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<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Oyster Speedking<small>catalogued c.1952–1953</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:6056|6056]]</div></div> | <div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Oyster Speedking<small>catalogued c.1952–1953</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:6056|6056]]</div></div> | ||
<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Chronometre Scientific<small>1937 case marks; catalogued examples circa 1937</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:2942|2942]]</div></div> | <div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Chronometre Scientific<small>1937 case marks; catalogued examples circa 1937</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:2942|2942]]</div></div> | ||
<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Chronometer / Precision dress watch<small>catalogued c.1943–50; model classification unresolved</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:4364|4364]]</div></div> | |||
<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Round gold Precision<small>catalogued examples c.1945–1968; early date disputed</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:8952|8952]]</div></div> | |||
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Rolexopedia is a reference guide to vintage and discontinued Rolex watches. Browse a family to compare generations, or open a reference number for its production history, movement, dial variants and case details.
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The President from the 1956 originals through the 1803 era, five-digit sapphire, Day-Date II and Oysterquartz.
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Early hand-wound models, the long-running 5500 and the sapphire-crystal 14000 line.
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Rectangular Art-Deco chronometers: Classic 1343, Brancard 971, Railway and Tigre variants.
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Explorer
The 1016 is a 36mm Explorer with an acrylic crystal and a black 3-6-9 dial. Gilt and matte dials span its production run. The article compares their markings and explains how dial, movement and case details help identify a particular example.
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Numeric and letter-prefix year ranges, hallmark dating for early watches, and the limits of randomized serials.
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From the early manual-wind Oyster calibers through the 1500 and 3000 series to the Zenith and in-house chronographs.
Every reference, by era
Early two-register1930s–1940s
Round Oyster chronographsfrom c.1950
Ceramic 116xxx2005–19
Ceramic 126xxx2018–present
Current2021–present
Vintage Freccione1971–1984
Transitional1985–1989
Modern 40mm1989–2010
Single Red to Great White1967–1983
Ceramic2008–2017
Yacht-Master
Yacht-Master 42Introduced 2019
First automatic1953–57
Mid-centuryMostly 1950s catalogue dates; case 994893 has conflicting 1964 and 1954 estimates
Classic four-digit1950s–1988 catalogue examples; limits vary by reference
Five-digit Datejust 36Introduced 1988; published end dates differ
Late Bubblebackscatalogue examples circa 1945–1955; some later estimates conflict
Square Perpetual1940s–1952 catalogue examples
Later Bubbleback examplesCatalogue dates include a disputed 1930s outlier; others c.1946–60
Large no-date Oyster Perpetualcatalogue estimates c.1946–58; production span unsettled
Oyster Precision
Oysterdate Precision
Prince Imperial pocket watchc.1930–1945
Other vintage references
Manual-wind, small secondscatalogued 1929–1940s
Manual-wind Oystercatalogued 1930s–c.1955
Oyster Speedkingcatalogued c.1952–1953
Chronometre Scientific1937 case marks; catalogued examples circa 1937
Chronometer / Precision dress watchcatalogued c.1943–50; model classification unresolved
Round gold Precisioncatalogued examples c.1945–1968; early date disputed
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