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Audit 6552 facts, variants, provenance and prose |
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==Bracelet== | ==Bracelet== | ||
Christie’s catalogued a 6552 with a riveted Oyster bracelet, end links marked 57 and bracelet marked 6635. Its condition report dates the bracelet to the second quarter of 1965 and calls it a later replacement on the circa-1958 watch. This is a useful example of why a bracelet code dates the bracelet, not the watch head. A separate 1958 dealer listing pairs a 6552 with a 7205 bracelet and 57 end pieces, but describes that bracelet as later and sourced onto the watch. | Christie’s catalogued a 6552 with a riveted Oyster bracelet, end links marked 57 and bracelet marked 6635, with the bracelet itself marked 2, 65. Its condition report dates the bracelet to the second quarter of 1965 and calls it a later replacement on the circa-1958 watch. This is a useful example of why a bracelet code dates the bracelet, not the watch head. A separate 1958 dealer listing pairs a 6552 with a 7205 bracelet and 57 end pieces, but describes that bracelet as later and sourced onto the watch. | ||
==Auction record== | ==Auction record== | ||