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<div class="rp-hero-title">The Rolex reference encyclopedia</div>

Rolex ~~changed what~~ a ~~wristwatch could do. The Oyster case (1926) made watches waterproof~~, ~~the Perpetual rotor (1931) made them self-winding~~, ~~the Prince (1928) built them to chronometer grade. Watchmakers~~ and ~~collectors have spent the decades since cataloguing what changed across each reference. Rolexopedia stores that record in one place~~.

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.

~~Each article documents one~~ reference~~: production years, movement, dial~~ variants~~, case~~ and ~~bracelet details~~, ~~auction record~~, and ~~what to check when authenticating one. Inside one reference~~ the watch ~~can change a lot. A 5512 from 1962 is not the 5512 from 1978. Generation matters first~~. [[Rolexopedia:About|About the project →]]

A reference number can cover decades of changes. The articles distinguish documented variants and later replacements, with sources for further reading. The serial-number, movement and bracelet guides help compare the parts of an individual watch. [[Rolexopedia:About|About the project →]]

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<div class="rp-stat"><b>{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}</b><span>~~reference~~ articles</span></div>

<div class="rp-stat"><b>{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}</b><span>wiki articles</span></div>

<div class="rp-stat"><b>12</b><span>families</span></div>

<div class="rp-stat"><b>{{NUMBEROFFILES}}</b><span>~~photographs~~</span></div>

<div class="rp-stat"><b>{{NUMBEROFFILES}}</b><span>image files</span></div>

<div class="rp-stat"><b>~~1926–2020~~</b><span>~~years covered~~</span></div>

<div class="rp-stat"><b>1920s onward</b><span>historical coverage</span></div>

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<div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:submariner|Submariner]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">~~1953–2010 documented · 33 references~~</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">Early divers through the ceramic generations</div>

<div class="rp-card-text">~~The dive watch that became the template.~~ Big ~~Crowns~~, ~~gilt~~ 5512 and 5513 ~~runs~~, the Red Sub, and the five-digit sapphire ~~era~~.</div>

<div class="rp-card-text">Big Crown models, the 5512 and 5513 dial changes, the Red Sub and the five-digit sapphire references.</div>

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<div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:daytona|Daytona]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">~~1963–2016 documented · 37 references~~</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">Manual-wind, Zenith and in-house chronographs</div>

<div class="rp-card-text">Manual-wind Valjoux chronographs, the Paul Newman exotic dials, the Zenith automatics and the in-house 4130 generation.</div>

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<div class="rp-card-img">[[File:Ref ~~1675 hero~~.webp|400px|link=Reference:gmt-master|alt=Rolex GMT-Master]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-img rp-cover rp-cover-top">[[File:Ref gmt-master chuck-yeager-ad.webp|400px|link=Reference:gmt-master|alt=Rolex GMT-Master II Chuck Yeager advertisement]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:gmt-master|GMT-Master]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">~~1955–2019 documented · 26 references~~</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">GMT-Master and GMT-Master II</div>

<div class="rp-card-text">From the Bakelite-bezel 6542 through the long 1675 run to the ceramic GMT-Master II.</div>

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<div class="rp-card-img">[[File:Ref ~~1016 hero~~.webp|400px|link=Reference:explorer|alt=Rolex Explorer]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-img rp-cover rp-cover-top">[[File:Ref explorer vintage-ad.webp|400px|link=Reference:explorer|alt=Rolex Explorer advertisement with Hillary and Tenzing on Everest]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:explorer|Explorer]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">~~1952–2021 documented · 14 references~~</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">Early Explorers and their sapphire successors</div>

<div class="rp-card-text">The ~~3-6-9 dial from the~~ 6150 and 6350 to the 26-~~year~~ 1016 and ~~its~~ sapphire ~~successors~~.</div>

<div class="rp-card-text">The 6150 and 6350, the long-running 1016, and the later sapphire-crystal models.</div>

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<div class="rp-card-img">[[File:Ref ~~1655 hero~~.webp|400px|link=Reference:explorer-ii|alt=Rolex Explorer II]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-img rp-cover rp-cover-top">[[File:Ref explorer-ii vintage-ad.webp|400px|link=Reference:explorer-ii|alt=Rolex Explorer II advertisement with Alain Hubert]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:explorer-ii|Explorer II]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">~~1971–2010 documented · 5 references~~</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">Fixed-bezel watches with a 24-hour hand</div>

<div class="rp-card-text">The orange-hand 1655 Freccione, the transitional 16550 and the long-run 16570.</div>

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<div class="rp-card-img rp-cover">[[File:~~Sea~~-dweller ~~vintage poster~~.webp|400px|link=Reference:sea-dweller|alt=Rolex ~~Sea-Dweller~~]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-img rp-cover rp-cover-top">[[File:Ref sea-dweller deepstar-ad.webp|400px|link=Reference:sea-dweller|alt=Rolex Deepstar 4000 advertisement]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:sea-dweller|Sea-Dweller]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">~~1967–2017 documented · 6~~ references</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">Saturation-diving references</div>

<div class="rp-card-text">~~COMEX saturation divers:~~ Single Red, Double Red, Great White, Triple Six and ~~the 116600~~.</div>

<div class="rp-card-text">Single Red, Double Red and Great White 1665s, the Triple Six, later references and documented COMEX examples.</div>

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<div class="rp-card-img">[[File:Ref ~~6611 hero~~.webp|400px|link=Reference:day-date|alt=Rolex Day-Date]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-img rp-cover rp-cover-top">[[File:Ref day-date 1960-ad.webp|400px|link=Reference:day-date|alt=Rolex Day-Date 1960 advertisement]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:day-date|Day-Date]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">~~1956–2019 documented · 39 references~~</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">Day and date displays, in gold or platinum</div>

<div class="rp-card-text">The President from the 1956 originals through the 1803 era, five-digit sapphire, Day-Date II and Oysterquartz.</div>

