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<small>[[Reference:oyster-perpetual|Oyster Perpetual]] › '''6614'''</small>

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[[File:Ref_6614_hero.webp|thumb|center|640px|alt=Steel Oyster Perpetual ref. 6614, silver dial and riveted Oyster bracelet, case 439759|Case 439759, ref. 6614. Antiquorum’s 2011 catalogue dates it to 1959.]]
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The 6614 is a 36 mm, time-only Oyster Perpetual that precedes the 1018. Records describe a stainless-steel case, smooth bezel and automatic Cal. 1030. Dated examples run from about 1957 to 1959; the production limits remain unknown. [https://www.strictlyvintagewatches.com/the-rolex-oyster-perpetual-reference-1018 Strictly Vintage's 1018 comparison]; [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-247-69 Antiquorum, Hong Kong, 2011, lot 69]

==Core facts==

{| class="wikitable rp-facts"
|-
! detail
! value
|-
| reference
| 6614
|-
| family
| Oyster Perpetual
|-
| function
| time only, centre seconds
|-
| documented dates
| examples catalogued around 1957–59; production span unknown
|-
| case material
| stainless steel documented; full material range unknown
|-
| case diameter
| 36 mm in Antiquorum and Strictly Vintage; the Field Manual calls it full-size. Auction listings give 34, 35 and 38 mm outliers
|-
| bezel
| polished, smooth
|-
| crystal
| acrylic in dealer and auction descriptions
|-
| movement
| automatic Cal. 1030 in the Field Manual, Antiquorum and photographed examples
|-
| date display
| none
|-
| dial
| silver examples documented; other individual configurations discussed below
|}

==Where it sits in the line==

The 6614 is the earlier 36 mm time-only Oyster Perpetual that leads into the 1018. Strictly Vintage compares the two at 36 mm across and 43 mm lug to lug, with the 6614's case described as thinner. Its dial has an applied Rolex name and coronet; the photographed examples have faceted baton markers rather than the Explorer numerals. The 1960–61 marketing material cited by Strictly Vintage places the 6614 in the transition to the 1018. It does not give factory production dates. [https://www.strictlyvintagewatches.com/the-rolex-oyster-perpetual-reference-1018 Strictly Vintage]

The Field Manual lists the 6614 as a full-size Oyster Perpetual with Cal. 1030 and a polished, smooth bezel. Its table gives no date range, exact dimension or dial description. [https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/0b5fdf83/files/uploaded/1.0%20RolexBook-23Mar.pdf The Vintage Rolex Field Manual]

==Production outline==

A dealer listing dates a steel 311xxx example to about 1957. Hashtag Watch Co. and an EveryWatch mirror use the same serial range, so the three listings may describe one watch. Antiquorum dates case 439759 to 1959. Together they document late-1950s examples, but do not establish the reference's start or end. [https://www.windvintage.com/rolex-oyster-perpetual-reference-6614 Dealer listing]; [https://www.hashtagwatchco.com/products/1957-rolex-oyster-perpetual-6614-steel-36mm-automatic-wristwatch Hashtag Watch Co.]; [https://everywatch.com/rolex/6614/watch-12019745 EveryWatch listing]; [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-247-69 Antiquorum]

A 2026 Blenheim lot dates its 6614 to around 1957 and gives serial 439***, which may overlap Antiquorum's 439759. Its 38 mm measurement is a lot-level outlier; the supported nominal size remains 36 mm. [https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/01c3f5bb824bac7c7e9e9136c456cf32/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/the-luxury-rare-collectable-investment-specialist-wat-lot-22/ Blenheim Auctions, lot 22]

Two auction descriptions assign the reference to 1946. Morton Subastas gives “1946 or 1959,” adds a date function and reports a 35 mm case. Locati calls a 35 mm watch a 1946 6614 and says its dial and hands are replacements. Both conflict with the dated 1950s examples and the documented time-only configuration; no checked source confirms a 1940s 6614. [https://www.bidsquare.com/online-auctions/morton-subastas/reloj-rolex-oyster-perpetual-en-acero-ref-6614-ca-1946-1959-movimiento-autom-tico-no-funciona-3059541 Morton Subastas]; [https://www.bidsquare.com/online-auctions/locati-llc/a-rolex-wristwatch-ref-6614-7815498 Locati]

==Movement notes==

The Field Manual lists Cal. 1030; Antiquorum and SELECT each document it in a watch. Antiquorum records 25 jewels and adjustment for temperature and five positions. This confirms the fitment, but not every movement used during the run. [https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/0b5fdf83/files/uploaded/1.0%20RolexBook-23Mar.pdf The Vintage Rolex Field Manual]; [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-247-69 Antiquorum]; [https://select-watch.tokyo/p238.html SELECT Inc.]

