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<small>[[Reference:oyster-perpetual|Oyster Perpetual]] → '''6719'''</small>

<div class="rp-lead">[[File:Ref_6719_hero.webp|thumb|center|640px|alt=Steel and gold Rolex Oyster Perpetual 6719 with a silver dial and baton markers|Leland Little, 2025, lot 1089.]]</div>

Ref. 6719 is a ladies' no-date Oyster Perpetual with central seconds. Auction catalogues identify automatic Cal. 2030 in several examples and date individual watches from around 1972 to 1982. The reference's production endpoints and full factory option list remain undocumented.

==Core facts==

{| class="wikitable"
! Detail !! Documented record
|-
| Model || Ladies' Oyster Perpetual without a date display; central seconds<ref name="c72">[https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-1588145 Christie's, ref. 6719, circa 1972.]</ref><ref name="forum2019">[https://rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=703937 Rolex Forums owner post, 19 October 2019.]</ref>
|-
| Movement || Automatic Cal. 2030; Antiquorum and Hindman list 28 jewels<ref name="c82gray">[https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/christies-watches-online-keystone-collection/rolex-ladies-18k-oyster-perpetual-ref-6719-162/73481 Christie's, circa 1982, ref. 6719.]</ref><ref name="ant21">[https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-6719-oyster-perpetual-lot-342-154 Antiquorum, Geneva, 22 September 2021, lot 154.]</ref><ref name="hindman">[https://www.bidsquare.com/online-auctions/hindman-auctions/a-14-karat-yellow-gold-ref-6719-oyster-perpetual-wristwatch-rolex-circa-1973-28537 Hindman, Fine Timepieces, 8 April 2014, lot 3061.]</ref>
|-
| Case examples || Catalogues describe steel and gold, 14K gold, and 18K gold watches; the full factory metal range remains undocumented.<ref name="c72"/><ref name="c70gold">[https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-1386826 Christie's, 1970s.]</ref><ref name="c82gray"/>
|-
| Case diameter || Auction measurements range from 24 to 26 mm. Catalogue methods are unstated, so each size stays attached to its lot.<ref name="c72"/><ref name="c70gold"/><ref name="ant21"/><ref name="c82gray"/>
|-
| Catalogue dates || Individual watches are dated circa 1972–1982; production endpoints remain unestablished.<ref name="c72"/><ref name="ant21"/><ref name="c82gray"/><ref name="ll25">[https://www.lelandlittle.com/items/568411/lady-s-stainless-steel-and-gold-i-oyster-perpetual-i-watch-rolex/ Leland Little, 12 June 2025, lot 1089.]</ref>
|}

==Where it sits in the line==

Christie's, Antiquorum, and Hindman catalogue the 6719 as an Oyster Perpetual; the watches have no date display. A Rolex Forums reference list places it in the Oyster Perpetual Lady group alongside 6718, 6723, and 6724.<ref name="c72"/><ref name="ant21"/><ref name="hindman"/><ref>[https://www.rolexforums.com/~trfcom/showthread.php?t=343135 Rolex Forums, “Rolex Watch Reference Numbers.”]</ref> The references immediately before and after it in the family chronology remain unidentified.

==Production outline==

The sale records provide several dated examples: Christie's describes a 6719 from circa 1972; Hindman dates a gold example to circa 1973; Antiquorum dates a steel-and-gold watch to circa 1981; and Leland Little describes a 25 mm steel-and-gold watch as circa 1982.<ref name="c72"/><ref name="hindman"/><ref name="ant21"/><ref name="ll25"/> Each date belongs to an individual watch. Several dealer pages give 1970–1985 as an estimated run but cite no underlying records; use the span as a lead only.

