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Original delivery was on a rivet Oyster bracelet or on leather. The 7206 is the reference fitment, 20mm, non-stretch, with 58 end links, and it is documented on several well-preserved examples. The 6636 stretch rivet also appears. Late-production and service-fitted examples turn up on the 78360, which belongs to a much later bracelet generation and should not be read as original to a 1960s head. Leather deliveries came with the period buckle rather than a folding clasp. | Original delivery was on a rivet Oyster bracelet or on leather. The 7206 is the reference fitment, 20mm, non-stretch, with 58 end links, and it is documented on several well-preserved examples. The 6636 stretch rivet also appears. Late-production and service-fitted examples turn up on the 78360, which belongs to a much later bracelet generation and should not be read as original to a 1960s head. Leather deliveries came with the period buckle rather than a folding clasp. | ||
Bracelet dating and case dating are separate questions. A clasp stamp dates the bracelet and nothing else, and | Bracelet dating and case dating are separate questions. A clasp stamp dates the bracelet and nothing else, and service history can change the bracelet on an individual watch. One documented same-quarter pairing is Bonhams' 2014 New York lot: the house catalogued a New York lot in 2014 with a case dated IV.66 on a riveted 7206 stamped 4.66, a head and bracelet from the same quarter still together. The cross-family detail sits on [[Reference:Bracelets|the bracelet and clasp guide]]. | ||
==Special branches== | ==Special branches== | ||
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Two 1018s made for the Global Insurance Company have passed through Antiquorum. The earlier, case number 675731, was made in 1961 and carries a textured silver dial with the letter G encircling a world map, luminous steel dauphine hands and caliber 1560. The later, case number 1270063, was made in 1965. Antiquorum called both extremely rare; the pairing shows that Rolex supplied this dial over at least a four-year window rather than as a single batch. A third watch falls inside that window: Bonhams sold a 1964 1018 with caliber 1560 and a monogrammed world-map dial in London in November 2004, without naming the company it was made for. | Two 1018s made for the Global Insurance Company have passed through Antiquorum. The earlier, case number 675731, was made in 1961 and carries a textured silver dial with the letter G encircling a world map, luminous steel dauphine hands and caliber 1560. The later, case number 1270063, was made in 1965. Antiquorum called both extremely rare; the pairing shows that Rolex supplied this dial over at least a four-year window rather than as a single batch. A third watch falls inside that window: Bonhams sold a 1964 1018 with caliber 1560 and a monogrammed world-map dial in London in November 2004, without naming the company it was made for. | ||
[[File:Ref 1018 global insurance.webp|thumb|right|250px|Global Insurance promotional dial, the letter G encircling a world map | [[File:Ref 1018 global insurance.webp|thumb|right|250px|Global Insurance promotional dial, the letter G encircling a world map — Antiquorum lot 298-102|alt=Global Insurance promotional dial, the letter G encircling a world map — Antiquorum lot 298-102]] | ||
Logo dials of this kind sit at the boundary between original delivery and later addition on most references. | Logo dials of this kind sit at the boundary between original delivery and later addition on most references. The corporate customer, the spread across at least three years and the consistent dial description support an original-delivery interpretation, but do not replace watch-specific provenance. | ||
===Serpico y Laino=== | ===Serpico y Laino=== | ||
Christie's offered a Serpico y Laino signed 1018 in the Dubai online sale of October 2022, a silvered-dial steel example dated to around 1964. | Christie's offered a Serpico y Laino signed 1018 in the Dubai online sale of October 2022, a silvered-dial steel example dated to around 1964. A Serpico y Laino 1007 has also surfaced, so the signature is not unique to either reference. The lot went unsold. Its catalogue entry also describes the movement as manual-winding and the case as 34mm, descriptions that conflict with the 1018 evidence. The signature should therefore be checked against the watch and its movement rather than accepted on the lot title alone. | ||
===Black lacquer with gilt printing=== | ===Black lacquer with gilt printing=== | ||