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<small>[[Reference:bubbleback|Bubbleback]] › '''3130'''</small>
<small>[[Reference:bubbleback|Bubbleback]] → '''3130'''</small>


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[[File:Ref 3130 hero.webp|thumb|center|640px|alt=Rolex Oyster Perpetual Bubbleback 3130 in 14K pink gold with a silvered dial on a leather strap|Rolex Oyster Perpetual "Bubbleback" 3130, 14K pink gold, Christie's Watches Online, May 2018.]]
[[File:Ref 3130 hero.webp|thumb|center|640px|alt=Rolex Oyster Perpetual Bubbleback 3130 in 14K pink gold with silvered dial on a leather strap|14K pink-gold ref. 3130, Christie's Watches Online, May 2018.]]
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The 3130 is a precious-metal Bubbleback documented across eight lots at Christie's, Phillips,
Auction records describe more than one kind of ref. 3130. They include a stainless-steel, hand-wound watch with a black dial, gold examples with automatic movements and both subsidiary and centre seconds, and retailer-associated watches and mixed-numeral dials. These are catalogue descriptions of individual watches; they do not establish a complete specification or factory production range.
Antiquorum, and Bonhams between 2002 and 2026. Every recorded example runs a 9 3/4-ligne
automatic movement with subsidiary seconds at six, cased in 14K or 18K gold in both yellow and
pink tones — no stainless steel example has surfaced. The reference sits alongside 3131 and
3132, the pair The Vintage Rolex Field Manual names as the first Bubblebacks to adopt Rolex's
two-piece Oyster case in 1936; the Field Manual does not include 3130 in that statement, and no
3130 lot describes its own case construction directly.
 
Most 3130s carry a plain silvered or champagne dial with applied Arabic numerals. Three lots
break that pattern: an 18K gold example with a black lacquer "California" dial, half Roman
numerals above the centre line and half Arabic below; and two pink gold examples sold by
Antiquorum a few months apart, one with a plain signed dial and the other with a dial co-signed
"Serpico y Laino," the Caracas jeweler that retailed Rolex across Venezuela.


==Core facts==
==Core facts==
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|-
|-
| reference
| reference
| 3130
| 3130; the Field Manual also lists 3130/7 and 3130/8
|-
|-
| family
| family
| Oyster Perpetual "Bubbleback"
| Oyster Perpetual; grouped with Bubblebacks in collector references
|-
|-
| production
| production
| no confirmed factory range; documented examples run circa 1938 to circa 1946
| no confirmed factory range; auction catalogues date individual examples from circa 1937 to circa 1955, with conflicting estimates
|-
|-
| case diameter
| case examples
| 32mm on most lots; 33mm on two later listings
| stainless steel, 14K gold and 18K gold; 31–33mm in the cited catalogues
|-
|-
| case shape
| movement examples
| tonneau, Oyster-cased, screw-down crown and back
| Sotheby's catalogued a manual-wind Cal. 50; Christie's catalogued automatic Cal. 635 examples; other lots describe automatic movements without a caliber number
|-
|-
| case materials
| catalogue jewel counts
| 14K and 18K gold, yellow and pink/rose tones; no steel example documented
| 17, 18 and 19 are reported for different examples
|-
|-
| movement
| seconds layouts
| 9 3/4-ligne automatic, 17 jewels, subsidiary seconds at 6 — matches the Cal. 620 family used on sibling 3131
| subsidiary seconds and centre seconds are both documented
|-
|-
| dial
| dial examples
| silvered or champagne (most common); black lacquer "California" dial (rare); dial signed "Serpico y Laino" (rare)
| silvered, champagne, pink and black; black California-style dials and one co-signed Serpico y Laino dial are also documented
|-
| bracelet
| leather strap on most documented examples; one lot on an associated 18K rose gold riveted Oyster bracelet
|-
| documented case numbers
| 521'285; 1'320; 46656; 411508
|}
|}