==Movement notes==

Christie’s, Antiquorum, and Hindman identify automatic Cal. 2030 in exact-reference 6719 examples.<ref name="c82gray"/><ref name="ant21"/><ref name="hindman"/> Antiquorum and Hindman give 28 jewels.<ref name="ant21"/><ref name="hindman"/> Rolex's 1978 service manual describes Cal. 2030 as an automatic movement with sweep seconds and a hacking feature. The manual supplies caliber-level specifications; the auction catalogues link that caliber to individual 6719 watches.<ref name="ant21"/><ref name="hindman"/><ref>[https://www.vrfm.io/Scans/TECHNICAL-SERVICE-INFO-3RD-EDITION-1978.pdf Rolex, ''Technical and Service Information'', 3rd ed. (1978), Cal. 2030.]</ref>

[[File:Ref_6719_movement.webp|thumb|right|240px|Movement photographed for Leland Little's 2025 lot 1089; the listing leaves the caliber unreported.]]

==Dial map==

Auction catalogues describe several individual dial configurations, without a dated sequence.

{| class="wikitable"
! Catalogue description !! Documented example
|-
| Silvered matte with applied batons || Christie's, circa-1972 steel-and-gold example.<ref name="c72"/>
|-
| Silvered with gilt batons || Christie's, 14K-gold example dated to the 1970s.<ref name="c70gold"/>
|-
| Champagne || Hindman's circa-1973 gold example.<ref name="hindman"/>
|-
| Silver dial with baton markers || Leland Little's circa-1982 steel-and-gold example.<ref name="ll25"/>
|}

Christie's identifies the gray Arabic dial and hands on its circa-1982 18K example as later replacements. This is a replacement configuration on one watch; the catalogue gives no date for the work.<ref name="c82gray"/>

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

The catalogues record 24–26 mm cases. They include a stainless-steel case with a gold fluted bezel, full-gold examples with a faceted bezel, and a steel-and-gold watch. Christie's describes a screw-down crown and screw back on its 14K example. One forum seller describes the crystal on a single 6719 as acrylic. The catalogues give no standard specification.<ref name="c72"/><ref name="c70gold"/><ref name="ant21"/><ref>[https://rolexforums.com/showthread.php?p=10312582 Rolex Forums sale post, 23 January 2020.]</ref>

Leland Little's 2025 photographs show <code>6719</code> between the lugs and on the accompanying guarantee paper, which repeats serial 7350177. The inside caseback is stamped <code>6700</code>. The auction leaves that stamp unexplained, so it remains a lot-specific marking here.<ref name="ll25"/>

<gallery mode="packed" heights="180">
File:Ref_6719_caseback.webp|Leland Little, 2025, lot 1089: outer case and bracelet.
File:Ref_6719_inner_caseback.webp|The same lot's inside caseback, stamped 6700.
</gallery>

==Bracelets, clasps, and packaging==

Auction records show Oyster bracelets on individual steel-and-gold or gold 6719 watches. Leland Little lists bracelet 78343, J/466 end links, and clasp stamp G/783430 14. The photographs show those markings on this lot; factory-wide fitment remains undocumented.<ref name="ll25"/><ref name="hindman"/><ref name="ant21"/>

One 2019 Rolex Forums owner post says a 6719 bought new in the 1980s had a 14K-marked case and an 18K-marked bracelet. A 2023 forum thread about another 6719 discusses a U.S.-made JB bracelet and flags a possible fit mismatch with Date/Datejust bracelets on the no-date case. Those posts are useful leads; neither is a factory fitment record.<ref name="forum2019"/><ref>[https://rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=918283 Rolex Forums, “6719 bracelet questions,” September 2023.]</ref>

Leland Little's lot included Rolex paper bearing the watch's serial and reference. That paperwork belongs to this example; the standard package for the reference remains undocumented.<ref name="ll25"/>

<gallery mode="packed" heights="180">
File:Ref_6719_bracelet_detail.webp|Leland Little, 2025, lot 1089: bracelet and end-link markings.
File:Ref_6719_clasp.webp|The same lot's clasp markings.
File:Ref_6719_guarantee.webp|Guarantee paper showing 7350177/6719.
</gallery>

