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[[File:Ref 3133 dial-variant-chronometer.webp|thumb|right|280px|alt=Rolex Bubbleback 3133 steel and pink gold Certified Chronometer naming Caliber 630|Steel and pink gold "Certified Chronometer" example, the only 3133 lot naming Cal. 630 directly, Antiquorum Hong Kong, May 2022.]] | |||
Most documented 3133 lots describe only a 9 3/4-ligne automatic movement, 17 or 19 jewels where | Most documented 3133 lots describe only a 9 3/4-ligne automatic movement, 17 or 19 jewels where | ||
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The great majority of documented 3133s carry a silvered dial. A stainless steel example sold at | The great majority of documented 3133s carry a silvered dial. A stainless steel example sold at | ||
Antiquorum Hong Kong in 2022 has aged into an even orange, tropical tone, still legible against | Antiquorum Hong Kong in 2022 has aged into an even orange, tropical tone, still legible against | ||
its blued centre-seconds hand. A steel and pink gold example carries a black lacquer "California" | its blued centre-seconds hand. [[File:Ref 3133 dial-variant-california.webp|thumb|right|280px|alt=Rolex Bubbleback 3133 steel and pink gold with a black lacquer California dial|Steel and pink gold example with a black lacquer "California" dial, Antiquorum Hong Kong, May 2025.]] | ||
A steel and pink gold example carries a black lacquer "California" | |||
dial, half Roman numerals above the centre line and half Arabic below, alongside centre seconds; | dial, half Roman numerals above the centre line and half Arabic below, alongside centre seconds; | ||
as noted above, this may be the same physical watch as a later, differently dated lot that drops | as noted above, this may be the same physical watch as a later, differently dated lot that drops | ||
the California description entirely. | the California description entirely. | ||
[[File:Ref 3133 dial-variant-sab.webp|thumb|right|280px|alt=Rolex Bubbleback 3133 steel and pink gold with a dial signed SAB and subsidiary seconds|Steel and pink gold example, dial signed "SAB," subsidiary seconds at six, Antiquorum Hong Kong, May 2025.]] | |||
One steel and pink gold example carries a dial signed "SAB" beneath the coronet, a mark none of | One steel and pink gold example carries a dial signed "SAB" beneath the coronet, a mark none of | ||
the documented sources explain. Antiquorum catalogued a separate steel and pink gold lot under the | the documented sources explain. [[File:Ref 3133 dial-variant-ovetto.webp|thumb|right|280px|alt=Rolex Bubbleback 3133 steel and pink gold catalogued by Antiquorum as Oyster Perpetual Ovetto|Steel and pink gold example catalogued by Antiquorum as "Oyster Perpetual Ovetto," Geneva, April 2025.]] Antiquorum catalogued a separate steel and pink gold lot under the | ||
model name "Oyster Perpetual Ovetto." "Ovetto" (and its augmentative "ovettone") is documented | model name "Oyster Perpetual Ovetto." "Ovetto" (and its augmentative "ovettone") is documented | ||
elsewhere as a generic Italian collector nickname for Bubblebacks broadly, meaning "little egg," | elsewhere as a generic Italian collector nickname for Bubblebacks broadly, meaning "little egg," | ||