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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Slop Cop pass: vary 5 instances of the &amp;#039;rather than&amp;#039;/&amp;#039;not just&amp;#039; negation construction per reffuter review&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l19&quot;&gt;Line 19:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The 19028 is the Day-Date Oysterquartz with the pyramid bezel. Underneath, it is the same watch as the [[Reference:19018|19018]]: an 18k yellow gold case built around the caliber 5055 quartz movement, the angular integrated-bracelet body Rolex introduced for the Oysterquartz line in 1977. What sets it apart is the finish. In place of the 19018&#039;s smooth fluted bezel, the 19028 carries a faceted, stepped bezel in the pattern Rolex catalogued as &quot;Pyramid&quot; or &quot;Clous de Paris,&quot; repeated across the matching bracelet centre links. Collectors call it the &quot;Egyptian,&quot; and &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the name is not just internet shorthand — &lt;/del&gt;Antiquorum has catalogued two separate 19028 examples under that exact title.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The 19028 is the Day-Date Oysterquartz with the pyramid bezel. Underneath, it is the same watch as the [[Reference:19018|19018]]: an 18k yellow gold case built around the caliber 5055 quartz movement, the angular integrated-bracelet body Rolex introduced for the Oysterquartz line in 1977. What sets it apart is the finish. In place of the 19018&#039;s smooth fluted bezel, the 19028 carries a faceted, stepped bezel in the pattern Rolex catalogued as &quot;Pyramid&quot; or &quot;Clous de Paris,&quot; repeated across the matching bracelet centre links. Collectors call it the &quot;Egyptian,&quot; and Antiquorum has catalogued two separate 19028 examples under that exact title&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, not just internet shorthand&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It is a decorated step up from the plain fluted pair &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;rather than &lt;/del&gt;a showpiece. There are no diamonds and no coloured stones anywhere on the case, bezel or dial, just the faceted gold. It is a working quartz President with a bolder case, made in smaller numbers than the 19018 and 19019 and correspondingly harder to find today.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It is a decorated step up from the plain fluted pair&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, not &lt;/ins&gt;a showpiece. There are no diamonds and no coloured stones anywhere on the case, bezel or dial, just the faceted gold. It is a working quartz President with a bolder case, made in smaller numbers than the 19018 and 19019 and correspondingly harder to find today.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Core facts==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Core facts==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 82:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Movement notes==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Movement notes==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The 19028 runs the same caliber 5055 as the 19018 and 19019: an 11-jewel, 32kHz thermocompensated quartz movement, accurate to about ±0.7 seconds a day, quickset on both day and date from the crown and COSC-certified from launch. Nothing about the pyramid case changes the movement inside it. The [[Reference:19018|19018]] entry and the [[Reference:Movements]] page carry the fuller caliber history and the reasoning behind Rolex building its own quartz &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;rather than &lt;/del&gt;continuing with the Beta 21 consortium movement.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The 19028 runs the same caliber 5055 as the 19018 and 19019: an 11-jewel, 32kHz thermocompensated quartz movement, accurate to about ±0.7 seconds a day, quickset on both day and date from the crown and COSC-certified from launch. Nothing about the pyramid case changes the movement inside it. The [[Reference:19018|19018]] entry and the [[Reference:Movements]] page carry the fuller caliber history and the reasoning behind Rolex building its own quartz &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;instead of &lt;/ins&gt;continuing with the Beta 21 consortium movement.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Dial map==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Dial map==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l94&quot;&gt;Line 94:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 94:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Ref 19028 silvered dial.webp|thumb|right|250px|alt=Rolex Oysterquartz Day-Date ref. 19028, silvered dial, French day wheel|Silvered-dial example, French day wheel — Sotheby&amp;#039;s, 2021]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Ref 19028 silvered dial.webp|thumb|right|250px|alt=Rolex Oysterquartz Day-Date ref. 19028, silvered dial, French day wheel|Silvered-dial example, French day wheel — Sotheby&amp;#039;s, 2021]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Two further dials are documented, each on a single known example. Sotheby&#039;s catalogued a silvered dial in Geneva in 2021, on a watch described as the property of a European royal family. Antiquorum catalogued a walnut wood-grain dial in New York in 2012, the burr-grain finish Rolex used across its gold Day-Dates of the period, here behind the pyramid bezel &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;rather than &lt;/del&gt;the fluted one it usually accompanies. Day discs follow standard Day-Date practice and were supplied to order in the buyer&#039;s language; German (&quot;DIENSTAG&quot;) and English both appear on documented examples. Dials of the era carry tritium and the &quot;T SWISS MADE T&quot; line at six.