Reference:2136 - Revision history

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	\|description=The 2136 is an early Oyster: small, varied, and still more documentary object than settled model line. That is the right way to approach it.		\|description=The 2136 is an early Oyster: small, varied, and still more documentary object than settled model line. That is the right way to approach it.
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	What does not change is the lug configuration. Fixed wire lugs (thin, curved, soldered to the case rather than drilled for spring bars) are a defining visual feature of the early Oyster form. They are present on every 2136 example in the public record. A 2136 with spring-bar lugs is either a very heavily restored case or not a 2136 at all.		What does not change is the lug configuration. Fixed wire lugs (thin, curved, soldered to the case rather than drilled for spring bars) are a defining visual feature of the early Oyster form. They are present on every 2136 example in the public record. A 2136 with spring-bar lugs is either a very heavily restored case or not a 2136 at all.

			The 1926–1940 band used here has soft edges at both ends. The earliest indexed example is the Antiquorum cushion dated c.1925, which pre-dates the Oyster patent grant; the late-1930s Glasgow and Edinburgh hallmarks establish production into at least 1938. Whether the reference ran on into the early 1940s or was superseded by one of the newer Oyster references of that period is not documented. Neither is a production total: no figure has ever been published, and with the 2136 one variant among dozens of early Oyster references sharing small-batch runs, the number is probably modest, but the systematic case-number work that would settle it has never been done publicly.

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	== Core facts ==		== Core facts ==

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	Because the 2136 is an early 9ct gold octagonal Oyster, and because Mercedes Gleitze wore an early 9ct gold octagonal Oyster during her 1927 Channel swims, the two are frequently conflated in casual references. That conflation is wrong.		Because the 2136 is an early 9ct gold octagonal Oyster, and because Mercedes Gleitze wore an early 9ct gold octagonal Oyster during her 1927 Channel swims, the two are frequently conflated in casual references. That conflation is wrong.

	Gleitze's watch was reference ~~'''~~34075~~'''~~, not 2136. Sotheby's Geneva confirmed that in ''Important Watches Part I'' (9 November 2025, Lot 134), cataloguing it as a pre-production Oyster prototype in 9ct gold with an octagonal case, wire lugs, Glasgow 1926/1927 import marks, and the engraved caseback naming Mercedes Gleitze and the Vindication Channel Swim of 21 October 1927. The dial carries the "7 World's Records / Patent Applied for 114948 / Oyster Patent winding crown" text. Inside is a 9¾′′′ Hunter movement later service-updated to Cal. 600. The watch sold for CHF 1,392,000.		Gleitze's watch was reference 34075, not 2136. Sotheby's Geneva confirmed that in ''Important Watches Part I'' (9 November 2025, Lot 134), cataloguing it as a pre-production Oyster prototype in 9ct gold with an octagonal case, wire lugs, Glasgow 1926/1927 import marks, and the engraved caseback naming Mercedes Gleitze and the Vindication Channel Swim of 21 October 1927. The dial carries the "7 World's Records / Patent Applied for 114948 / Oyster Patent winding crown" text. Inside is a 9¾′′′ Hunter movement later service-updated to Cal. 600. The watch sold for CHF 1,392,000.

	The overlap is real, but the watches are not the same. Both are early 9ct gold octagonal Oysters with wire lugs and R.W.C. LTD. caseback stamps because both belong to Rolex's first Oyster architecture. The 34075 predates the reference system and was issued to Gleitze as a pre-production watch. The 2136 is the later catalog reference for related production pieces. Best current reading: the 2136 is a production cousin of the Gleitze watch, not the Gleitze watch itself.		The overlap is real, but the watches are not the same. Both are early 9ct gold octagonal Oysters with wire lugs and R.W.C. LTD. caseback stamps because both belong to Rolex's first Oyster architecture. The 34075 predates the reference system and was issued to Gleitze as a pre-production watch. The 2136 is the later catalog reference for related production pieces. Best current reading: the 2136 is a production cousin of the Gleitze watch, not the Gleitze watch itself.

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	<small>Oyster -> '''2136'''</small>		<small>Oyster → '''2136'''</small>

	The 2136 is an early Oyster: small, varied, and still more documentary object than settled model line. That is the right way to approach it.		The 2136 is an early Oyster: small, varied, and still more documentary object than settled model line. That is the right way to approach it.