One WatchArtExchange listing names Cal. 1050, but supplies no readable movement photograph. It conflicts with the Field Manual and the inspected 1030 examples, so the 1050 attribution remains unverified. [https://www.watchartexchange.com/product-page/rolex-oyster-perpetual-ref-6614-rare-museum-quality-watch WatchArtExchange]

[[File:Ref_6614_movement.webp|thumb|right|250px|movement — [https://select-watch.tokyo/p238.html SELECT Inc.]]]

==Dial map==

The silver examples have a three-hand layout and applied markers. Strictly Vintage describes elongated markers at 3, 6 and 9, longer batons at the other hours, an applied Rolex name and a compact coronet. The examined dial lacks “Superlative”; the 311xxx dealer example is also described without that wording. These records show individual watches, not every dial supplied. [https://www.strictlyvintagewatches.com/the-rolex-oyster-perpetual-reference-1018 Strictly Vintage]; [https://www.windvintage.com/rolex-oyster-perpetual-reference-6614 Dealer listing]

SELECT Inc. records another listing with a white pearlescent dial, dauphine hands, a blue-steel seconds hand and “O.C.C.” at six. The serial is not legible enough to connect this watch to the dated auction examples. Its photographs also show Cal. 1030 and an inside back marked 6614 and “I 59,” plus a 1970s Japanese Rolex service slip and receipt. [https://select-watch.tokyo/p238.html SELECT Inc.]

The 2025 Blenheim catalogue describes a 34 mm Cal. 1030 watch with a restored sky-blue dial; it gives no serial. It documents a restored example, not a factory sky-blue dial. The case measurement conflicts with the 36 mm records. [https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/blenheimauctions/catalogue-id-blenhe10013/lot-63302543-990f-4660-9a77-b2f200c5e6ea Blenheim Auctions, 29 June 2025, lot 79]

Blenheim's 2026 lot describes a brown honeycomb-textured dial as “tropical,” with serial 439*** and a Vacheron Constantin signed leather strap. The serial may overlap Antiquorum case 439759. The catalogue does not identify the dial's original color or establish that the brown finish left Rolex that way. [https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/01c3f5bb824bac7c7e9e9136c456cf32/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/the-luxury-rare-collectable-investment-specialist-wat-lot-22/ Blenheim Auctions]

[[File:Ref_6614_dial-detail.webp|thumb|right|250px|dial detail — [https://select-watch.tokyo/p238.html SELECT Inc.]]]

==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown notes==

The Field Manual describes a polished, smooth bezel. Antiquorum describes case 439759 as a three-piece steel case with a screw-down back and crown; it measures 13 mm thick. Strictly Vintage gives 11 mm, and neither source explains the difference. Dealers describe acrylic crystals and screw-down crowns, but the records do not show whether either changed during production. [https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/0b5fdf83/files/uploaded/1.0%20RolexBook-23Mar.pdf The Vintage Rolex Field Manual]; [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-247-69 Antiquorum]; [https://www.strictlyvintagewatches.com/the-rolex-oyster-perpetual-reference-1018 Strictly Vintage]; [https://firekids.jp/products/detail/17484 FireKids]

[[File:Ref_6614_caseback.webp|thumb|right|250px|caseback — [https://select-watch.tokyo/p238.html SELECT Inc.]]]

==Bracelets, end links, clasps, and packaging notes==

Antiquorum's 1959 case 439759 was sold on a riveted steel Oyster bracelet. EveryWatch lists a 7206 rivet bracelet with 58 end links and a 20 mm width on a 6614 with a 311xxx serial; the dealer dates the bracelet to 1966. Two other listings in that serial range show a leather strap. They may show the same head at different sales; none says what bracelet it left Rolex wearing. [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-247-69 Antiquorum]; [https://everywatch.com/rolex/6614/watch-12019745 EveryWatch]; [https://www.windvintage.com/rolex-oyster-perpetual-reference-6614 Dealer listing]; [https://www.hashtagwatchco.com/products/1957-rolex-oyster-perpetual-6614-steel-36mm-automatic-wristwatch Hashtag Watch Co.]

FireKids lists a 1959 6614 with a steel Jubilee bracelet; SELECT's sold watch has a Z.R.C. leather strap. These are individual sale configurations. The SELECT box and service papers belong to that watch, and no listing links either strap to factory delivery. [https://firekids.jp/products/detail/17484 FireKids]; [https://select-watch.tokyo/p238.html SELECT Inc.]