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Two further dials are documented, each on a single known example. Sotheby&#039;s catalogued a silvered dial in Geneva in 2021, on a watch described as the property of a European royal family. Antiquorum catalogued a walnut wood-grain dial in New York in 2012, the burr-grain finish Rolex used across its gold Day-Dates of the period, here behind the pyramid bezel &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;instead of &lt;/ins&gt;the fluted one it usually accompanies. Day discs follow standard Day-Date practice and were supplied to order in the buyer&#039;s language; German (&quot;DIENSTAG&quot;) and English both appear on documented examples. Dials of the era carry tritium and the &quot;T SWISS MADE T&quot; line at six.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 102:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Bracelets, end links, and clasps==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Bracelets, end links, and clasps==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The bracelet carries the theme through: the same faceted pyramid pattern appears on the centre links, matching the bezel &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;rather than &lt;/del&gt;the plain brushed-and-polished links of a fluted Oysterquartz. It is built into the case in the same integrated three-piece-link construction as every Oysterquartz bracelet and closes on a concealed folding clasp — one documented example stamps its clasp &quot;H,&quot; though the single-letter code dates the bracelet component, not necessarily the watch head it is currently paired with. Because the pyramid bracelet is a matched part, a 19028 that has lost its original bracelet cannot simply be fitted with a spare fluted-family Oysterquartz bracelet without breaking the design. The cross-family bracelet and clasp detail sits on [[Reference:Bracelets]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The bracelet carries the theme through: the same faceted pyramid pattern appears on the centre links, matching the bezel &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;instead of &lt;/ins&gt;the plain brushed-and-polished links of a fluted Oysterquartz. It is built into the case in the same integrated three-piece-link construction as every Oysterquartz bracelet and closes on a concealed folding clasp — one documented example stamps its clasp &quot;H,&quot; though the single-letter code dates the bracelet component, not necessarily the watch head it is currently paired with. Because the pyramid bracelet is a matched part, a 19028 that has lost its original bracelet cannot simply be fitted with a spare fluted-family Oysterquartz bracelet without breaking the design. The cross-family bracelet and clasp detail sits on [[Reference:Bracelets]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Champagne is the default dial, and it turns up in two distinct hour-marker treatments. Some examples carry applied pyramid-shaped gold indexes that echo the bezel and bracelet, with a black radial Roman-numeral minute track running around the outside — the version Antiquorum has photographed on the same watch across two of its sales. Others carry plain applied circular gilt markers with baton quarters, no pyramid shaping on the dial at all, as catalogued by Bonhams on a separate example. The pyramid theme, in other words, does not automatically extend past the case.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Champagne is the default dial, and it turns up in two distinct hour-marker treatments. Some examples carry applied pyramid-shaped gold indexes that echo the bezel and bracelet, with a black radial Roman-numeral minute track running around the outside — the version Antiquorum has photographed on the same watch across two of its sales. Others carry plain applied circular gilt markers with baton quarters, no pyramid shaping on the dial at all, as catalogued by Bonhams on a separate example. The pyramid theme, in other words, does not automatically extend past the case.