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<div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:milgauss|Milgauss]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">~~1956–2023 documented · 4 references~~</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">Magnetic protection across two production eras</div>

<div class="rp-card-text">The ~~anti-magnetic Rolex:~~ lightning-bolt 6541, the ~~CERN~~ 1019 and the green-crystal 116400GV.</div>

<div class="rp-card-text">The lightning-bolt seconds hand of the 6541, the 1019 and the green-crystal 116400GV.</div>

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<div class="rp-card-img">[[File:Ref ~~5500 hero~~.webp|400px|link=Reference:air-king|alt=Rolex Air-King]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-img rp-cover rp-cover-top">[[File:Ref air-king vintage-ad.webp|400px|link=Reference:air-king|alt=Rolex Air-King advertisement, steel is a precious metal]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:air-king|Air-King]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">~~1945–2014 documented · 19 references~~</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">Early Air-Kings through the 34mm sapphire models</div>

<div class="rp-card-text">~~Battle of Britain origins~~, the 5500 ~~mainstay that ran for three decades~~ and the sapphire 14000 line.</div>

<div class="rp-card-text">Early hand-wound models, the long-running 5500 and the sapphire-crystal 14000 line.</div>

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<div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:oyster-perpetual|Oyster Perpetual]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">~~1950s–2020 documented · 25 references~~</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">Time-only automatic Oysters</div>

<div class="rp-card-text">The plain-dial Oyster: classic four-digit 1002 to 1018, five-digit and the last pre-refresh 116000 generation.</div>

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<div class="rp-card-img rp-cover">[[File:~~Bubbleback vintage poster~~.webp|400px|link=Reference:bubbleback|alt=Rolex ~~Bubbleback and early~~ Oyster]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-img rp-cover rp-cover-top">[[File:Ref oyster 1929-ad.webp|400px|link=Reference:bubbleback|alt=Rolex Oyster 1929 advertisement]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:bubbleback|Bubbleback and early Oyster]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">~~1926–1953 documented · 30 references~~</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">Manual Oysters and early automatics</div>

<div class="rp-card-text">The first waterproof Oysters, the domed-caseback automatics, the Padellone and the ~~Oyster Precision~~ manual-~~winds~~.</div>

<div class="rp-card-text">The first waterproof Oysters, the domed-caseback automatics, the [[Reference:padellone|Padellone]], manual-wind Oyster Precision models such as the [[Reference:6082|6082]], and later Oysterdate Precision references such as the [[Reference:6094|6094]]. A separate round dress watch, [[Reference:3540|ref. 3540]], is catalogued as a manual-wind Rolex Precision.</div>

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<div class="rp-card-img">[[File:Ref ~~1343 hero~~.webp|400px|link=Reference:prince|alt=Rolex Prince]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-img rp-cover rp-cover-top">[[File:Ref prince 1932-ad.webp|400px|link=Reference:prince|alt=Rolex Prince 1932 advertisement]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:prince|Prince]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">~~1928–1949 documented · 9 references~~</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">Rectangular and shaped cases</div>

<div class="rp-card-text">Rectangular Art-Deco chronometers: Classic 1343, Brancard 971, Railway and Tigre variants.</div>

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~~== From the archive ==~~

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~~<div class="rp-featured-img">[[File:Ref 1665 hero.webp|400px|link=Reference:1665|alt=Rolex Sea-Dweller 1665]]</div>~~

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~~<span class="rp-eyebrow">Sea-Dweller</span>~~

~~<div class="rp-featured-title">[[Reference:1665|Sea-Dweller 1665]]</div>~~

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The [[Reference:1665|1665]] is the original Sea-Dweller, the deep-saturation diver built with a helium escape valve for COMEX saturation work. Its Single Red and Double Red dials and its patent-pending caseback make it one of the most documented and most faked references in the catalogue.

~~<span class="rp-button">[[Reference:1665|Read the 1665 article →]]</span>~~

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== Reference guides ==

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<div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:Serial-numbers|Serial numbers]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">~~Date any Rolex from its serial~~</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">Serial systems and dating limits</div>

<div class="rp-card-text">~~Decodes the three Rolex serial systems: numeric before 1987~~, ~~letter prefixes 1987–2010~~, and ~~random alphanumeric from 2010~~.</div>

<div class="rp-card-text">Numeric and letter-prefix year ranges, hallmark dating for early watches, and the limits of randomized serials.</div>

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<div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:Movements|Movements]]</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">~~Every caliber, cross-family~~</div>

<div class="rp-card-meta">Calibers across the watch families</div>

<div class="rp-card-text">From the early manual-wind Oyster calibers through the 1500 and 3000 series to the Zenith and in-house chronographs.</div>

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<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Current<small>2020–present</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:126610LN|126610LN]] [[Reference:126610LV|126610LV]]</div></div>

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<div class="rp-index-head"><div class="rp-index-title">[[Reference:gmt-master|GMT-Master]]</div><div class="rp-index-more">[[Reference:gmt-master|Full GMT-Master ~~index~~ →]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-index-head"><div class="rp-index-title">[[Reference:pre-daytona-chronographs|Pre-Daytona chronographs]]</div><div class="rp-index-more">[[Reference:pre-daytona-chronographs|Full family guide →]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Early single-button<small>Catalogue dates c.1920–c.1940</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:2021|2021]] [[Reference:2226|2226]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Early Oyster monopusher<small>Catalogue dates c.1937–1942</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:3346|3346]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Early two-register<small>1930s–1940s</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:2508|2508]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Round Oyster chronographs<small>from c.1950</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:6034|6034]]</div></div>