==Where it sits in the line==
==Where it sits in the line==


"Bubbleback" is a collector nickname, never an official Rolex designation, for the family of
“Bubbleback” is a collector name for early Oyster Perpetual watches with a domed back for the self-winding mechanism. The Vintage Rolex Field Manual lists 3130/7 and 3130/8 in yellow and rose gold. Both rows say “Chronometer” and “Perpetual, Seconds sub-dial”; neither gives a start year or caliber. The same book names refs. 3131 and 3132 as the references that introduced a two-piece Oyster case in 1936. It does not include 3130 in that statement.
Oyster Perpetual references built from the early 1930s through the mid-1950s around the domed
caseback needed to clear the early self-winding rotor. The Vintage Rolex Field Manual credits
references 3131 and 3132 by name as the two Bubblebacks that introduced Rolex's two-piece Oyster
case in 1936 — the caseback screws directly into the case middle rather than into a separate
bezel ring. The 3130 sits in the same case-number neighborhood and shares its 32mm diameter, but
it is not named in that statement, and none of its eight documented lots describes the case as
two-piece or three-piece. Its movement, by contrast, tracks the 3131 side of the family closely:
every documented 3130 runs subsidiary seconds rather than the centre sweep seconds that defines
sibling 3132.


The Field Manual's own Bubbleback reference table lists suffix variants 3130/7 and 3130/8 in
Auction catalogues show why the reference should not be reduced to one configuration. A 2013 Sotheby's listing describes a stainless-steel, manually wound Cal. 50 watch with subsidiary seconds. Christie's described a 14K gold 3130 with automatic Cal. 635 and centre seconds in 2007. Other gold examples have automatic movements and subsidiary seconds. The surviving records do not explain when or why these differences arose.
yellow and pink gold, both marked "Perpetual, Seconds sub-dial." It does not print a caliber
number or a start year against either row — a gap that stands out next to the adjacent 3131/7
and 3131/8 rows, which pair caliber 620 directly with 1936.


==Production outline==
==Production and dating==


No primary source states a factory production window for the 3130. The documented auction
No factory source reviewed for this audit gives a production start, end or total for the reference. Auction houses date individual examples differently: Sotheby's catalogued its steel Cal. 50 watch as circa 1937; Antiquorum dated gold examples to 1942 and 1946; and Christie's described a Cal. 635 centre-seconds watch as circa 1948. Another Christie's catalogue labels a ref. 3130 circa 1955. These are house estimates for individual watches, and the disagreement does not set the reference's production span.
record runs from a circa-1938 Bonhams example through a circa-1946 Antiquorum lot, with the
 
clearest anchor at the late end: Phillips catalogued its 2021 sale watch, case 521'285, as "one
Phillips called its circa-1945 example one of the last generation of the model and noted a pantograph-engraved serial. Christie's later date estimate conflicts with that description. Neither catalogue establishes a factory close-out date. Case serials can be compared with the [[Reference:Serial-numbers|serial-number guide]], but a chart alone cannot establish when an individual watch was assembled or sold.
of the last generation of the model's production run," noting the serial was engraved by
pantograph, a technique Rolex adopted only after the war. That places the tail of the 3130's run
into the mid-1940s, though it describes one specific watch rather than a confirmed close-out
date.


==Movement notes==
==Movement notes==


Every documented 3130 lot describes the same movement profile: a 9 3/4-ligne automatic, 17
The reference does not have one movement assignment in the auction record. Sotheby's described a 31mm steel example as a hand-wound Cal. 50 with 17 jewels and subsidiary seconds. Christie's catalogued a 14K gold watch as automatic Cal. 635, 19 jewels, with centre seconds. Antiquorum’s 2006 lot 256 names Cal. 635 in an automatic 3130 with subsidiary seconds. Other catalogues give only movement size or type, not a caliber number.
jewels where the jewel count is given, with subsidiary seconds at six. "9 3/4-ligne" identifies
 
the movement's diameter class rather than a single caliber number — a sizing convention Rolex
The 9¾-ligne automatic descriptions therefore should not be converted into a Cal. 620 attribution without a stamped movement or stronger reference-specific documentation. The [[Reference:Movements|movement guide]] treats the documented 3130 Cal. 50 and Cal. 635 examples as individual catalogue records; neither establishes every 3130's movement. Catalogues also report different jewel counts, so check the movement itself before using a count to identify a watch.
used across several Bubbleback-era automatic movements. The seconds layout and jewel count match
the Cal. 620 fitted to sibling reference 3131 rather than the sweep-seconds Cal. 630 used on
3132, but no 3130 lot names a caliber number outright or photographs a stamped movement, so the
attribution rests on the auction description matching the 620 family rather than a direct
confirmation. Christie's 2002 lot adds one further detail: a "nickel finished self-winding
movement with patented Super-Balance," the simplified balance Rolex introduced across the
9 3/4-ligne Bubbleback family in 1935.


