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==Movement notes== | ==Movement notes== | ||
[[File:Ref 1007 movement.webp|thumb|right|250px|Caliber 1570 in a 1007, stamped TWENTY SIX 26 JEWELS, with the Microstella balance at left]] | [[File:Ref 1007 movement.webp|thumb|right|250px|Caliber 1570 in a 1007, stamped TWENTY SIX 26 JEWELS, with the Microstella balance at left|alt=Caliber 1570 in a 1007, stamped TWENTY SIX 26 JEWELS, with the Microstella balance at left]] | ||
Caliber 1560 powers the reference from the start of the run to about 1965. It is a rhodium-plated automatic of 25 or 26 jewels beating at 18,000 vph, adjusted to temperature and five positions, with a free-sprung balance carrying Microstella regulating screws, a self-compensating Breguet balance spring and a shock absorber. Early examples are the ones with the butterfly rotor. Chronometer certification is the reason the dial carries the Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified line. | Caliber 1560 powers the reference from the start of the run to about 1965. It is a rhodium-plated automatic of 25 or 26 jewels beating at 18,000 vph, adjusted to temperature and five positions, with a free-sprung balance carrying Microstella regulating screws, a self-compensating Breguet balance spring and a shock absorber. Early examples are the ones with the butterfly rotor. Chronometer certification is the reason the dial carries the Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified line. | ||
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==Dial map== | ==Dial map== | ||
[[File:Ref 1007 dial.webp|thumb|right|250px|The Sotheby's 'Snoopy' example: the printed character sits left of centre, above the chronometer text]] | [[File:Ref 1007 dial.webp|thumb|right|250px|The Sotheby's 'Snoopy' example: the printed character sits left of centre, above the chronometer text|alt=The Sotheby's 'Snoopy' example: the printed character sits left of centre, above the chronometer text]] | ||
No other reference in this group has as much documented dial variety, and it splits along four lines: finish, colour, marker style, and retailer signature. | No other reference in this group has as much documented dial variety, and it splits along four lines: finish, colour, marker style, and retailer signature. | ||
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==Bracelets, end links, and clasps== | ==Bracelets, end links, and clasps== | ||
[[File:Ref 1007 caseback.webp|thumb|right|250px|Screw-down caseback on a 7205 rivet Oyster; the end links are stamped 60]] | [[File:Ref 1007 caseback.webp|thumb|right|250px|Screw-down caseback on a 7205 rivet Oyster; the end links are stamped 60|alt=Screw-down caseback on a 7205 rivet Oyster; the end links are stamped 60]] | ||
Original steel delivery through the 1960s was on the 7205 rivet Oyster, 19mm, with a signed folding clasp. End-link stamps vary within the fitment: 57 is the number usually quoted for the 19mm 7205, and the 1967 example Sotheby's catalogued wears 60. A 1966 example survives with a caseback date-coded I.66 and a clasp stamped 2-66, head and bracelet from consecutive quarters. From the late 1960s the folded-link 78350 with 557 end links takes over, and clasp codes running into the 1970s and 1980s are period-correct on later heads. Jubilee bracelets appear on some examples. Gold watches came on gold fold-over bracelets or on leather with a signed gold buckle, and the 19mm strap width carries across. | Original steel delivery through the 1960s was on the 7205 rivet Oyster, 19mm, with a signed folding clasp. End-link stamps vary within the fitment: 57 is the number usually quoted for the 19mm 7205, and the 1967 example Sotheby's catalogued wears 60. A 1966 example survives with a caseback date-coded I.66 and a clasp stamped 2-66, head and bracelet from consecutive quarters. From the late 1960s the folded-link 78350 with 557 end links takes over, and clasp codes running into the 1970s and 1980s are period-correct on later heads. Jubilee bracelets appear on some examples. Gold watches came on gold fold-over bracelets or on leather with a signed gold buckle, and the 19mm strap width carries across. | ||
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===Tiffany & Co.=== | ===Tiffany & Co.=== | ||
[[File:Ref 1007 dial-detail.webp|thumb|right|250px|The Tiffany & Co.-signed 1007, case 529090, made 1959]] | [[File:Ref 1007 dial-detail.webp|thumb|right|250px|The Tiffany & Co.-signed 1007, case 529090, made 1959|alt=The Tiffany & Co.-signed 1007, case 529090, made 1959]] | ||
A 14k yellow-gold 1007 with a Tiffany & Co. signature below the Rolex coronet is the best-documented retailer branch on the reference. The watch is case number 529090, made in 1959, with a silver dial carrying applied gold dart and tapered bar markers, caliber 1560 with 25 jewels, on a 14k gold fold-over bracelet, and triple-signed on case, dial and movement. It sold at Heritage in New York in May 2013 and again at Antiquorum in Geneva two years later, which makes it one of the few 1007s with a traceable modern ownership chain. | A 14k yellow-gold 1007 with a Tiffany & Co. signature below the Rolex coronet is the best-documented retailer branch on the reference. The watch is case number 529090, made in 1959, with a silver dial carrying applied gold dart and tapered bar markers, caliber 1560 with 25 jewels, on a 14k gold fold-over bracelet, and triple-signed on case, dial and movement. It sold at Heritage in New York in May 2013 and again at Antiquorum in Geneva two years later, which makes it one of the few 1007s with a traceable modern ownership chain. | ||
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===The Sotheby's 'Snoopy'=== | ===The Sotheby's 'Snoopy'=== | ||
[[File:Ref 1007 detail.webp|thumb|right|250px|The 'Snoopy' 1007, case 1'693'858, circa 1967]] | [[File:Ref 1007 detail.webp|thumb|right|250px|The 'Snoopy' 1007, case 1'693'858, circa 1967|alt=The 'Snoopy' 1007, case 1'693'858, circa 1967]] | ||
Sotheby's catalogued a steel 1007 in New York in October 2020 under the lot title Oyster Perpetual 'Snoopy', and the name is literal. The silvered dial carries a printed Snoopy with Woodstock perched against him, sitting between the coronet and the Superlative Chronometer text. Case number 1'693'858, circa 1967, caliber 1570, on a 7205 rivet Oyster with 60 end links. It made USD 6,300 against a USD 4,000–6,000 estimate, the strongest 1007 result located. | Sotheby's catalogued a steel 1007 in New York in October 2020 under the lot title Oyster Perpetual 'Snoopy', and the name is literal. The silvered dial carries a printed Snoopy with Woodstock perched against him, sitting between the coronet and the Superlative Chronometer text. Case number 1'693'858, circa 1967, caliber 1570, on a 7205 rivet Oyster with 60 end links. It made USD 6,300 against a USD 4,000–6,000 estimate, the strongest 1007 result located. | ||