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<div class="rp-index-head"><div class="rp-index-title">[[Reference:gmt-master|GMT-Master]]</div><div class="rp-index-more">[[Reference:gmt-master|Full GMT-Master guide →]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">GMT-Master II<small>1983–2007</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:16760|16760]] [[Reference:16710|16710]] [[Reference:16713|16713]] [[Reference:16718|16718]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">~~Ceramic 5~~-digit<small>2005–19</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:116718LN|116718LN]] [[Reference:116713LN|116713LN]] [[Reference:116710LN|116710LN]] [[Reference:116710BLNR|116710BLNR]] [[Reference:116719BLRO|116719BLRO]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Gem-set six-digit<small>from c.2006</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:116758SARU|116758 SARU]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Ceramic ~~6-digit~~<small>2018–present</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:126710BLRO|126710BLRO]] [[Reference:126711CHNR|126711CHNR]] [[Reference:126715CHNR|126715CHNR]] [[Reference:126710BLNR|126710BLNR]] [[Reference:126720VTNR|126720VTNR]] [[Reference:126713GRNR|126713GRNR]] [[Reference:126718GRNR|126718GRNR]] [[Reference:126710GRNR|126710GRNR]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Ceramic 116xxx<small>2005–19</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:116718LN|116718LN]] [[Reference:116713LN|116713LN]] [[Reference:116710LN|116710LN]] [[Reference:116710BLNR|116710BLNR]] [[Reference:116719BLRO|116719BLRO]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Ceramic 126xxx<small>2018–present</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:126710BLRO|126710BLRO]] [[Reference:126711CHNR|126711CHNR]] [[Reference:126715CHNR|126715CHNR]] [[Reference:126710BLNR|126710BLNR]] [[Reference:126720VTNR|126720VTNR]] [[Reference:126713GRNR|126713GRNR]] [[Reference:126718GRNR|126718GRNR]] [[Reference:126710GRNR|126710GRNR]]</div></div>

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<div class="rp-index-head"><div class="rp-index-title">[[Reference:explorer|Explorer]]</div><div class="rp-index-more">[[Reference:explorer|Full Explorer index →]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Vintage<small>1952–89</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:6150|6150]] [[Reference:6350|6350]] [[Reference:6610|6610]] [[Reference:1016|1016]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Modern<small>1989–2021</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:14270|14270]] [[Reference:114270|114270]] [[Reference:214270|214270]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Current<small>2021–present</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:124270|124270]]</div></div>

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<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Ceramic<small>2008–2017</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:116600|116600]]</div></div>

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<div class="rp-index-head"><div class="rp-index-title">Yacht-Master</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Yacht-Master 42<small>Introduced 2019</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:226659|226659]]</div></div>

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<div class="rp-index-head"><div class="rp-index-title">[[Reference:day-date|Day-Date]]</div><div class="rp-index-more">[[Reference:day-date|Full Day-Date index →]]</div></div>

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<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">6-digit Day-Date 36<small>2000–19</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:118238|118238]] [[Reference:118208|118208]] [[Reference:118235|118235]] [[Reference:118138|118138]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Day-Date II 41mm<small>2008–15</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:218238|218238]] [[Reference:218206|218206]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Oysterquartz<small>1977–2001</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:19018|19018]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Oysterquartz<small>1977–2001</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:19018|19018]] [[Reference:19028|19028]]</div></div>

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<div class="rp-index-head"><div class="rp-index-title">[[Reference:milgauss|Milgauss]]</div><div class="rp-index-more">[[Reference:milgauss|Full Milgauss index →]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">~~Original~~ and CERN era<small>~~1956–1988~~</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:6541|6541]] [[Reference:1019|1019]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Early and CERN era<small>c.1955–1988</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:6543|6543]] [[Reference:6541|6541]] [[Reference:1019|1019]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Modern<small>2007–2023</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:116400|116400]]</div></div>

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<div class="rp-index-head"><div class="rp-index-title">[[Reference:oyster-perpetual|Oyster Perpetual]]</div><div class="rp-index-more">[[Reference:oyster-perpetual|Full Oyster Perpetual index →]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Earlier references<small>Catalogue dates conflict; no production span established</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:4362|4362]] [[Reference:6548|6548]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Mid-century<small>Mostly 1950s catalogue dates; case 994893 has conflicting 1964 and 1954 estimates</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:6106|6106]] [[Reference:6502|6502]] [[Reference:6567|6567]] [[Reference:6584|6584]] [[Reference:6609|6609]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Ladies' time-only<small>1972–82 catalogue examples; factory span unknown</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:6718|6718]] [[Reference:6719|6719]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Four-digit Datejust 36<small>From 1959; Monochrome dates discontinuation to 1981</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:1601|1601]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Five-digit acrylic-crystal Datejust 36<small>Generation introduced 1977; reference end dates vary</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:16003|16003]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Five-digit sapphire-crystal Datejust 36<small>Introduced 1988; published end dates differ</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:16234|16234]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Last pre-refresh generation<small>2007–2020</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:116000|116000]] [[Reference:114300|114300]] [[Reference:177200|177200]] [[Reference:176200|176200]]</div></div>

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<div class="rp-index-head"><div class="rp-index-title">[[Reference:bubbleback|Bubbleback and early Oyster]]</div><div class="rp-index-more">[[Reference:bubbleback|Full Bubbleback and early Oyster index →]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Pre-Oyster and Oyster<small>1922–37</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:3666|3666]] [[Reference:2136|2136]] [[Reference:3003|3003]] [[Reference:3004|3004]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Manual-wind Oyster<small>c.1930s–1940s</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:1573|1573]] [[Reference:2280|2280]] [[Reference:2416|2416]] [[Reference:2849|2849]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Bubbleback era<small>1933–45</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:1858|1858]] [[Reference:3131|3131]] [[Reference:3372|3372]] [[Reference:3525|3525]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Late Bubblebacks<small>selected catalogue estimates circa 1940–1955; dates do not set production spans</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:5002|5002]] [[Reference:5003|5003]] [[Reference:5006|5006]] [[Reference:5010|5010]] [[Reference:5013|5013]] [[Reference:5018|5018]] [[Reference:5045|5045]] [[Reference:6006|6006]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Straight-lug Empire Oyster<small>catalogue dates circa 1940–1950s</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:3548|3548]] [[Reference:3716|3716]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Square Perpetual<small>1940s–1952 catalogue examples</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:4643|4643]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Later Bubbleback examples<small>Catalogue estimates span circa 1945–60; 4919 has a disputed 1930s outlier</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:4392|4392]] [[Reference:4919|4919]] [[Reference:5050|5050]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Large no-date Oyster Perpetual<small>catalogue estimates c.1946–58; production span unsettled</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:5026|5026]] [[Reference:5028|5028]] [[Reference:5029|5029]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Oyster Precision</div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:6082|6082]] [[Reference:6426|6426]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Oysterdate Precision</div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:6094|6094]]</div></div>