==Historical market and auction record==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! sale
! record
! what it establishes
|-
| Antiquorum, Hong Kong, 26 February 2011, lot 69
| case 439759; sold for HKD 15,000
| Catalogue date 1959, 36 mm steel case, Cal. 1030, silver baton dial and riveted Oyster bracelet.
|-
| Morton Subastas, 20 July 2022, lot 102
| case number masked as 439XXXX
| Catalogue gives 35 mm, Cal. 1030, a date function and “circa 1946 or 1959”; internally conflicting attribution.
|-
| Blenheim Auctions, 29 June 2025, lot 79
| ref. 6614 attribution; 34 mm; no serial published
| Catalogue calls the sky-blue dial restored and gives Cal. 1030; does not establish an original dial variant.
|-
| Locati, 5 November 2025, lot 220
| ref. 6614 attribution, 35 mm
| Catalogue dates it to 1946 and identifies replacement dial and hands; not reliable evidence for an early 6614.
|-
| Blenheim Auctions, 27 September 2026, lot 22
| serial 439***; sold for GBP 7,000
| Catalogue calls it circa 1957 with Cal. 1030 and a brown honeycomb dial, but gives an outlying 38 mm measurement. The masked serial may overlap Antiquorum case 439759.
|}

The 439xxx catalogues may repeat case 439759. Blenheim's 2025 lot has no serial, so it cannot be matched to those listings.

== Gallery ==

<gallery mode="packed" heights="180">
File:Ref_6614_hero.webp|Antiquorum's 2011 catalogue dates case 439759 to 1959.
File:Ref_6614_dial-detail.webp|SELECT Inc. p238, separate serial-unreadable watch, pearlescent O.C.C. dial.
File:Ref_6614_movement.webp|SELECT Inc. p238, the separate watch's movement, marked 1030.
File:Ref_6614_caseback.webp|SELECT Inc. p238, same watch, inner caseback marked 6614 and I 59.
</gallery>

== Sources ==

* [https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/0b5fdf83/files/uploaded/1.0%20RolexBook-23Mar.pdf ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra]
* [https://www.strictlyvintagewatches.com/the-rolex-oyster-perpetual-reference-1018 "Strictly Vintage, “Collector’s Guide: Rolex Oyster Perpetual Reference 1018” — comparison with ref. 6614", Strictly Vintage]
* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-247-69 "Antiquorum Hong Kong, 26 February 2011, lot 69 — case 439759, ref. 6614", Antiquorum, 2011-02-26]
* [https://www.windvintage.com/rolex-oyster-perpetual-reference-6614 "Wind Vintage, Rolex Oyster Perpetual ref. 6614, item SBUXYT5159", Wind Vintage]
* [https://www.hashtagwatchco.com/products/1957-rolex-oyster-perpetual-6614-steel-36mm-automatic-wristwatch "Hashtag Watch Co., Rolex Oyster Perpetual ref. 6614, serial 311xxx", Hashtag Watch Co.]
* [https://everywatch.com/rolex/6614/watch-12019745 "EveryWatch, Japanese dealer listing, ref. 6614, serial 311xxx, listing code L3Z939", EveryWatch (underlying seller not identified in public view)]
* [https://select-watch.tokyo/p238.html "SELECT Inc., ref. 6614 listing with Cal. 1030 and service documents", SELECT Inc.]
* [https://firekids.jp/products/detail/17484 "FireKids, item FK017484, ref. 6614", FireKids]
* [https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/01c3f5bb824bac7c7e9e9136c456cf32/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/the-luxury-rare-collectable-investment-specialist-wat-lot-22/ "Blenheim Auctions, 27 September 2026, lot 22 — catalogued ref. 6614, serial 439***", Blenheim Auctions Ltd via Easy Live Auction, 2026-09-27]
* [https://www.bidsquare.com/online-auctions/morton-subastas/reloj-rolex-oyster-perpetual-en-acero-ref-6614-ca-1946-1959-movimiento-autom-tico-no-funciona-3059541 "Morton Subastas, 20 July 2022, lot 102 — attributed Rolex Oyster Perpetual ref. 6614", Morton Subastas / Bidsquare, 2022-07-20]
* [https://www.bidsquare.com/online-auctions/locati-llc/a-rolex-wristwatch-ref-6614-7815498 "Locati LLC, 5 November 2025, lot 220 — ref. 6614 attribution", Locati LLC / Bidsquare, 2025-11-05]
* [https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/blenheimauctions/catalogue-id-blenhe10013/lot-63302543-990f-4660-9a77-b2f200c5e6ea "Blenheim Auctions, 29 June 2025, lot 79 — ref. 6614, restored blue dial", Blenheim Auctions via The Saleroom, 2025-06-29]
* [https://www.watchartexchange.com/product-page/rolex-oyster-perpetual-ref-6614-rare-museum-quality-watch "WatchArtExchange, ref. 6614 listing naming Cal. 1050", WatchArtExchange]

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