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<small>[[Reference:oyster-perpetual|Oyster Perpetual]] › '''1005'''</small> | <small>[[Reference:oyster-perpetual|Oyster Perpetual]] › '''1005'''</small> | ||
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The 1005 is the fluted-bezel 4-digit Oyster Perpetual, the dress end of a line whose other members wear a plain or milled surround. The case is the same 34mm three-body Oyster as the [[Reference:1002|1002]] and the [[Reference:1007|1007]], with 19mm lugs, a screw-down back and Twinlock crown, an acrylic crystal and a chronometer-rated no-date automatic. The bezel is the whole difference, and it is always gold. Yellow on the gold watches, and on the steel and two-tone examples a gold fluted bezel over a steel case, because Rolex never cut the fluting into steel on this reference. | The 1005 is the fluted-bezel 4-digit Oyster Perpetual, the dress end of a line whose other members wear a plain or milled surround. The case is the same 34mm three-body Oyster as the [[Reference:1002|1002]] and the [[Reference:1007|1007]], with 19mm lugs, a screw-down back and Twinlock crown, an acrylic crystal and a chronometer-rated no-date automatic. The bezel is the whole difference, and it is always gold. Yellow on the gold watches, and on the steel and two-tone examples a gold fluted bezel over a steel case, because Rolex never cut the fluting into steel on this reference. | ||
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What that does to the reference's population is unusual for the family. The 1005 is the one 4-digit no-date Oyster Perpetual whose auction record is dominated by precious metal: 14k and 18k yellow gold, 18k pink gold, two-tone, and only occasionally a steel case wearing a gold bezel. It reads as a Datejust without the date, which is close to what it was for. | What that does to the reference's population is unusual for the family. The 1005 is the one 4-digit no-date Oyster Perpetual whose auction record is dominated by precious metal: 14k and 18k yellow gold, 18k pink gold, two-tone, and only occasionally a steel case wearing a gold bezel. It reads as a Datejust without the date, which is close to what it was for. | ||
==Core facts== | ==Core facts== | ||