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==Bracelets, end links, and clasps==

~~Steel delivery through the 1960s was the~~ 7205 rivet ~~Oyster in 19mm with 57 end links and a signed folding clasp. From the late 1960s the~~ folded-link ~~78350 on 557 end links takes over~~, and ~~Christie's documented the changeover on one watch directly: a~~ 1967 example ~~that~~ left the factory on a 7205~~, came to auction~~ on a 78350 ~~stamped 19, and carried~~ a Rolex invoice ~~dated 28 March 1989 recording the bracelet~~ replacement ~~and an overhaul~~. ~~Jubilee bracelets are original on plenty of examples, in steel~~ and ~~in gold~~, ~~and gold watches also went out on gold fold-over bracelets and on leather with a signed buckle~~.

The cited examples include 7205 rivet, 78350 folded-link, Jubilee, gold, and leather fitments. One 1967 example left the factory on a 7205 and later appeared on a 78350 with a 1989 Rolex invoice documenting replacement. Bracelet and clasp evidence belongs to the bracelet, not automatically to the watch head.

A clasp date code dates the bracelet and nothing else. Sixty years of servicing has separated most 1002 heads from what they left on, and a later clasp stamp under an earlier case is ordinary wear history. One Bonhams lot carries a caseback stamped II.62 under a clasp stamped 1 64, which is exactly the kind of small mismatch that is normal rather than suspicious. The cross-family detail sits on [[Reference:Bracelets|the bracelet and clasp guide]].

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===Retailer signatures===

Astrua, the Turin retailer, signed a champagne-dial 18k gold 1002 that Sotheby's sold in Geneva in June 2020 with its Rolex guarantee and COSC certificate. ~~Retailer-signed 100x dials are more often found on the gold [[Reference:1007|1007]], where~~ Tiffany & Co. and Serpico y Laino ~~examples~~ are documented~~, and~~ the 1002's retailer ~~branch~~ is ~~thinner than its production volume would suggest~~.

Astrua, the Turin retailer, signed a champagne-dial 18k gold 1002 that Sotheby's sold in Geneva in June 2020 with its Rolex guarantee and COSC certificate. Tiffany & Co. and Serpico y Laino signatures are documented on related gold 100x references; the 1002 retailer sample cited here is limited to the Astrua example.

===Air-King dials in 1002 cases===

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 ==Bracelets, end links, and clasps==
-Steel delivery through the 1960s was the 7205 rivet Oyster in 19mm with 57 end links and a signed folding clasp. From the late 1960s the folded-link 78350 on 557 end links takes over, and Christie's documented the changeover on one watch directly: a 1967 example that left the factory on a 7205, came to auction on a 78350 stamped 19, and carried a Rolex invoice dated 28 March 1989 recording the bracelet replacement and an overhaul. Jubilee bracelets are original on plenty of examples, in steel and in gold, and gold watches also went out on gold fold-over bracelets and on leather with a signed buckle.
+The cited examples include 7205 rivet, 78350 folded-link, Jubilee, gold, and leather fitments. One 1967 example left the factory on a 7205 and later appeared on a 78350 with a 1989 Rolex invoice documenting replacement. Bracelet and clasp evidence belongs to the bracelet, not automatically to the watch head.
 A clasp date code dates the bracelet and nothing else. Sixty years of servicing has separated most 1002 heads from what they left on, and a later clasp stamp under an earlier case is ordinary wear history. One Bonhams lot carries a caseback stamped II.62 under a clasp stamped 1 64, which is exactly the kind of small mismatch that is normal rather than suspicious. The cross-family detail sits on [[Reference:Bracelets|the bracelet and clasp guide]].
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 ===Retailer signatures===
-Astrua, the Turin retailer, signed a champagne-dial 18k gold 1002 that Sotheby's sold in Geneva in June 2020 with its Rolex guarantee and COSC certificate. Retailer-signed 100x dials are more often found on the gold [[Reference:1007|1007]], where Tiffany & Co. and Serpico y Laino examples are documented, and the 1002's retailer branch is thinner than its production volume would suggest.
+Astrua, the Turin retailer, signed a champagne-dial 18k gold 1002 that Sotheby's sold in Geneva in June 2020 with its Rolex guarantee and COSC certificate. Tiffany & Co. and Serpico y Laino signatures are documented on related gold 100x references; the 1002 retailer sample cited here is limited to the Astrua example.
 ===Air-King dials in 1002 cases===