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


Auction catalogues usually describe a manual movement with 17 jewels. Antiquorum prints “13'''” for some watches and an uncertain “14?” for its 1992 example. Both figures are ligne measurements rather than caliber numbers.
Phillips describes its 2023 example as a manual 17-jewel movement; Sotheby's lists a mechanical 17-jewel movement. Antiquorum gives 13-ligne measurements for some examples and an uncertain “14?” for its 1992 lot. Those are movement sizes, not caliber numbers.


Pârvulesco names a Valjoux VZ base; Colin A. White's ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' lists V23. The reviewed sale records offer no movement photograph or clear bridge marking to settle the conflict, so the reference-level identification remains open.
Pârvulesco names a Valjoux VZ base; Colin A. White's ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' lists V23. The reviewed sale records offer no movement photograph or clear bridge marking to settle the conflict, so the reference-level identification remains open.
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File:Ref 2022 case profile.webp|Case flank and crown, silver case 365'414. Photo: Sotheby's, lot 272 (2021).
File:Ref 2022 case-detail.webp|Case flank and crown, silver case 365'414. Photo: Sotheby's, lot 272 (2021).
File:Ref 2022 caseback.webp|Snap-on caseback of silver case 365'414. Photo: Sotheby's, lot 272 (2021).
File:Ref 2022 caseback-detail.webp|Snap-on caseback of silver case 365'414. Photo: Sotheby's, lot 272 (2021).
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File:Ref 2022 hero.webp|Silver ref. 2022, case 365'414. Sotheby's lot 272 (2021).
File:Ref 2022 hero.webp|Silver ref. 2022, case 365'414. Sotheby's lot 272 (2021).
File:Ref 2022 case profile.webp|Case profile of case 365'414. Sotheby's lot 272 (2021).
File:Ref 2022 case-detail.webp|Case profile of case 365'414. Sotheby's lot 272 (2021).
File:Ref 2022 caseback.webp|Plain snap-on back of case 365'414. Sotheby's lot 272 (2021).
File:Ref 2022 caseback-detail.webp|Plain snap-on back of case 365'414. Sotheby's lot 272 (2021).
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