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<div class="rp-index-head"><div class="rp-index-title">[[Reference:prince|Prince]]</div><div class="rp-index-more">[[Reference:prince|Full Prince index →]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Other rectangular Princes<small>Catalogue dates c.1927–1938</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:1768|1768]] [[Reference:1880|1880]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Prince Imperial pocket watch<small>c.1930–1945</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:1645|1645]]</div></div>

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<div class="rp-index-head"><div class="rp-index-title">Other vintage references</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Manual-wind, small seconds<small>catalogued 1929–1940s</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:2318|2318]]</div></div>

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Rectangular manual-wind<small>catalogued circa 1930–1938</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:1381|1381]] [[Reference:1936|1936]]</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">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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== ~~Recently updated~~ ==

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* '''18 August 2026''' — [[Reference:~~1018~~|~~1018~~]] ~~(Oyster Perpetual) ·~~ [[Reference:~~116520~~|~~116520~~]] ~~(Daytona) ·~~ [[Reference:~~16528~~|~~16528~~]] ~~(Daytona) · [[Reference:116503|116503]] (Daytona) · [[Reference:18238|18238]] (Day-Date)~~

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Vintage dress watch<small>Catalogued examples dated 1967–69</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:3735|3735]]</div></div>

* '''17 August 2026''' — [[Reference:19019|19019]] (Day-Date)

<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Modern Cellini Prince</div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:5440/8|5440/8]] [[Reference:5441/9|5441/9]] [[Reference:5442/5|5442/5]]</div></div>