==Dial map==
==Dial map==


The great majority of documented 3130s carry a silvered or brushed champagne dial with applied
Silvered and champagne dials with Arabic or baton markers appear in the auction sample. Other documented examples broaden that picture:
Arabic numerals, a small seconds register at six, and the standard "Rolex Oyster Perpetual /
Chronometer" signature. Three lots depart from that pattern.
 
[[File:Ref 3130 dial-variant-california.webp|thumb|right|280px|alt=Rolex Bubbleback 3130 with a black lacquer California dial on an 18K gold bracelet|Black lacquer "California" dial, case 1'320, Christie's Geneva, May 2014.]]


Christie's 2014 Geneva sale offered an 18K gold example, case 1'320, with a black lacquer
* Christie's catalogued two black California-style dials, in 2014 and 2023. The 2014 lot combines Roman numerals, Arabic numerals, batons and dagger markers; the 2023 lot also has a black California dial.
"California" dial. Roman numerals run from 11 through 2, Arabic from 4 through 8, mixed with
* A Sotheby's 2013 steel example has a matte black dial with painted gold Arabic numerals and baton indexes.
baton and dagger markers. The house's own lot essay calls it "the much sought-after 'California'
* Bonhams described a circa-1946 pink-gold example with a black dial, dagger markers, luminous dots, 3/6/9 numerals and centre seconds.
dial."
* Antiquorum’s 2026 example has a dial signed “Serpico y Laino.” Sotheby’s also catalogued 3130s retailed by Cartier and Cuervo y Sobrinos; those retailer attributions do not show that their dials carry those names.


[[File:Ref 3130 dial-variant-serpico-y-laino.webp|thumb|right|280px|alt=Rolex Bubbleback 3130 in 18K pink gold with a dial co-signed Serpico y Laino|18K pink gold example, dial co-signed "Serpico y Laino," Antiquorum Geneva, May 2026.]]
Retailer signatures require individual scrutiny. Rolex Passion Report documents Serpico y Laino signatures on other Rolex references and warns that the name has also been added to unsigned dials. That source is a collector lead, not authentication of a particular 3130. The California-dial lots are likewise individual examples, not proof of a standard or production-wide variant.


Antiquorum sold two otherwise near-identical 18K pink gold, 32mm, 17-jewel examples five months
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apart: an ex-Italian-collector watch with a standard signed dial (November 2025, sold CHF 9,375
File:Ref 3130 dial-variant-california.webp|alt=Rolex 3130 with a black lacquer California dial|California-style dial, Christie's 2014
against a CHF 3,000-6,000 estimate) and, in May 2026, an ex-Japanese-collection watch whose dial
File:Ref 3130 dial-variant-serpico-y-laino.webp|alt=Rolex 3130 dial signed Serpico y Laino|Serpico y Laino signature, Antiquorum 2026
carries a second line reading "Serpico y Laino" (sold CHF 18,750 against a CHF 8,000-14,000
</gallery>
estimate). Both lots graded the case "excellent," so condition does not explain the gap between
the two results as cleanly as the retailer signature does — though a two-lot comparison across
different sale dates is a data point, not a demonstrated pricing rule for the reference.
 
Serpico y Laino operated out of Caracas, Venezuela, and its signature appears across the wider
Rolex catalogue. Rolex Passion Report documents it on references including 6062, 6034, 6036,
5512, 5508, GMT-Master 6542 and 1675, Explorer 6350, Thunderbird 6309, and assorted Submariner
and gold models. The same source carries an explicit warning that counterfeit Serpico y Laino
prints have been added to genuine, unsigned vintage Rolex dials specifically to chase the premium
a real signature commands; distinguishing a correct print from an incorrect one is a documented
point of comparison among specialists rather than something obvious at a glance. Both variants
documented here, the California dial and the Serpico y Laino signature, rest on a single lot
each. Real, but a lead rather than evidence of a wider production run.


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


[[File:Ref 3130 caseback.webp|thumb|right|280px|alt=Caseback of a Rolex Bubbleback 3130 in 14K pink gold|Caseback, 14K pink gold lot, Christie's Watches Online, May 2018.]]
The cited catalogues describe cases from 31mm to 33mm. Several gold examples are called tonneau-shaped; an Antiquorum 2008 lot describes a three-body case, and a separate 2013 Sotheby's lot calls its steel watch an “Oyster Commander.” Those descriptions do not establish one case construction or size for every 3130. The 1936 two-piece-case statement in the Field Manual applies to refs. 3131 and 3132, not to 3130.