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[File:Ref 19028 silvered dial.webp|thumb|right|250px|alt=Rolex Oysterquartz Day-Date ref. 19028, silvered dial, French day wheel|Silvered-dial example, French day wheel — Sotheby&#039;s, 2021]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Two further dials are documented, each on a single known example. Sotheby&amp;#039;s catalogued a silvered dial in Geneva in 2021, on a watch described as the property of a European royal family. Antiquorum catalogued a walnut wood-grain dial in New York in 2012, the burr-grain finish Rolex used across its gold Day-Dates of the period, here behind the pyramid bezel rather than the fluted one it usually accompanies. Day discs follow standard Day-Date practice and were supplied to order in the buyer&amp;#039;s language; German (&amp;quot;DIENSTAG&amp;quot;) and English both appear on documented examples. Dials of the era carry tritium and the &amp;quot;T SWISS MADE T&amp;quot; line at six.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Two further dials are documented, each on a single known example. Sotheby&amp;#039;s catalogued a silvered dial in Geneva in 2021, on a watch described as the property of a European royal family. Antiquorum catalogued a walnut wood-grain dial in New York in 2012, the burr-grain finish Rolex used across its gold Day-Dates of the period, here behind the pyramid bezel rather than the fluted one it usually accompanies. Day discs follow standard Day-Date practice and were supplied to order in the buyer&amp;#039;s language; German (&amp;quot;DIENSTAG&amp;quot;) and English both appear on documented examples. Dials of the era carry tritium and the &amp;quot;T SWISS MADE T&amp;quot; line at six.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;

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[[File:Ref 19028 hero.webp|thumb|center|640px|alt=Rolex Oysterquartz Day-Date 19028 in yellow gold, pyramid-faceted bezel and bracelet, champagne dial with pyramid indexes|Rolex Oysterquartz Day-Date 19028, the &amp;quot;Egyptian.&amp;quot; Antiquorum, case 9,154,024]]&lt;br /&gt;
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The 19028 is the Day-Date Oysterquartz with the pyramid bezel. Underneath, it is the same watch as the [[Reference:19018|19018]]: an 18k yellow gold case built around the caliber 5055 quartz movement, the angular integrated-bracelet body Rolex introduced for the Oysterquartz line in 1977. What sets it apart is the finish. In place of the 19018&amp;#039;s smooth fluted bezel, the 19028 carries a faceted, stepped bezel in the pattern Rolex catalogued as &amp;quot;Pyramid&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Clous de Paris,&amp;quot; repeated across the matching bracelet centre links. Collectors call it the &amp;quot;Egyptian,&amp;quot; and the name is not just internet shorthand — Antiquorum has catalogued two separate 19028 examples under that exact title.&lt;br /&gt;
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It is a decorated step up from the plain fluted pair rather than a showpiece. There are no diamonds and no coloured stones anywhere on the case, bezel or dial, just the faceted gold. It is a working quartz President with a bolder case, made in smaller numbers than the 19018 and 19019 and correspondingly harder to find today.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Core facts==&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable rp-facts&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! detail&lt;br /&gt;
! value&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| reference&lt;br /&gt;
| 19028&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| family&lt;br /&gt;
| Day-Date (Oysterquartz)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| production&lt;br /&gt;
| documented examples 1985 through the reference&amp;#039;s last appearance in Rolex&amp;#039;s own 2001 US retail price list; no confirmed introduction date distinct from the Oysterquartz line&amp;#039;s 1977 launch&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| movement&lt;br /&gt;
| caliber 5055 quartz — thermocompensated, 11 jewels, 32 kHz, about ±0.7 sec/day, COSC; day and date quickset&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| case&lt;br /&gt;
| 36mm 18k yellow gold, angular integrated Oysterquartz case, about 13mm thick, tonneau-shaped, screw-down back&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| crystal&lt;br /&gt;
| sapphire, cyclops lens over the date&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| bezel&lt;br /&gt;
| faceted &amp;quot;Pyramid&amp;quot; / Clous de Paris, 18k yellow gold&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| bracelet&lt;br /&gt;
| integrated pyramid-link Oysterquartz bracelet, concealed folding clasp&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| crown&lt;br /&gt;
| Twinlock screw-down&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| nickname&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;quot;Egyptian&amp;quot; — collector and auction-house shorthand for the pyramid motif, not a Rolex catalogue name&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| sibling references&lt;br /&gt;
| 19018 (fluted, yellow gold) and 19019 (fluted, white gold) sit below it in the decorated hierarchy; 19038 (pyramid bezel set with diamonds) and 19048 (full diamond bezel and dial) sit above it&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| predecessor&lt;br /&gt;
| none directly; a decorated variant of the same Oysterquartz Day-Date platform as the 19018/19019, introduction date undocumented&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| successor&lt;br /&gt;