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 <div class="rp-hero-title">The Rolex reference encyclopedia</div>
 <div class="rp-hero-lede">
-Rolex changed what a wristwatch could do. The Oyster case (1926) made watches waterproof, the Perpetual rotor (1931) made them self-winding, the Prince (1928) built them to chronometer grade. Watchmakers and collectors have spent the decades since cataloguing what changed across each reference. Rolexopedia stores that record in one place.
+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.
-Each article documents one reference: production years, movement, dial variants, case and bracelet details, auction record, and what to check when authenticating one. Inside one reference the watch can change a lot. A 5512 from 1962 is not the 5512 from 1978. Generation matters first. [[Rolexopedia:About|About the project →]]
+A reference number can cover decades of changes. The articles distinguish documented variants and later replacements, with sources for further reading. The serial-number, movement and bracelet guides help compare the parts of an individual watch. [[Rolexopedia:About|About the project →]]
 </div>
 <div class="rp-stats">
-<div class="rp-stat"><b>{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}</b><span>reference articles</span></div>
+<div class="rp-stat"><b>{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}</b><span>wiki articles</span></div>
 <div class="rp-stat"><b>12</b><span>families</span></div>
-<div class="rp-stat"><b>{{NUMBEROFFILES}}</b><span>photographs</span></div>
+<div class="rp-stat"><b>{{NUMBEROFFILES}}</b><span>image files</span></div>
-<div class="rp-stat"><b>1926–2020</b><span>years covered</span></div>
+<div class="rp-stat"><b>1920s onward</b><span>historical coverage</span></div>
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 <div class="rp-card-body">
 <div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:submariner|Submariner]]</div>
-<div class="rp-card-meta">1953–2010 documented · 33 references</div>
+<div class="rp-card-meta">Early divers through the ceramic generations</div>
-<div class="rp-card-text">The dive watch that became the template. Big Crowns, gilt 5512 and 5513 runs, the Red Sub, and the five-digit sapphire era.</div>
+<div class="rp-card-text">Big Crown models, the 5512 and 5513 dial changes, the Red Sub and the five-digit sapphire references.</div>
 </div>
 </div>
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 <div class="rp-card-body">
 <div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:daytona|Daytona]]</div>
-<div class="rp-card-meta">1963–2016 documented · 37 references</div>
+<div class="rp-card-meta">Manual-wind, Zenith and in-house chronographs</div>
 <div class="rp-card-text">Manual-wind Valjoux chronographs, the Paul Newman exotic dials, the Zenith automatics and the in-house 4130 generation.</div>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="rp-card">
-<div class="rp-card-img">[[File:Ref 1675 hero.webp|400px|link=Reference:gmt-master|alt=Rolex GMT-Master]]</div>
+<div class="rp-card-img rp-cover rp-cover-top">[[File:Ref gmt-master chuck-yeager-ad.webp|400px|link=Reference:gmt-master|alt=Rolex GMT-Master II Chuck Yeager advertisement]]</div>
 <div class="rp-card-body">
 <div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:gmt-master|GMT-Master]]</div>
-<div class="rp-card-meta">1955–2019 documented · 26 references</div>
+<div class="rp-card-meta">GMT-Master and GMT-Master II</div>
 <div class="rp-card-text">From the Bakelite-bezel 6542 through the long 1675 run to the ceramic GMT-Master II.</div>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="rp-card">
-<div class="rp-card-img">[[File:Ref 1016 hero.webp|400px|link=Reference:explorer|alt=Rolex Explorer]]</div>
+<div class="rp-card-img rp-cover rp-cover-top">[[File:Ref explorer vintage-ad.webp|400px|link=Reference:explorer|alt=Rolex Explorer advertisement with Hillary and Tenzing on Everest]]</div>
 <div class="rp-card-body">
 <div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:explorer|Explorer]]</div>
-<div class="rp-card-meta">1952–2021 documented · 14 references</div>
+<div class="rp-card-meta">Early Explorers and their sapphire successors</div>
-<div class="rp-card-text">The 3-6-9 dial from the 6150 and 6350 to the 26-year 1016 and its sapphire successors.</div>
+<div class="rp-card-text">The 6150 and 6350, the long-running 1016, and the later sapphire-crystal models.</div>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="rp-card">
-<div class="rp-card-img">[[File:Ref 1655 hero.webp|400px|link=Reference:explorer-ii|alt=Rolex Explorer II]]</div>
+<div class="rp-card-img rp-cover rp-cover-top">[[File:Ref explorer-ii vintage-ad.webp|400px|link=Reference:explorer-ii|alt=Rolex Explorer II advertisement with Alain Hubert]]</div>
 <div class="rp-card-body">
 <div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:explorer-ii|Explorer II]]</div>
-<div class="rp-card-meta">1971–2010 documented · 5 references</div>
+<div class="rp-card-meta">Fixed-bezel watches with a 24-hour hand</div>
 <div class="rp-card-text">The orange-hand 1655 Freccione, the transitional 16550 and the long-run 16570.</div>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="rp-card">
-<div class="rp-card-img rp-cover">[[File:Sea-dweller vintage poster.webp|400px|link=Reference:sea-dweller|alt=Rolex Sea-Dweller]]</div>
+<div class="rp-card-img rp-cover rp-cover-top">[[File:Ref sea-dweller deepstar-ad.webp|400px|link=Reference:sea-dweller|alt=Rolex Deepstar 4000 advertisement]]</div>
 <div class="rp-card-body">
 <div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:sea-dweller|Sea-Dweller]]</div>
-<div class="rp-card-meta">1967–2017 documented · 6 references</div>
+<div class="rp-card-meta">Saturation-diving references</div>
-<div class="rp-card-text">COMEX saturation divers: Single Red, Double Red, Great White, Triple Six and the 116600.</div>
+<div class="rp-card-text">Single Red, Double Red and Great White 1665s, the Triple Six, later references and documented COMEX examples.</div>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="rp-card">
-<div class="rp-card-img">[[File:Ref 6611 hero.webp|400px|link=Reference:day-date|alt=Rolex Day-Date]]</div>
+<div class="rp-card-img rp-cover rp-cover-top">[[File:Ref day-date 1960-ad.webp|400px|link=Reference:day-date|alt=Rolex Day-Date 1960 advertisement]]</div>
 <div class="rp-card-body">
 <div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:day-date|Day-Date]]</div>
-<div class="rp-card-meta">1956–2019 documented · 39 references</div>
+<div class="rp-card-meta">Day and date displays, in gold or platinum</div>
 <div class="rp-card-text">The President from the 1956 originals through the 1803 era, five-digit sapphire, Day-Date II and Oysterquartz.</div>
 </div>
@@ Line 90: / Line 90: @@
 <div class="rp-card-body">
 <div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:milgauss|Milgauss]]</div>
-<div class="rp-card-meta">1956–2023 documented · 4 references</div>
+<div class="rp-card-meta">Magnetic protection across two production eras</div>
-<div class="rp-card-text">The anti-magnetic Rolex: lightning-bolt 6541, the CERN 1019 and the green-crystal 116400GV.</div>
+<div class="rp-card-text">The lightning-bolt seconds hand of the 6541, the 1019 and the green-crystal 116400GV.</div>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="rp-card">
-<div class="rp-card-img">[[File:Ref 5500 hero.webp|400px|link=Reference:air-king|alt=Rolex Air-King]]</div>
+<div class="rp-card-img rp-cover rp-cover-top">[[File:Ref air-king vintage-ad.webp|400px|link=Reference:air-king|alt=Rolex Air-King advertisement, steel is a precious metal]]</div>
