintage Explorer 1016 worth real money?
- Very possibly — original-dial 1016s are genuine collector watches. Value turns on the dial's originality and condition, the case, and the bracelet. Bring it in unpolished and unserviced for an accurate number.
- Do you buy the two-tone Explorer?
- Yes — the 124273 in steel and yellow gold is bought on configuration and condition like any other current reference.
- I inherited an Explorer and know nothing about it. Can you help?
- That is a weekly occurrence here. We will identify the reference and era, authenticate it at the counter, and give you a cash offer and a loan offer so you can choose with real numbers.
- Can I pawn my Explorer?
- Yes — 3% per month plus the one-time 8% first-month charge, up to 4 months, renewable, with secure storage until you redeem it.