| none; no quartz Day-Date followed&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Where it sits in the line==&lt;br /&gt;
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The Day-Date Oysterquartz roster runs, by decoration, from plain to fully set with stones, and the 19028 sits in the first rung above plain. It shares its case, dimensions and movement with the fluted 19018 and 19019 and adds nothing but the pyramid finish — no gemstones anywhere on the case or dial. Above it in the same hierarchy sit the diamond-bezel 19038, the full diamond-bezel-and-dial 19048, and the pavé-cased 19148, each adding stones the 19028 does not carry.&lt;br /&gt;
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The &amp;quot;Egyptian&amp;quot; name is not unique to the 19028. Phillips catalogued a diamond-set 19038 under the same nickname at its Geneva Watch Auction: FIVE in 2017, and the epithet properly describes the pyramid case-and-bracelet treatment shared across several references in the family, not one number specifically. What is specific to the 19028 is that it is the plain version of that treatment — no diamonds anywhere on the case or bezel — which makes it the reference most collectors mean when they say &amp;quot;Egyptian Day-Date&amp;quot; without further qualification.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Production outline==&lt;br /&gt;
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Nothing in the documented record dates the 19028&amp;#039;s introduction independently of the wider Oysterquartz Day-Date launch in 1977. Every example that has surfaced at auction carries a case number in a tight mid-1980s band — 9,154,024, 9,171,419, 9,174,370, 9,180,259 and 9,723,161 — and where a house gives a year, it lands at 1985 or 1986. The reference was still current in 2001: Rolex&amp;#039;s own US retail price list for that year, the last one to include the Oysterquartz line, priced the fluted 19018 at $16,500, the fluted white-gold 19019 at $18,200, and the 19028 just above both at $18,500, ahead of the diamond-bezel 19038 at $21,250 and the full diamond-bezel-and-dial 19048 at $25,550. That gives a documented seventeen-plus years of catalogue life even without a confirmed start date. The wider Oysterquartz platform, Datejust and Day-Date together, wound down by about 2003 once COSC stopped certifying the calibers.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Movement notes==&lt;br /&gt;
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The 19028 runs the same caliber 5055 as the 19018 and 19019: an 11-jewel, 32kHz thermocompensated quartz movement, accurate to about ±0.7 seconds a day, quickset on both day and date from the crown and COSC-certified from launch. Nothing about the pyramid case changes the movement inside it. The [[Reference:19018|19018]] entry and the [[Reference:Movements]] page carry the fuller caliber history and the reasoning behind Rolex building its own quartz rather than continuing with the Beta 21 consortium movement.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Dial map==&lt;br /&gt;
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File:Ref 19028 walnut dial.webp|alt=Rolex 19028 with a factory walnut wood-grain dial|The walnut wood-grain dial, the only documented example on a 19028. Antiquorum, case 9,171,419&lt;br /&gt;
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Champagne is the default dial, and it turns up in two distinct hour-marker treatments. Some examples carry applied pyramid-shaped gold indexes that echo the bezel and bracelet, with a black radial Roman-numeral minute track running around the outside — the version Antiquorum has photographed on the same watch across two of its sales. Others carry plain applied circular gilt markers with baton quarters, no pyramid shaping on the dial at all, as catalogued by Bonhams on a separate example. The pyramid theme, in other words, does not automatically extend past the case.&lt;br /&gt;
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Two further dials are documented, each on a single known example. Sotheby&amp;#039;s catalogued a silvered dial in Geneva in 2021, on a watch described as the property of a European royal family. Antiquorum catalogued a walnut wood-grain dial in New York in 2012, the burr-grain finish Rolex used across its gold Day-Dates of the period, here behind the pyramid bezel rather than the fluted one it usually accompanies. Day discs follow standard Day-Date practice and were supplied to order in the buyer&amp;#039;s language; German (&amp;quot;DIENSTAG&amp;quot;) and English both appear on documented examples. Dials of the era carry tritium and the &amp;quot;T SWISS MADE T&amp;quot; line at six.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown==&lt;br /&gt;