 <div class="rp-card-body">
 <div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:air-king|Air-King]]</div>
-<div class="rp-card-meta">1945–2014 documented · 19 references</div>
+<div class="rp-card-meta">Early Air-Kings through the 34mm sapphire models</div>
-<div class="rp-card-text">Battle of Britain origins, the 5500 mainstay that ran for three decades and the sapphire 14000 line.</div>
+<div class="rp-card-text">Early hand-wound models, the long-running 5500 and the sapphire-crystal 14000 line.</div>
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 <div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:oyster-perpetual|Oyster Perpetual]]</div>
-<div class="rp-card-meta">1950s–2020 documented · 25 references</div>
+<div class="rp-card-meta">Time-only automatic Oysters</div>
 <div class="rp-card-text">The plain-dial Oyster: classic four-digit 1002 to 1018, five-digit and the last pre-refresh 116000 generation.</div>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="rp-card">
-<div class="rp-card-img rp-cover">[[File:Bubbleback vintage poster.webp|400px|link=Reference:bubbleback|alt=Rolex Bubbleback and early Oyster]]</div>
+<div class="rp-card-img rp-cover rp-cover-top">[[File:Ref oyster 1929-ad.webp|400px|link=Reference:bubbleback|alt=Rolex Oyster 1929 advertisement]]</div>
 <div class="rp-card-body">
 <div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:bubbleback|Bubbleback and early Oyster]]</div>
-<div class="rp-card-meta">1926–1953 documented · 30 references</div>
+<div class="rp-card-meta">Manual Oysters and early automatics</div>
-<div class="rp-card-text">The first waterproof Oysters, the domed-caseback automatics, the Padellone and the Oyster Precision manual-winds.</div>
+<div class="rp-card-text">The first waterproof Oysters, the domed-caseback automatics, the [[Reference:padellone|Padellone]], manual-wind Oyster Precision models such as the [[Reference:6082|6082]], and later Oysterdate Precision references such as the [[Reference:6094|6094]]. A separate round dress watch, [[Reference:3540|ref. 3540]], is catalogued as a manual-wind Rolex Precision.</div>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="rp-card">
-<div class="rp-card-img">[[File:Ref 1343 hero.webp|400px|link=Reference:prince|alt=Rolex Prince]]</div>
+<div class="rp-card-img rp-cover rp-cover-top">[[File:Ref prince 1932-ad.webp|400px|link=Reference:prince|alt=Rolex Prince 1932 advertisement]]</div>
 <div class="rp-card-body">
 <div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:prince|Prince]]</div>
-<div class="rp-card-meta">1928–1949 documented · 9 references</div>
+<div class="rp-card-meta">Rectangular and shaped cases</div>
 <div class="rp-card-text">Rectangular Art-Deco chronometers: Classic 1343, Brancard 971, Railway and Tigre variants.</div>
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-<!-- FEATURED:START -->
+{{Homepage featured}}
-== From the archive ==
-<div class="rp-featured">
-<div class="rp-featured-img">[[File:Ref 1665 hero.webp|400px|link=Reference:1665|alt=Rolex Sea-Dweller 1665]]</div>
-<div>
-<span class="rp-eyebrow">Sea-Dweller</span>
-<div class="rp-featured-title">[[Reference:1665|Sea-Dweller 1665]]</div>
-<div class="rp-featured-body">
-The [[Reference:1665|1665]] is the original Sea-Dweller, the deep-saturation diver built with a helium escape valve for COMEX saturation work. Its Single Red and Double Red dials and its patent-pending caseback make it one of the most documented and most faked references in the catalogue.
-<span class="rp-button">[[Reference:1665|Read the 1665 article →]]</span>
-</div>
-</div>
-</div>
-<!-- FEATURED:END -->
 == Reference guides ==
@@ Line 150: / Line 135: @@
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 <div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:Serial-numbers|Serial numbers]]</div>
-<div class="rp-card-meta">Date any Rolex from its serial</div>
+<div class="rp-card-meta">Serial systems and dating limits</div>
-<div class="rp-card-text">Decodes the three Rolex serial systems: numeric before 1987, letter prefixes 1987–2010, and random alphanumeric from 2010.</div>
+<div class="rp-card-text">Numeric and letter-prefix year ranges, hallmark dating for early watches, and the limits of randomized serials.</div>
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@@ Line 160: / Line 145: @@
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 <div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:Movements|Movements]]</div>
-<div class="rp-card-meta">Every caliber, cross-family</div>
+<div class="rp-card-meta">Calibers across the watch families</div>
 <div class="rp-card-text">From the early manual-wind Oyster calibers through the 1500 and 3000 series to the Zenith and in-house chronographs.</div>
 </div></div>
@@ Line 171: / Line 156: @@
 <div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Pre-five-digit<small>1953–90</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:6204|6204]] [[Reference:6205|6205]] [[Reference:6200|6200]] [[Reference:6536|6536]] [[Reference:6536-1|6536/1]] [[Reference:6538|6538]] [[Reference:5508|5508]] [[Reference:5510|5510]] [[Reference:5512|5512]] [[Reference:5513|5513]] [[Reference:5514|5514]] [[Reference:5517|5517]] [[Reference:1680|1680]]</div></div>
 <div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Five-digit<small>1979–2010</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:14060|14060]] [[Reference:14060M|14060M]] [[Reference:16800|16800]] [[Reference:16610|16610]] [[Reference:16610LV|16610LV]] [[Reference:16803|16803]] [[Reference:16808|16808]] [[Reference:16613|16613]] [[Reference:16618|16618]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Current<small>2020–present</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:126610LN|126610LN]] [[Reference:126610LV|126610LV]]</div></div>
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-<div class="rp-index-head"><div class="rp-index-title">[[Reference:gmt-master|GMT-Master]]</div><div class="rp-index-more">[[Reference:gmt-master|Full GMT-Master index →]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-index-head"><div class="rp-index-title">[[Reference:pre-daytona-chronographs|Pre-Daytona chronographs]]</div><div class="rp-index-more">[[Reference:pre-daytona-chronographs|Full family guide →]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Early single-button<small>Catalogue dates c.1920–c.1940</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:2021|2021]] [[Reference:2226|2226]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Early Oyster monopusher<small>Catalogue dates c.1937–1942</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:3346|3346]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Early two-register<small>1930s–1940s</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:2508|2508]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Round Oyster chronographs<small>from c.1950</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:6034|6034]]</div></div>
+</div>
+<div class="rp-index">
+<div class="rp-index-head"><div class="rp-index-title">[[Reference:gmt-master|GMT-Master]]</div><div class="rp-index-more">[[Reference:gmt-master|Full GMT-Master guide →]]</div></div>
 <div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Vintage<small>1955–99</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:6542|6542]] [[Reference:1675|1675]] [[Reference:16750|16750]] [[Reference:16753|16753]] [[Reference:16758|16758]] [[Reference:16700|16700]]</div></div>