Every documented 3130 shares the same tonneau-shaped Oyster case with a smooth fixed bezel and
[[File:Ref 3130 caseback.webp|thumb|right|220px|alt=Caseback of a 14K pink-gold Rolex 3130|Caseback of Christie's 2018 example.]]
screw-down crown and back. Case diameter is given as 32mm on the earlier Christie's and both
Antiquorum lots, and 33mm on a later Christie's online sale and a Bonhams London lot — the same
few-millimeter spread already documented on sibling 3131, where different houses appear to
measure the tonneau case at slightly different points rather than describing a distinct case
size. Weight is recorded on one example at approximately 42g, consistent with a solid gold case
rather than a gold-capped or bi-metal construction.


==Bracelet and strap==
==Bracelet and strap==


[[File:Ref 3130 bracelet.webp|thumb|right|280px|alt=Rolex Bubbleback 3130 in 18K rose gold on an associated riveted Oyster bracelet|18K rose gold example on an associated riveted Oyster bracelet, Bonhams London, February 2019.]]
Leather straps appear on several catalogued watches. Christie's described a 2014 California-dial example on an 18K gold expandable bracelet. Bonhams called the riveted Oyster bracelet on its 2019 pink-gold watch “associated”; that wording does not show it left Rolex with the watch.


Most documented 3130s are fitted to leather straps. One exception, a Bonhams London lot from
[[File:Ref 3130 bracelet.webp|thumb|right|220px|alt=18K rose-gold 3130 with an associated riveted Oyster bracelet|Bonhams' 2019 example with an associated bracelet.]]
2019, carries an 18K rose gold riveted Oyster bracelet that the house's own catalogue calls
"associated" rather than original — period in style, but not established as delivered with that
specific watch. The 2014 Christie's California-dial example is fitted to an 18K gold expandable
bracelet.


==Auction record==
==Auction record==
The table lists selected catalogue records that document differences between examples. It is not a complete census. Catalogue dates, movement descriptions and condition statements are attributed to the sale house.


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Venue
! Venue and date
! Date
! Lot / case number
! Lot
! Catalogue description
! Case No.
! Material / dial
! Result
! Result
|-
|-
| Christie's, Important Watches and Wristwatches
| Christie's, 2002
| 2002-05-14
| 68
| 68
| not given
| 14ct gold; silvered dial; automatic movement; 32mm
| 14ct gold, silvered dial
| CHF 11,950
| Sold CHF 11,950 (est. CHF 8,000-11,000)
|-
|-
| Bonhams, Los Angeles (benefit sale)
| Christie's, 2007
| 2005-06-28
| 2858 / 443093
| 472
| 14K gold; automatic Cal. 635, 19 jewels; centre seconds; 32mm
| not given
| HKD 32,500
| 14k yellow gold, silvered dial with auxiliary seconds
| Sold USD 2,350 incl. premium (est. USD 2,500-3,500)
|-
|-
| Christie's, Geneva, Important Watches
| Antiquorum, 2008
| 2014-05-12
| 681 / 444191
| 241
| 14K pink gold; automatic 9¾-ligne movement; three-body case; 32mm
| 1'320
| CHF 9,600
| 18K gold, black lacquer "California" dial, gold bracelet
| Sold CHF 20,000 (est. CHF 8,000-12,000)
|-
|-
| Christie's, Watches Online Featuring Swiss Icons
| Sotheby's, 2013
| 2018-05-08
| 197 / 104789
| 163
| Stainless steel; hand-wound Cal. 50, 17 jewels; subsidiary seconds; 31mm
| not given
| USD 5,000
| 14k pink gold, 33mm, silvered dial
| Sold USD 5,250 (est. USD 3,000-5,000)
|-
|-
| Bonhams, London
| Christie's, Geneva, 2014
| 2019-02-19
| 241 / 1'320
| 75
| 18K gold; black California-style dial; expandable gold bracelet; 32mm
| 55*** (masked)
| CHF 20,000
| 18K rose gold, champagne dial, associated Oyster bracelet
| Sold GBP 2,500 incl. premium (est. GBP 2,500-3,500)
|-
|-
| Phillips, The 2021 New York Watch Auction
| Phillips, New York, 2021
| 2021
| 18 / 521'285
| 18
| 14K pink gold; automatic 9¾-ligne movement, 17 jewels; 32mm
| 521'285
| USD 17,640
| 14K pink gold, silvered dial, pantograph-engraved serial
| Sold USD 17,640 (est. USD 3,000-6,000)
|-
|-
| Antiquorum, Geneva
| Christie's, Geneva, 2023
| 2025-11-08
| 78 / 3120
| 208
| 18K yellow gold; black California-style dial; 32mm
| 411508
| Result not stated in linked lot description
| 18K pink gold, standard signed dial
| Sold CHF 9,375 (est. CHF 3,000-6,000)
|-
|-
| Antiquorum, Geneva
| Antiquorum, Geneva, 2025
| 2026-05-09
| 208 / 411508
| 188
| 18K pink gold; automatic 9¾-ligne movement, 17 jewels; 32mm
| 46656
| CHF 9,375
| 18K pink gold, dial signed "Serpico y Laino"
|-
| Sold CHF 18,750 (est. CHF 8,000-14,000)
| Antiquorum, Geneva, 2026
| 188 / 46656
| 18K pink gold; luminous dial signed Serpico y Laino; 32mm
| CHF 18,750
|}
|}
The California-dial watch and the Phillips pantograph-serial example are the two strongest
results in the record, both well above their estimates. Eight results across four houses, two
currencies, and twenty-four years is a thin sample for pricing conclusions — condition, dial
rarity, and retailer signature all appear to move results more than any consistent baseline value
for the reference.