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The case architecture is identical to the 19018&amp;#039;s: a three-body, tonneau-shaped 36mm case, about 13mm thick, with a screw-down back and Twinlock crown, sapphire crystal and a cyclops lens over the date. What changes is the bezel. Where the 19018 and 19019 carry a smooth fluted bezel, the 19028 carries a faceted bezel cut into a grid of small raised pyramids, the pattern Rolex&amp;#039;s own documentation and several auction catalogues call &amp;quot;Pyramid&amp;quot; and others render as &amp;quot;Clous de Paris&amp;quot; — two names for the same stepped, light-catching relief. Some catalogued examples also note hooded lugs, a detail not consistently called out across every lot description.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Bracelets, end links, and clasps==&lt;br /&gt;
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The bracelet carries the theme through: the same faceted pyramid pattern appears on the centre links, matching the bezel rather than the plain brushed-and-polished links of a fluted Oysterquartz. It is built into the case in the same integrated three-piece-link construction as every Oysterquartz bracelet and closes on a concealed folding clasp — one documented example stamps its clasp &amp;quot;H,&amp;quot; though the single-letter code dates the bracelet component, not necessarily the watch head it is currently paired with. Because the pyramid bracelet is a matched part, a 19028 that has lost its original bracelet cannot simply be fitted with a spare fluted-family Oysterquartz bracelet without breaking the design. The cross-family bracelet and clasp detail sits on [[Reference:Bracelets]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Auction record==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Ref 19028 box and papers.webp|thumb|right|250px|alt=Rolex 19028 with box and Bucherer-signed guarantee dated February 1987|Case 9,154,024 with its box and a Bucherer-signed guarantee dated February 1987, photographed at its 2019 Antiquorum resale.]]&lt;br /&gt;
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The 19028 reaches the major houses more often than the white-gold 19019 but still in small numbers, and one physical watch accounts for a disproportionate share of the record. Case 9,154,024 — the &amp;quot;Egyptian&amp;quot; example illustrated above — sold at Antiquorum in Geneva in March 2008 for CHF 8,400, resurfaced at Antiquorum Hong Kong in October 2019 and sold for HKD 87,500, and came up again at Sotheby&amp;#039;s New York in 2024 with an estimate of USD 20,000–30,000. Three appearances across sixteen years is an unusually well-documented resale history for a reference this thin on published results.&lt;br /&gt;
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Other examples are catalogued more quietly and without published results. Phillips offered one retailed by Bucherer at its Hong Kong Watch Auction: FIVE in November 2017 against an estimate of HKD 72,000–96,000. Sotheby&amp;#039;s has catalogued three more: a champagne-dial example in New York in 2019 at USD 15,000–25,000, the silvered-dial watch from a European royal family in Geneva in 2021 at CHF 12,000–18,000, and the case-9,154,024 example noted above. Bonhams sold a champagne-dial 19028 in London in December 2014 for GBP 6,875 including premium, against an estimate of GBP 5,000–7,000 — the one hammer result in the group besides the two Antiquorum sales of case 9,154,024. Antiquorum&amp;#039;s walnut-dial example made USD 11,875 in New York in 2012.&lt;br /&gt;
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As with its plainer siblings, the integrated bracelet drives condition and value. A stretched or over-polished pyramid bracelet cannot be replaced with a fresh one from a fluted-family Oysterquartz, and a careless polish softens the faceting that gives the bezel its name faster than it would a plain fluted one. Full sets and crisp, unpolished pyramid facets carry the premium.&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! date&lt;br /&gt;
! house&lt;br /&gt;
! configuration&lt;br /&gt;
! result&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| March 2008&lt;br /&gt;
| Antiquorum, Geneva, lot 301&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;quot;Egyptian,&amp;quot; champagne dial with pyramid indexes, case 9,154,024&lt;br /&gt;
| CHF 8,400 (est. CHF 7,000–9,000)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| June 2012&lt;br /&gt;
| Antiquorum, New York, Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces, lot 107&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;quot;Egyptian Walnut Dial,&amp;quot; case 9,171,419&lt;br /&gt;
| USD 11,875 (est. USD 10,000–15,000)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| December 2014&lt;br /&gt;
| Bonhams, London, Fine Watches and Wristwatches, lot 158&lt;br /&gt;
| champagne dial, circular gilt markers, serial 915****&lt;br /&gt;
| GBP 6,875 inc. premium (est. GBP 5,000–7,000)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| November 2017&lt;br /&gt;
| Phillips, The Hong Kong Watch Auction: FIVE&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;quot;Pyramide&amp;quot; bracelet, retailed by Bucherer, case 9,180,259&lt;br /&gt;
| est. HKD 72,000–96,000; result not published&lt;br /&gt;
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| 2019&lt;br /&gt;
| Sotheby&amp;#039;s, New York, Important Watches, lot 98&lt;br /&gt;
| champagne dial, case 9,174,370, c.1986&lt;br /&gt;