 <div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">GMT-Master II<small>1983–2007</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:16760|16760]] [[Reference:16710|16710]] [[Reference:16713|16713]] [[Reference:16718|16718]]</div></div>
-<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Ceramic 5-digit<small>2005–19</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:116718LN|116718LN]] [[Reference:116713LN|116713LN]] [[Reference:116710LN|116710LN]] [[Reference:116710BLNR|116710BLNR]] [[Reference:116719BLRO|116719BLRO]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Gem-set six-digit<small>from c.2006</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:116758SARU|116758 SARU]]</div></div>
-<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Ceramic 6-digit<small>2018–present</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:126710BLRO|126710BLRO]] [[Reference:126711CHNR|126711CHNR]] [[Reference:126715CHNR|126715CHNR]] [[Reference:126710BLNR|126710BLNR]] [[Reference:126720VTNR|126720VTNR]] [[Reference:126713GRNR|126713GRNR]] [[Reference:126718GRNR|126718GRNR]] [[Reference:126710GRNR|126710GRNR]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Ceramic 116xxx<small>2005–19</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:116718LN|116718LN]] [[Reference:116713LN|116713LN]] [[Reference:116710LN|116710LN]] [[Reference:116710BLNR|116710BLNR]] [[Reference:116719BLRO|116719BLRO]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Ceramic 126xxx<small>2018–present</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:126710BLRO|126710BLRO]] [[Reference:126711CHNR|126711CHNR]] [[Reference:126715CHNR|126715CHNR]] [[Reference:126710BLNR|126710BLNR]] [[Reference:126720VTNR|126720VTNR]] [[Reference:126713GRNR|126713GRNR]] [[Reference:126718GRNR|126718GRNR]] [[Reference:126710GRNR|126710GRNR]]</div></div>
 </div>
 <div class="rp-index">
 <div class="rp-index-head"><div class="rp-index-title">[[Reference:explorer|Explorer]]</div><div class="rp-index-more">[[Reference:explorer|Full Explorer index →]]</div></div>
-<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Vintage<small>1952–89</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:6150|6150]] [[Reference:6350|6350]] [[Reference:6610|6610]] [[Reference:1016|1016]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Vintage<small>1952–89</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:6150|6150]] [[Reference:6350|6350]] [[Reference:6298|6298]] [[Reference:6610|6610]] [[Reference:1016|1016]]</div></div>
 <div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Modern<small>1989–2021</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:14270|14270]] [[Reference:114270|114270]] [[Reference:214270|214270]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Current<small>2021–present</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:124270|124270]]</div></div>
 </div>
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@@ Line 202: / Line 197: @@
 <div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Ceramic<small>2008–2017</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:116600|116600]]</div></div>
 </div>
+<div class="rp-index">
+<div class="rp-index-head"><div class="rp-index-title">Yacht-Master</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Yacht-Master 42<small>Introduced 2019</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:226659|226659]]</div></div>
+</div>
 <div class="rp-index">
 <div class="rp-index-head"><div class="rp-index-title">[[Reference:day-date|Day-Date]]</div><div class="rp-index-more">[[Reference:day-date|Full Day-Date index →]]</div></div>
@@ Line 209: / Line 209: @@
 <div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">6-digit Day-Date 36<small>2000–19</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:118238|118238]] [[Reference:118208|118208]] [[Reference:118235|118235]] [[Reference:118138|118138]]</div></div>
 <div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Day-Date II 41mm<small>2008–15</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:218238|218238]] [[Reference:218206|218206]]</div></div>
-<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Oysterquartz<small>1977–2001</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:19018|19018]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Oysterquartz<small>1977–2001</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:19018|19018]] [[Reference:19028|19028]]</div></div>
 </div>
 <div class="rp-index">
 <div class="rp-index-head"><div class="rp-index-title">[[Reference:milgauss|Milgauss]]</div><div class="rp-index-more">[[Reference:milgauss|Full Milgauss index →]]</div></div>
-<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Original and CERN era<small>1956–1988</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:6541|6541]] [[Reference:1019|1019]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Early and CERN era<small>c.1955–1988</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:6543|6543]] [[Reference:6541|6541]] [[Reference:1019|1019]]</div></div>
 <div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Modern<small>2007–2023</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:116400|116400]]</div></div>
 </div>
@@ Line 225: / Line 225: @@
 <div class="rp-index">
 <div class="rp-index-head"><div class="rp-index-title">[[Reference:oyster-perpetual|Oyster Perpetual]]</div><div class="rp-index-more">[[Reference:oyster-perpetual|Full Oyster Perpetual index →]]</div></div>
-<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Classic four-digit<small>1959–1988</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:1002|1002]] [[Reference:1003|1003]] [[Reference:1005|1005]] [[Reference:1007|1007]] [[Reference:1018|1018]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Earlier references<small>Catalogue dates conflict; no production span established</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:4362|4362]] [[Reference:6548|6548]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Mid-century<small>Mostly 1950s catalogue dates; case 994893 has conflicting 1964 and 1954 estimates</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:6106|6106]] [[Reference:6502|6502]] [[Reference:6567|6567]] [[Reference:6584|6584]] [[Reference:6609|6609]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Classic four-digit<small>1950s–1988 catalogue examples; limits vary by reference</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:1002|1002]] [[Reference:1003|1003]] [[Reference:1005|1005]] [[Reference:1007|1007]] [[Reference:1008|1008]] [[Reference:1009|1009]] [[Reference:1010|1010]] [[Reference:1011|1011]] [[Reference:1012|1012]] [[Reference:1013|1013]] [[Reference:1014|1014]] [[Reference:1018|1018]] [[Reference:1022|1022]] [[Reference:1023|1023]] [[Reference:1024|1024]] [[Reference:1025|1025]] [[Reference:1026|1026]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Ladies' time-only<small>1972–82 catalogue examples; factory span unknown</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:6718|6718]] [[Reference:6719|6719]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Four-digit Datejust 36<small>From 1959; Monochrome dates discontinuation to 1981</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:1601|1601]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Five-digit acrylic-crystal Datejust 36<small>Generation introduced 1977; reference end dates vary</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:16003|16003]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Five-digit sapphire-crystal Datejust 36<small>Introduced 1988; published end dates differ</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:16234|16234]]</div></div>
