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<small>[[Reference:bubbleback|Bubbleback]] | <small>[[Reference:bubbleback|Bubbleback]] › '''5015'''</small> | ||
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== Core facts == | ==Core facts== | ||
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== Where it sits in the line == | ==Where it sits in the line== | ||
“Bubbleback” is a collector nickname, not an official Rolex designation, for early Oyster Perpetual watches with a domed caseback around the automatic rotor. General histories place the family mainly from the 1930s into the mid-1950s. That makes the 1948–1950 dates consistent with the usual chronology; the 1961 Antiquorum date falls later and remains unresolved by the sources checked here. | “Bubbleback” is a collector nickname, not an official Rolex designation, for early Oyster Perpetual watches with a domed caseback around the automatic rotor. General histories place the family mainly from the 1930s into the mid-1950s. That makes the 1948–1950 dates consistent with the usual chronology; the 1961 Antiquorum date falls later and remains unresolved by the sources checked here. | ||
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== Production outline == | ==Production outline== | ||
The 14k Robert Maron listing gives circa 1948–1950, while a separate eBay listing identifies a 10k 5015 from 1948. These are dealer and marketplace records, not production documents. Antiquorum’s formal catalogue gives circa 1961 for its 18k gold-and-steel lot. The checked sources do not resolve the discrepancy. | The 14k Robert Maron listing gives circa 1948–1950, while a separate eBay listing identifies a 10k 5015 from 1948. These are dealer and marketplace records, not production documents. Antiquorum’s formal catalogue gives circa 1961 for its 18k gold-and-steel lot. The checked sources do not resolve the discrepancy. | ||
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== Dial map == | ==Dial map== | ||
The 14k gold example carries a champagne dial with applied gold Arabic numerals, embossed gold dot minute and second markers, gold leaf-style hands, and a blued steel seconds hand — a dressier configuration than the plainer signed dial documented on the 18k gold and steel Antiquorum example. | The 14k gold example carries a champagne dial with applied gold Arabic numerals, embossed gold dot minute and second markers, gold leaf-style hands, and a blued steel seconds hand — a dressier configuration than the plainer signed dial documented on the 18k gold and steel Antiquorum example. | ||
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[[File:Ref 5015 caseback.webp|thumb|right|220px|alt=Rolex 5015 caseback, engraved Rolex coronet, Geneve Suisse, Rolex Brevete, 5015|Caseback, case no. 647355]] | [[File:Ref 5015 caseback.webp|thumb|right|220px|alt=Rolex 5015 caseback, engraved Rolex coronet, Geneve Suisse, Rolex Brevete, 5015|Caseback, case no. 647355]] | ||
== Related references == | ==Related references== | ||
* [[Reference:3130|Bubbleback 3130]] (same self-winding family, solid-gold construction documented) | * [[Reference:3130|Bubbleback 3130]] (same self-winding family, solid-gold construction documented) | ||
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== Auction record == | ==Auction record== | ||
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The Antiquorum lot was unsold. The 14k gold engine-turned-bezel example appears in a dealer archive without a disclosed sale price. | The Antiquorum lot was unsold. The 14k gold engine-turned-bezel example appears in a dealer archive without a disclosed sale price. | ||
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File:Ref 5015 hero.webp|Gold 5015 Bubbleback example | File:Ref 5015 hero.webp|Gold 5015 Bubbleback example | ||