| est. USD 15,000–25,000; result not published&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| October 2019&lt;br /&gt;
| Antiquorum, Hong Kong, lot 334&lt;br /&gt;
| same watch as the 2008 Geneva lot, case 9,154,024, full set&lt;br /&gt;
| HKD 87,500 (est. HKD 64,000–80,000)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2021&lt;br /&gt;
| Sotheby&amp;#039;s, Geneva, Important Watches&lt;br /&gt;
| silvered dial, case 9,723,161, &amp;quot;Property of a European Royal Family&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| est. CHF 12,000–18,000; result not published&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2024&lt;br /&gt;
| Sotheby&amp;#039;s, New York, Important Watches&lt;br /&gt;
| same watch as the 2008/2019 lots, case 9,154,024&lt;br /&gt;
| est. USD 20,000–30,000; result not published&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Related references ==&lt;br /&gt;
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* [[Reference:19018|Day-Date 19018]] — Oysterquartz President, fluted bezel, yellow gold&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Reference:19019|Day-Date 19019]] — Oysterquartz President, fluted bezel, white gold&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Reference:18038|Day-Date 18038]] — Cal 3055 President (1977–1988)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Reference:18028|Day-Date 18028]] — 1977–1988&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Reference:1803|Day-Date 1803]] — Fluted President (1960–1977)&lt;br /&gt;
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See also the [[Reference:day-date|Day-Date family index]], [[Reference:Movements|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets|bracelet &amp;amp; clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers|serial numbers by year]].&lt;br /&gt;
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== Sources ==&lt;br /&gt;
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* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Vintage Rolex Field Manual&amp;#039;&amp;#039; — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.oysterquartz.net/faq.htm Oysterquartz.net, &amp;quot;Oysterquartz.net — reference and movement archive&amp;quot;, Oysterquartz.net]&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.oysterquartz.net/prices.htm Oysterquartz.net, &amp;quot;Rolex Oysterquartz retail prices from the 2001 official price list&amp;quot;, Oysterquartz.net]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-203-301 Antiquorum, &amp;quot;Yellow Gold Oysterquartz Day Date &amp;#039;Egyptian&amp;#039; — Ref. 19028, case No. 9154024&amp;quot;, Antiquorum, 2008-03-16]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-19028-oysterquartz-day-date-superlative-chronometer-officially-certified-lot-323-334 Antiquorum, &amp;quot;Rolex Ref. 19028 &amp;#039;Oysterquartz Day-Date&amp;#039;; 18k Yellow Gold — case No. 9154024&amp;quot;, Antiquorum, 2019-10-27]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-263-107 Antiquorum, &amp;quot;Rolex Ref. 19028 Oysterquartz Day-Date &amp;#039;Egyptian Walnut Dial&amp;#039; Yellow Gold — case No. 9171419&amp;quot;, Antiquorum, 2012-06-12]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.bonhams.com/auction/21934/lot/158/rolex-a-fine-18ct-gold-quartz-calendar-bracelet-watch-oysterquartz-day-date-ref19028-serial-no915-movement-no012-circa-1985/ Bonhams, &amp;quot;Rolex Oysterquartz Day-Date, Ref:19028 — Fine Watches and Wristwatches, lot 158&amp;quot;, Bonhams, 2014-12-10]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/important-watches-n10082/lot.98.html Sotheby&amp;#039;s, &amp;quot;Ref 19028 Oysterquartz Day-Date, a yellow gold center seconds wristwatch — Important Watches, lot 98&amp;quot;, Sotheby&amp;#039;s, 2019]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.sothebys.com/buy/ccd3e50d-1ef3-42ac-9700-e397bfc68831/lots/7c4a7029-f86b-4dc2-8888-1194ff9175e1 Sotheby&amp;#039;s, &amp;quot;Reference 19028 Oysterquartz Day-Date &amp;#039;Pyramid&amp;#039; — Important Watches&amp;quot;, Sotheby&amp;#039;s, 2024]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.sothebys.com/buy/0f7b7173-76f5-451a-a276-9cd1e988f32b/lots/f01e8d24-5c3c-4082-aeb6-a5fb521b9b7d Sotheby&amp;#039;s, &amp;quot;Oysterquartz Day-Date, Ref. 19028, yellow gold — Important Watches (Property of a European Royal Family)&amp;quot;, Sotheby&amp;#039;s, 2021]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/111314 Phillips, &amp;quot;Rolex 19028 OysterQuartz Day-Date, &amp;#039;Pyramide&amp;#039; bracelet — The Hong Kong Watch Auction: FIVE&amp;quot;, Phillips, 2017-11-28]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://monochrome-watches.com/history-rolex-day-date-1956-present-president-watch-in-depth-review/ Monochrome editorial, &amp;quot;In-Depth: The History of the Rolex Day-Date, The Presidential Watch&amp;quot;, Monochrome Watches]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.the1916company.com/blog/rolex-quartz-movement.html The 1916 Company editorial, &amp;quot;Rolex Quartz Movement History: Beta 21, Oysterquartz &amp;amp; Rare Models&amp;quot;, The 1916 Company]&lt;br /&gt;
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