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	The 3003 and 3004 are the first Rolex Precision references. They launched together in 1937 as a matched pair, and they open a line that runs, under one Precision designation after another, for the next forty-seven years. Every Rolex ever called a "Precision" Oyster traces back to these two references. The automatic Oyster Perpetual had arrived in 1933 on the Bubbleback platform; the 3003 and 3004 established the parallel track: manual-wind Oyster, no chronometer certificate, sold at a lower price point, aimed at the buyer who wanted a waterproof Rolex without the rotor.		The 3003 and 3004 are the first Rolex Precision references. They launched together in 1937 as a matched pair, and they open a line that runs, under one Precision designation after another, for the next forty-seven years. Every Rolex ever called a "Precision" Oyster traces back to these two references. The automatic Oyster Perpetual had arrived in 1933 on the Bubbleback platform; the 3003 and 3004 established the parallel track: manual-wind Oyster, no chronometer certificate, sold at a lower price point, aimed at the buyer who wanted a waterproof Rolex without the rotor.
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	The thread that connects the 3003 of 1937 to the 6426 of the 1970s is the same editorial logic: manual-wind Oyster, adjusted movement, no chronometer certificate, "OYSTER PRECISION" on the dial. Rolex stopped manual-wind Precision production in the mid-1980s, by which point the automatic Oyster Perpetual and Datejust lines had absorbed the non-sport catalog.		The thread that connects the 3003 of 1937 to the 6426 of the 1970s is the same editorial logic: manual-wind Oyster, adjusted movement, no chronometer certificate, "OYSTER PRECISION" on the dial. Rolex stopped manual-wind Precision production in the mid-1980s, by which point the automatic Oyster Perpetual and Datejust lines had absorbed the non-sport catalog.

			How long the 3003 and 3004 themselves stayed in the catalog is not documented. The 1937 launch is fixed by the Field Manual timeline; the end is not fixed anywhere. The 2595 and 4220 take over the segment through the 1940s, but whether the pair stopped in the late 1930s or ran on alongside its successors is unresolved in the indexed record.

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	What makes them worth naming is the line they open. For forty-seven years, every Rolex that carried "PRECISION" on the dial was doing so as a direct continuation of the segment these two references established in 1937. Prima became Precision; Ultra Prima became Super Precision; the logic stayed the same. The 3003 and 3004 are the point where the naming shifts, and the point where Rolex formally committed to a permanent non-chronometer manual-wind segment alongside the automatic Oyster Perpetual.		What makes them worth naming is the line they open. For forty-seven years, every Rolex that carried "PRECISION" on the dial was doing so as a direct continuation of the segment these two references established in 1937. Prima became Precision; Ultra Prima became Super Precision; the logic stayed the same. The 3003 and 3004 are the point where the naming shifts, and the point where Rolex formally committed to a permanent non-chronometer manual-wind segment alongside the automatic Oyster Perpetual.


			== Related references ==

			* [[Reference:3004\|Precision 3004]]

			See also the [[Reference:Movements\|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets\|bracelet & clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers\|serial numbers by year]].

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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