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| | | Chronometer examples carry the “Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified” dial line; verify the individual watch | ||
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| [[Reference:1018 | | [[Reference:1018|1018]], the 36mm case | ||
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==Where it sits in the line== | ==Where it sits in the line== | ||
The 4-digit no-date Oyster | The 4-digit no-date Oyster Perpetual references share a 34mm case family but use different bezel references. The 1002 has a smooth polished surround. The 1003, 1006, 1007 and 1008 are catalogued with engine-turned bezels in several patterns. The 1005 uses a fluted bezel, generally described as gold on both steel and gold cases. Case, crystal, crown and movement details still need to be checked on the individual watch. | ||
Because four reference numbers share the engine-turned description, the published literature does not draw a clean line between them, and neither do the auction houses. What the documented 1007 examples show consistently is a wide, flat bezel with the milling running edge to edge rather than a narrow band of fine reeding. Beyond that, distinguishing a 1007 from a 1003 or an 1008 comes down to the number engraved between the lugs and stamped inside the caseback, not to a feature anyone can call from a photograph. | Because four reference numbers share the engine-turned description, the published literature does not draw a clean line between them, and neither do the auction houses. What the documented 1007 examples show consistently is a wide, flat bezel with the milling running edge to edge rather than a narrow band of fine reeding. Beyond that, distinguishing a 1007 from a 1003 or an 1008 comes down to the number engraved between the lugs and stamped inside the caseback, not to a feature anyone can call from a photograph. | ||
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==Movement notes== | ==Movement notes== | ||
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. On chronometer examples, 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. | |||
Caliber 1570 appears in later 1007 examples and runs at 19,800 vph with an approximately 48-hour reserve. Hacking was introduced within the 1500 family during the 1970s, but the exact service and production boundary must be checked on the movement. A gold example dated to the 1980s should not be assigned a 1570 without inspection. Both calibers also appear in the [[Reference:1018|1018]] and [[Reference:1016|Explorer 1016]]. | Caliber 1570 appears in later 1007 examples and runs at 19,800 vph with an approximately 48-hour reserve. Hacking was introduced within the 1500 family during the 1970s, but the exact service and production boundary must be checked on the movement. A gold example dated to the 1980s should not be assigned a 1570 without inspection. Both calibers also appear in the [[Reference:1018|1018]] and [[Reference:1016|Explorer 1016]]. | ||
[[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]] | |||
==Dial map== | ==Dial map== | ||
The cited 1007 examples show variation in finish, colour, marker style and retailer signature. The available record is not a complete dial census. | |||
[[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]] | [[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]] | ||
The default is a silvered dial, and there are at least three distinct silvered finishes on record. Sunburst is the most common, with an applied coronet and bevelled polished baton markers. A textured or linen silvered finish appears on later examples. A matte silvered version turns up on the earliest gold watches with applied gold dart and tapered bar markers. Champagne appears on gold cases, sometimes as a graduated gradient with tritium-marked hour plots. White dials appear on 1970s steel examples, and a beige or cream tone shows up on 14k gold ones, though on watches of this age the line between an original cream dial and an aged silver one is not always drawable. | The default is a silvered dial, and there are at least three distinct silvered finishes on record. Sunburst is the most common, with an applied coronet and bevelled polished baton markers. A textured or linen silvered finish appears on later examples. A matte silvered version turns up on the earliest gold watches with applied gold dart and tapered bar markers. Champagne appears on gold cases, sometimes as a graduated gradient with tritium-marked hour plots. White dials appear on 1970s steel examples, and a beige or cream tone shows up on 14k gold ones, though on watches of this age the line between an original cream dial and an aged silver one is not always drawable. | ||
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==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown== | ==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown== | ||
The cited examples use a 34mm Oyster case with screw-down crown and caseback, drilled lugs and a 19mm bracelet. Acrylic crystals are documented throughout the period. Case measurements and replacement parts should be recorded from the individual watch. | |||
The catalogues use several names for the bezel. Rolex's own term is engine-turned. Heritage has called it reeded, Christie's ribbed, Sotheby's milled, and Bonhams once catalogued it as a Turnograph bezel. A Turnograph bezel is a different rotating timing bezel; the documented 1007 examples use a fixed engine-turned bezel. On the watch itself the pattern is a wide flat band of alternating cut and polished segments running the full width of the surround, aligned so the cuts read as fine radial texture in the light. On gold cases the bezel is gold and the milling reads softer. | |||