==Related references==
==Related references==


* [[Reference:3131|3131]] — sibling reference sharing the subsidiary-seconds movement family; named by the Field Manual as one of the first two-piece-case Bubblebacks
* [[Reference:3131|3131]], an adjacent Bubbleback reference listed with Cal. 620 in the Field Manual
* [[Reference:3132|3132]] — sibling reference with centre sweep seconds instead of a subsidiary register
* [[Reference:3132|3132]], an adjacent reference listed with Cal. 630 and centre seconds
* [[Reference:bubbleback|Bubbleback family guide]]
* [[Reference:Movements|Movement reference]]
* [[Reference:Serial-numbers|Serial numbers by year]]


See also the [[Reference:Movements|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets|bracelet & clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers|serial numbers by year]].
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File:Ref 3130 hero.webp|alt=Rolex 3130 in 14K pink gold with silvered dial|14K pink-gold example, Christie's 2018
File:Ref 3130 caseback.webp|alt=Caseback of a 14K pink-gold Rolex 3130|Caseback, Christie's 2018
File:Ref 3130 dial-variant-california.webp|alt=Rolex 3130 with black California-style dial|California-style dial, Christie's 2014
File:Ref 3130 dial-variant-serpico-y-laino.webp|alt=Rolex 3130 dial signed Serpico y Laino|Serpico y Laino signature, Antiquorum 2026
File:Ref 3130 bracelet.webp|alt=Rolex 3130 on an associated rose-gold riveted bracelet|Associated bracelet, Bonhams 2019
</gallery>