==Auction record==

{| class="wikitable"
! Sale record !! Lot-specific details
|-
| Christie's, circa 1972 || Steel case, 14K-gold fluted bezel, steel-and-gold Oyster bracelet, silvered matte baton dial, 25 mm; caliber not specified.<ref name="c72"/>
|-
| Christie's, 1970s || 14K-gold example, silvered dial with gilt batons, faceted bezel, 24 mm.<ref name="c70gold"/>
|-
| Hindman, 8 April 2014, lot 3061 || Circa-1973 14K-gold example, Cal. 2030 with 28 jewels, champagne dial, 25 mm.<ref name="hindman"/>
|-
| Antiquorum, 22 September 2021, lot 154 || Circa-1981 steel-and-gold example, Cal. 2030 with 28 jewels, case no. 6703003, 26 mm.<ref name="ant21"/>
|-
| Christie's, circa 1982 || 18K-gold example with automatic Cal. 2030 and 25 mm case; gray Arabic dial and hands described as later replacements.<ref name="c82gray"/>
|-
| Leland Little, 12 June 2025, lot 1089 || Circa-1982 steel case with gold fluted bezel, silver baton dial, 25 mm, 78343 bracelet with J/466 end links; guarantee paper and photographs show 7350177/6719. Inside caseback stamp: 6700, unexplained.<ref name="ll25"/>
|}

<gallery mode="packed" heights="180">
File:Ref_6719_hero.webp|Leland Little, 2025, lot 1089: steel and gold example.
File:Ref_6719_caseback.webp|Outer case, bracelet and end links from the same lot.
File:Ref_6719_inner_caseback.webp|Inside caseback stamp, 6700.
File:Ref_6719_movement.webp|Movement photograph from Leland Little, 2025, lot 1089; the listing leaves the caliber unreported.
File:Ref_6719_bracelet_detail.webp|Bracelet and end-link stamps.
</gallery>

== Sources ==

* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-6719-oyster-perpetual-lot-342-154 Antiquorum, "Antiquorum, Geneva, 22 September 2021, lot 154 — Rolex ref. 6719", Antiquorum, 2021-09-22]
* [https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-1588145 Christie's, "Christie's, Rolex Oyster Perpetual ref. 6719, circa 1972", Christie's]
* [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-1386826 Christie's, "Christie's, Rolex Oyster Perpetual ref. 6719, 1970s gold example", Christie's]
* [https://www.bidsquare.com/online-auctions/hindman-auctions/a-14-karat-yellow-gold-ref-6719-oyster-perpetual-wristwatch-rolex-circa-1973-28537 Hindman, "Hindman, Fine Timepieces, 8 April 2014, lot 3061 — Rolex ref. 6719", Hindman / Bidsquare, 2014-04-08]
* [https://www.lelandlittle.com/items/568411/lady-s-stainless-steel-and-gold-i-oyster-perpetual-i-watch-rolex/ Leland Little, "Leland Little, Fine Jewelry Auction, 12 June 2025, lot 1089 — Rolex ref. 6719", Leland Little, 2025-06-12]
* [https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/christies-watches-online-keystone-collection/rolex-ladies-18k-oyster-perpetual-ref-6719-162/73481 Christie's, "Christie's, ladies' 18K Oyster Perpetual ref. 6719, circa 1982", Christie's]
* [https://rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=703937 forum member Jim_Bob_Jumpback, "Rolex Forums, “ROLEX Ladies O.P. No Date 14K/18K 6719”", Rolex Forums, 2019-10]
* [https://rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=918283 forum members, "Rolex Forums, “6719 bracelet questions”", Rolex Forums, 2023-09]
* [https://www.rolexforums.com/~trfcom/showthread.php?t=343135 forum members, "Rolex Forums, “Rolex Watch Reference Numbers”", Rolex Forums]
* [https://rolexforums.com/showthread.php?p=10312582 forum seller, "Rolex Forums sale post, Rolex ref. 6719, 23 January 2020", Rolex Forums, 2020-01]
* [https://www.vrfm.io/Scans/TECHNICAL-SERVICE-INFO-3RD-EDITION-1978.pdf Rolex, "Rolex Technical and Service Information, third edition (1978) — Cal. 2030/2035", Rolex Watch U.S.A., 1978]

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