Just 88 sets are being produced — each set comes packed in a special handcrafted wooden crate as used during the 1953 British expedition in which
Sir Edmund Hillary and
Tenzing Norgay became the first men to summit the might Mount Everest.
Upper Left – HTE 36mm commemorating the first ascent by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
Upper Right – HTE 39mm commemorating “first and second generation” explorers to the top (Sir Edmund Hillary and Peter Hillary)
Bottom – HTE 42mm commemorating the two sons (Peter Hillary and Jamling Tenzing Norgay) of the original summiteers
The Rolex HT Explorer set costs about $40,000 (28.800 EUR)