 <div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Last pre-refresh generation<small>2007–2020</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:116000|116000]] [[Reference:114300|114300]] [[Reference:177200|177200]] [[Reference:176200|176200]]</div></div>
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 <div class="rp-index-head"><div class="rp-index-title">[[Reference:bubbleback|Bubbleback and early Oyster]]</div><div class="rp-index-more">[[Reference:bubbleback|Full Bubbleback and early Oyster index →]]</div></div>
-<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Pre-Oyster and Oyster<small>1922–37</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:3666|3666]] [[Reference:2136|2136]] [[Reference:3003|3003]] [[Reference:3004|3004]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Pre-Oyster and Oyster<small>1922–37</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:1925|1925]] [[Reference:2081|2081]] [[Reference:3666|3666]] [[Reference:2136|2136]] [[Reference:34075|34075]] [[Reference:3003|3003]] [[Reference:3004|3004]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Manual-wind Oyster<small>c.1930s–1940s</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:1573|1573]] [[Reference:2280|2280]] [[Reference:2416|2416]] [[Reference:2849|2849]]</div></div>
 <div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Bubbleback era<small>1933–45</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:1858|1858]] [[Reference:3131|3131]] [[Reference:3372|3372]] [[Reference:3525|3525]]</div></div>
-<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Datejust, Padellone, Super Oyster<small>1945–53</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:4467|4467]] [[Reference:5030|5030]] [[Reference:5031|5031]] [[Reference:6031|6031]] [[Reference:6075|6075]] [[Reference:6105|6105]] [[Reference:8171|8171]] [[Reference:6098|6098]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Late Bubblebacks<small>selected catalogue estimates circa 1940–1955; dates do not set production spans</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:5002|5002]] [[Reference:5003|5003]] [[Reference:5006|5006]] [[Reference:5010|5010]] [[Reference:5013|5013]] [[Reference:5018|5018]] [[Reference:5045|5045]] [[Reference:6006|6006]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Straight-lug Empire Oyster<small>catalogue dates circa 1940–1950s</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:3548|3548]] [[Reference:3716|3716]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Square Perpetual<small>1940s–1952 catalogue examples</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:4643|4643]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Later Bubbleback examples<small>Catalogue estimates span circa 1945–60; 4919 has a disputed 1930s outlier</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:4392|4392]] [[Reference:4919|4919]] [[Reference:5050|5050]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Large no-date Oyster Perpetual<small>catalogue estimates c.1946–58; production span unsettled</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:5026|5026]] [[Reference:5028|5028]] [[Reference:5029|5029]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Datejust, Padellone, Super Oyster<small>1945–53</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:3478|3478]] [[Reference:6244|6244]] [[Reference:4467|4467]] [[Reference:5030|5030]] [[Reference:5031|5031]] [[Reference:6031|6031]] [[Reference:6075|6075]] [[Reference:6105|6105]] [[Reference:8171|8171]] [[Reference:6098|6098]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Oyster Precision</div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:6082|6082]] [[Reference:6426|6426]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Oysterdate Precision</div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:6094|6094]]</div></div>
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 <div class="rp-index-head"><div class="rp-index-title">[[Reference:prince|Prince]]</div><div class="rp-index-more">[[Reference:prince|Full Prince index →]]</div></div>
-<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Brancard era<small>1928–mid-1940s</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:1343|1343]] [[Reference:971|971]] [[Reference:1490|1490]] [[Reference:1491|1491]] [[Reference:1527|1527]] [[Reference:1862|1862]] [[Reference:3361|3361]] [[Reference:3937|3937]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Brancard era<small>1928–mid-1940s</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:1343|1343]] [[Reference:971|971]] [[Reference:971U|971U]] [[Reference:1490|1490]] [[Reference:1491|1491]] [[Reference:1527|1527]] [[Reference:1862|1862]] [[Reference:3361|3361]] [[Reference:3937|3937]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Other rectangular Princes<small>Catalogue dates c.1927–1938</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:1768|1768]] [[Reference:1880|1880]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Prince Imperial pocket watch<small>c.1930–1945</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:1645|1645]]</div></div>
+</div>
+<div class="rp-index">
+<div class="rp-index-head"><div class="rp-index-title">Other vintage references</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Manual-wind, small seconds<small>catalogued 1929–1940s</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:2318|2318]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Rectangular manual-wind<small>catalogued circa 1930–1938</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:1381|1381]] [[Reference:1936|1936]]</div></div>
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Manual-wind Oyster<small>catalogued 1930s–c.1955</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:3096|3096]] [[Reference:3019|3019]] [[Reference:3116|3116]] [[Reference:3121|3121]] [[Reference:3136|3136]] [[Reference:3351|3351]] [[Reference:5056|5056 (Kew A Speedking)]] [[Reference:6210|6210 (Kew A)]]</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">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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-* '''23 August 2026''' — [[Reference:3009|3009]] (Oyster) · [[Reference:2784|2784]] (Oyster) · [[Reference:1873|1873]] (Oyster) · [[Reference:2765|2765]] (Oyster) · [[Reference:2240|2240]] (Bubbleback) · [[Reference:2136|2136]] (Oyster) · [[Reference:3139|3139]] (Oyster) · [[Reference:3131|3131]] (Bubbleback) · [[Reference:3065|3065]] (Bubbleback) · [[Reference:3595|3595]] (Bubbleback) · [[Reference:3003|3003]] (Precision) · [[Reference:6694|6694]] (Precision) · [[Reference:3135|3135]] (Bubbleback) · [[Reference:3359|3359]] (Oyster) · [[Reference:3599|3599]] (Bubbleback) · [[Reference:3134|3134]] (Bubbleback)
+<div class="rp-index-head"><div class="rp-index-title">Cellini</div></div>
-* '''18 August 2026''' — [[Reference:1018|1018]] (Oyster Perpetual) · [[Reference:116520|116520]] (Daytona) · [[Reference:16528|16528]] (Daytona) · [[Reference:116503|116503]] (Daytona) · [[Reference:18238|18238]] (Day-Date)
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Vintage dress watch<small>Catalogued examples dated 1967–69</small></div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:3735|3735]]</div></div>
-* '''17 August 2026''' — [[Reference:19019|19019]] (Day-Date)
+<div class="rp-era"><div class="rp-era-name">Modern Cellini Prince</div><div class="rp-chips">[[Reference:5440/8|5440/8]] [[Reference:5441/9|5441/9]] [[Reference:5442/5|5442/5]]</div></div>
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