== Sources ==
== Sources ==


* [https://phillips.com/detail/rolex/159994 "Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Bubbleback, ref. 3130", Phillips, The 2021 New York Watch Auction]
* [https://phillips.com/detail/rolex/159994 "Rolex ref. 3130 Bubbleback, 14K pink gold — Phillips, The 2021 New York Watch Auction, lot 18", Phillips, 2021]
* [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5790152 "Rolex. A very rare and attractive 18K gold automatic bubble back wristwatch with black lacquer California dial and bracelet, ref. 3130", Christie's Geneva, 2014-05-12]
* [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5790152 "Rolex ref. 3130 Bubbleback, California dial, 18K gold — Christie's Geneva, Important Watches, 12 May 2014, lot 241", Christie's, 2014-05-12]
* [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-3910112 "Rolex. A 14ct gold automatic 'Bubble-back' wristwatch, ref. 3130, circa 1945", Christie's, 2002-05-14]
* [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-3910112 "Rolex ref. 3130 Bubbleback, 14ct gold — Christie's, Important Watches and Wristwatches, 14 May 2002, lot 68", Christie's, 2002-05-14]
* [https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/christies-watches-online-swiss-icons/rolex-14k-oyster-perpetual-bubble-back-ref-3130-163/56363 "Rolex, 14K Oyster Perpetual 'Bubble-back', ref. 3130", Christie's Watches Online, 2018-05-08]
* [https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/christies-watches-online-swiss-icons/rolex-14k-oyster-perpetual-bubble-back-ref-3130-163/56363 "Rolex ref. 3130 Bubbleback, 14k pink gold — Christie's Watches Online Featuring Swiss Icons, 8 May 2018, lot 163", Christie's, 2018-05-08]
* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-3130-bubbleback-lot-386-188 "Rolex, Switzerland, ref. 3130, Bubbleback, luminous dial, retailed by Serpico y Laino, 18K pink gold", Antiquorum Geneva, 2026-05-09]
* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-3130-bubbleback-lot-386-188 "Rolex ref. 3130 Bubbleback, retailed by Serpico y Laino, 18K pink gold — Antiquorum Geneva, 9 May 2026, lot 188", Antiquorum, 2026-05-09]
* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-3130-bubbleback-lot-381-208 "Rolex, Switzerland, ref. 3130, Bubbleback, 18K pink gold", Antiquorum Geneva, 2025-11-08]
* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-3130-bubbleback-lot-381-208 "Rolex ref. 3130 Bubbleback, 18K pink gold — Antiquorum Geneva, 8 Nov 2025, lot 208", Antiquorum, 2025-11-08]
* "Rolex. An 18K rose gold automatic bracelet watch, Oyster Perpetual, ref. 3130, circa 1938", Bonhams London, 2019-02-19
* [https://www.bonhams.com/auction/13105/lot/472/a-rolex-geneve-bubbleback-gold-self-winding-watch-reference-3130/ "Rolex ref. 3130 Bubbleback, 14k yellow gold — Bonhams Los Angeles, 27-28 June 2005, lot 472", Bonhams, 2005-06-28]
* "A Rolex, Geneve 'Bubbleback' gold, self-winding watch, reference #3130, circa 1940", Bonhams Los Angeles, 2005-06-28
* [https://www.bonhams.com/auction/25394/lot/75/rolex-an-18k-rose-gold-automatic-bracelet-watch-oyster-perpetual-ref-3130-circa-1938/ "Rolex ref. 3130 Bubbleback, 18K rose gold — Bonhams London, 19 Feb 2019, lot 75", Bonhams, 2019-02-19]
* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual — Bubbleback reference table, ref. 3130/7 and 3130/8'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra
* [https://rolexpassionreport.com/2086/vintage-rolex-serpico-y-laino/ "Vintage Rolex Serpico Y Laino", Rolex Passion Report]
* [https://rolexpassionreport.com/2086/vintage-rolex-serpico-y-laino/ "Vintage Rolex Serpico Y Laino", Rolex Passion Report]
* Colin A. White, ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'', Morning Tundra
* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/watches-n09002/lot.197.html "Rolex ref. 3130 stainless-steel Cal. 50 — Sotheby's Important Watches and Clocks, New York, 10 June 2013, lot 197", Sotheby's, 2013-06-10]
* [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5008631 "Rolex ref. 3130 Cal. 635 centre seconds — Christie's Hong Kong, Important Watches, 29 November 2007, lot 2858", Christie's, 2007-11-29]
* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-203-681 "Rolex ref. 3130 three-body case — Antiquorum Geneva, 16 March 2008, lot 681", Antiquorum, 2008-03-16]
* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-108-256 "Rolex ref. 3130 Cal. 635 — Antiquorum Geneva, Mondani Collection, 14 May 2006, lot 256", Antiquorum, 2006-05-14]
* [https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-rolex-a-14ct-gold-automatic-centre-seconds-4133893/ "Rolex ref. 3130 centre-seconds watch catalogued circa 1955 — Christie's, lot 106", Christie's]
* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/watches-3/rolex-reference-3130-oyster-perpetual-bubbleback "Rolex ref. 3130 retailed by Cartier — Sotheby's New York, 4 September 2020, lot 168", Sotheby's, 2020-09-04]
* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/watches-online-2/rolex-reference-3130-oyster-perpetual-bubbleback "Rolex ref. 3130 retailed by Cuervo y Sobrinos — Sotheby's New York, 29 October 2020, lot 94", Sotheby's, 2020-10-29]
* [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6450382 "Rolex ref. 3130 black California-style dial, case 3120 — Christie's Geneva, Rare Watches, 6 November 2023, lot 78", Christie's, 2023-11-06]
* [https://www.bonhams.com/auction/15217/lot/113/rolex-a-fine-14k-pink-gold-self-winding-wristwatchoyster-perpetual-bubbleback-ref3130-1930s/ "Rolex ref. 3130 black-dial pink-gold example — Bonhams New York, 5 December 2006, lot 113", Bonhams, 2006-12-05]


[[Category:Bubbleback]]
[[Category:Bubbleback]]
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