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The 6610 is the second-generation Explorer. Active production runs 1955 to 1959 across major-house lots, with leftover stock cased and dispatched to dealers as late as 1963 (specialist documentation; Monochrome 2024). The 6610 carries caliber 1030 — Rolex's first bidirectional self-winding caliber, with the butterfly rotor that replaces the thicker uni-directional autowind module of the A296 used on the 6150 / 6350 / 6098 — and settles the Explorer dial into the layout that runs forward into the 1016. Among Explorer dials in any reference the 6610 holds the rarest of all sub-branches, the white-dial "Albino." Colin A. White's ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' calls the 6150 and 6610 "the first real Oyster Perpetual Explorers." | The 6610 is the second-generation Explorer. Active production runs 1955 to 1959 across major-house lots, with leftover stock cased and dispatched to dealers as late as 1963 (specialist documentation; Monochrome 2024). The 6610 carries caliber 1030 — Rolex's first bidirectional self-winding caliber, with the butterfly rotor that replaces the thicker uni-directional autowind module of the A296 used on the 6150 / 6350 / 6098 — and settles the Explorer dial into the layout that runs forward into the 1016. Among Explorer dials in any reference the 6610 holds the rarest of all sub-branches, the white-dial "Albino." Colin A. White's ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' calls the 6150 and 6610 "the first real Oyster Perpetual Explorers." | ||
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Three named dial generations on the 6610. The auction corpus does not document an underline 6610 — the underline convention belongs to 1963-onwards 1016 production, by which point active 6610 production had ended. | Three named dial generations on the 6610. The auction corpus does not document an underline 6610 — the underline convention belongs to 1963-onwards 1016 production, by which point active 6610 production had ended. | ||
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=== Gilt, no depth (mid to late) === | === Gilt, no depth (mid to late) === | ||
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The mid- and late-run dial drops the depth-rating print, keeping the OCC line and the standard "Explorer" / 3-6-9 layout. Gilt printing on a glossy black lacquer ground; chapter ring on the perimeter; radium lume on the markers and Mercedes hands. Bonhams 29152 lot 24 and Bonhams 30669 lot 26 anchor the standard-gilt configuration; Sotheby's GE1904 lot 315 documents an unrestored gilt example with full-set provenance. | The mid- and late-run dial drops the depth-rating print, keeping the OCC line and the standard "Explorer" / 3-6-9 layout. Gilt printing on a glossy black lacquer ground; chapter ring on the perimeter; radium lume on the markers and Mercedes hands. Bonhams 29152 lot 24 and Bonhams 30669 lot 26 anchor the standard-gilt configuration; Sotheby's GE1904 lot 315 documents an unrestored gilt example with full-set provenance. | ||