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	<small>~~[[Reference:oyster\|~~Oyster]] -> '''2136'''</small>		<small>Oyster -> '''2136'''</small>

	The 2136 is an early Oyster: small, varied, and still more documentary object than settled model line. That is the right way to approach it.		The 2136 is an early Oyster: small, varied, and still more documentary object than settled model line. That is the right way to approach it.

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	The 2136 has no deep auction history. It has never appeared at Sotheby's, Christie's, Heritage, or Phillips in the indexed record; the public-market trail runs through smaller specialist houses and vintage dealers.		The 2136 has no deep auction history. It has never appeared at Sotheby's, Christie's, Heritage, or Phillips in the indexed record; the public-market trail runs through smaller specialist houses and vintage dealers.

	The 2136 has a scattered but real market record. Antiquorum gives the earliest documented public example, Bonhams and several dealers fill out the British-hallmarked gold side, and ~~Collectors Square~~ shows a modest price range rather than a deep premium market.		The 2136 has a scattered but real market record. Antiquorum gives the earliest documented public example, Bonhams and several dealers fill out the British-hallmarked gold side, and the wider dealer market shows a modest price range rather than a deep premium market.

	The market for the 2136 is modest. Plain 9ct British-hallmarked examples in average condition change hands in the EUR 1,000–2,500 range today; original-dial rose gold pieces and anything with distinctive period hands (Cathédrale, early radium) can reach the upper end of the range or slightly beyond. There is no auction-driven hype market here. The 2136 is a collector-curious watch, not a flipper watch.		The market for the 2136 is modest. Plain 9ct British-hallmarked examples in average condition change hands in the EUR 1,000–2,500 range today; original-dial rose gold pieces and anything with distinctive period hands (Cathédrale, early radium) can reach the upper end of the range or slightly beyond. There is no auction-driven hype market here. The 2136 is a collector-curious watch, not a flipper watch.

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	Because the 2136 is an early 9ct gold octagonal Oyster, and because Mercedes Gleitze wore an early 9ct gold octagonal Oyster during her 1927 Channel swims, the two are frequently conflated in casual references. That conflation is wrong.		Because the 2136 is an early 9ct gold octagonal Oyster, and because Mercedes Gleitze wore an early 9ct gold octagonal Oyster during her 1927 Channel swims, the two are frequently conflated in casual references. That conflation is wrong.

	Gleitze's watch was reference '''34075''', not 2136. Sotheby's Geneva confirmed that in ''Important Watches Part I'' (9 November 2025, Lot 134), cataloguing it as a pre-production Oyster prototype in 9ct gold with an octagonal case, wire lugs, Glasgow 1926/1927 import marks, and the engraved caseback naming Mercedes Gleitze and the Vindication Channel Swim of 21 October 1927. The dial carries the "7 World's Records / Patent Applied for 114948 / Oyster Patent winding crown" text. Inside is a ~~9¾'''~~ Hunter movement later service-updated to Cal. 600. The watch sold for CHF 1,392,000.		Gleitze's watch was reference '''34075''', not 2136. Sotheby's Geneva confirmed that in ''Important Watches Part I'' (9 November 2025, Lot 134), cataloguing it as a pre-production Oyster prototype in 9ct gold with an octagonal case, wire lugs, Glasgow 1926/1927 import marks, and the engraved caseback naming Mercedes Gleitze and the Vindication Channel Swim of 21 October 1927. The dial carries the "7 World's Records / Patent Applied for 114948 / Oyster Patent winding crown" text. Inside is a 9¾′′′ Hunter movement later service-updated to Cal. 600. The watch sold for CHF 1,392,000.

	The overlap is real, but the watches are not the same. Both are early 9ct gold octagonal Oysters with wire lugs and R.W.C. LTD. caseback stamps because both belong to Rolex's first Oyster architecture. The 34075 predates the reference system and was issued to Gleitze as a pre-production watch. The 2136 is the later catalog reference for related production pieces. Best current reading: the 2136 is a production cousin of the Gleitze watch, not the Gleitze watch itself.		The overlap is real, but the watches are not the same. Both are early 9ct gold octagonal Oysters with wire lugs and R.W.C. LTD. caseback stamps because both belong to Rolex's first Oyster architecture. The 34075 predates the reference system and was issued to Gleitze as a pre-production watch. The 2136 is the later catalog reference for related production pieces. Best current reading: the 2136 is a production cousin of the Gleitze watch, not the Gleitze watch itself.

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