Case material is where the 1007 spreads furthest. Stainless steel accounts for the largest documented group. Solid 14k yellow gold is documented from the earliest part of the run and is described by dealers as the more common of the two gold options; solid 18k yellow gold is documented from 1960 through 1971 and into a 1980s example that came with its original box and papers. A hallmarked 18k case runs around 53 grams. Bonhams also catalogued a steel-and-yellow-gold example under the paired designation 1007/1005. That catalogue pairing shows why the case material and bezel should be recorded separately rather than inferred from the reference number alone. | |||
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File:Ref 1007 historical-example.webp|The same gold-cased 1007, unsigned silvered dial, Antiquorum lot 149 | File:Ref 1007 historical-example.webp|The same gold-cased 1007, unsigned silvered dial, Antiquorum lot 149 | ||
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==Bracelets, end links, and clasps== | ==Bracelets, end links, and clasps== | ||
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. | ||
A clasp code dates the bracelet and only the bracelet. Sixty years of servicing has separated most 1007 heads from what they left the factory on, and a later clasp stamp on an earlier case is normal wear history rather than evidence of a problem. The cross-family detail sits on [[Reference:Bracelets|the bracelet and clasp guide]]. | A clasp code dates the bracelet and only the bracelet. Sixty years of servicing has separated most 1007 heads from what they left the factory on, and a later clasp stamp on an earlier case is normal wear history rather than evidence of a problem. The cross-family detail sits on [[Reference:Bracelets|the bracelet and clasp guide]]. | ||
[[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]] | |||
==Special branches== | ==Special branches== | ||
===Tiffany & Co.=== | ===Tiffany & Co.=== | ||
A 14k yellow-gold 1007 with a Tiffany & Co. signature below the Rolex coronet is a well-documented retailer branch. 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. | |||
[[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]] | [[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]] | ||
===Serpico y Laino=== | ===Serpico y Laino=== | ||
The Caracas retailer Serpico y Laino signed Rolex dials in volume through the 1950s and 1960s, and an 18k gold 1007 carries the signature below 12 on a black dial with applied gilt faceted baton markers, gilt outer minute divisions with luminous five-minute dots, and gilt lance hands. The watch is case number 487969, weighs just under 53 grams and runs caliber 1560. Bonhams offered it in Paris in October 2024 and it | The Caracas retailer Serpico y Laino signed Rolex dials in volume through the 1950s and 1960s, and an 18k gold 1007 carries the signature below 12 on a black dial with applied gilt faceted baton markers, gilt outer minute divisions with luminous five-minute dots, and gilt lance hands. The watch is case number 487969, weighs just under 53 grams and runs caliber 1560. Bonhams offered it in Paris in October 2024 and it was unsold. A Serpico y Laino [[Reference:1018|1018]] has also surfaced, so the signature spans the family rather than singling out the 1007. | ||
===The Sotheby's 'Snoopy'=== | ===The Sotheby's 'Snoopy'=== | ||
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. The sale result is recorded in the Auction record below. | |||
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. | |||
The catalogue photographs the character plainly but describes the dial only as silvered and says nothing about who printed it. The catalogue does not identify the dial’s printer or establish factory origin. It should be recorded as an individual character-dial example, with originality and provenance unresolved. | The catalogue photographs the character plainly but describes the dial only as silvered and says nothing about who printed it. The catalogue does not identify the dial’s printer or establish factory origin. It should be recorded as an individual character-dial example, with originality and provenance unresolved. | ||
[[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]] | |||
==Auction record== | ==Auction record== | ||
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See also the [[Reference:oyster-perpetual|Oyster Perpetual family index]], [[Reference:Movements|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets|bracelet & clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers|serial numbers by year]]. | See also the [[Reference:oyster-perpetual|Oyster Perpetual family index]], [[Reference:Movements|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets|bracelet & clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers|serial numbers by year]]. | ||
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File:Ref 1007 hero.webp|Steel 1007 with blue horizontal-brushed dial and engine-turned bezel | |||
File:Ref 1007 movement.webp|Caliber 1570 in a 1007 | |||
File:Ref 1007 dial.webp|Sotheby's “Snoopy” example | |||
File:Ref 1007 bezel detail.webp|Engine-turned bezel and Twinlock crown | |||
File:Ref 1007 reference engraving.webp|Reference engraving between the lugs | |||
File:Ref 1007 bracelet.webp|Gold-cased example with caseback and end links | |||
File:Ref 1007 case profile.webp|Case profile and acrylic crystal | |||
File:Ref 1007 historical-example.webp|Gold-cased historical example | |||
File:Ref 1007 caseback.webp|7205 rivet Oyster caseback | |||
File:Ref 1007 dial-detail.webp|Tiffany & Co.-signed dial | |||
File:Ref 1007 detail.webp|Sotheby's “Snoopy” dial | |||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||