Reference:Serial-numbers: Difference between revisions

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The 6082 records show why catalogue dates need to stay attached to their watches: Gardiner Houlgate dates a ref. 6082 with serial masked as 69x to circa 1948–50; the masked number cannot calibrate the serial chart. Antiquorum dates case 784516 to 1951 and case 721396 to circa 1962; Monaco Legend dates case 810693 to 1951; Sotheby’s dates lower-numbered case 696848 to circa 1960. These estimates do not follow a consistent case-number sequence. Keep the catalogue dates attributed and do not use them to revise the generic serial chart. [https://auctions.gardinerhoulgate.co.uk/print-catalogue/354e86b2f2f64361e4c737fa8504bc4f/63b778f7668dabe928d3800924a99077/watches-jewellery-now-14th-may/ Gardiner Houlgate, lot 436] [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-108-12 Antiquorum, case 784516] [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-6082-oyster-lot-343-309 Antiquorum, case 721396] [https://www.monacolegendauctions.com/index.php/auction/exclusive-timepieces-32/lot-162 Monaco Legend, case 810693] [https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/fine-watches-2/reference-6082-oyster-precision-a-stainless-steel Sotheby’s, case 696848]

For ref. [[Reference:6426|6426]], Antiquorum dates cases 614,731 and 615,217 to 1948, while the Pergola chart places both numbers in its reused 539,969–663,484 band marked 1960. Antiquorum separately dates case 502,000 to circa 1960. Phillips later dates letter-prefixed case R492,864 to circa 1987. Keep these as dates attached to individual watches; the conflicting numeric examples show why a serial estimate cannot replace the catalogue evidence. [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-144-353 Antiquorum, case 614,731] [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-216-241 Antiquorum, case 615,217] [https://everywatch.com/rolex/oyster-precision/6426/watch-9244017 EveryWatch transcription of Antiquorum, case 502,000] [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/HK080217/891 Phillips, case R492,864]

For ref. [[Reference:5028|5028]], catalogue dates also resist a simple serial-year reading. Monaco Legend dates case 412191 to 1945, while Christie's gives circa 1946 for that watch and dates case 493076 to 1946; Christie's dates case 412032 to circa 1960. Monaco Legend dates case 411813 to 1958, while Antiquorum's 2002 catalogue places an unnumbered watch in the 1960s. These are estimates or catalogue attributions for individual watches, not a reference-specific serial chart. [https://www.monacolegendauctions.com/auction/exclusive-timepieces-32/lot-47 Monaco Legend, case 412191] [https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-6590236 Christie's, case 412191] [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4795731 Christie's, case 493076] [https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-rolex-a-stainless-steel-automatic-wristwatch-with-5008634/ Christie's, case 412032] [https://www.monacolegendauctions.com/auction/exclusive-timepieces-22/lot-126 Monaco Legend, case 411813] [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-26-360 Antiquorum, 2002, lot 360]

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 The 6082 records show why catalogue dates need to stay attached to their watches: Gardiner Houlgate dates a ref. 6082 with serial masked as 69x to circa 1948–50; the masked number cannot calibrate the serial chart. Antiquorum dates case 784516 to 1951 and case 721396 to circa 1962; Monaco Legend dates case 810693 to 1951; Sotheby’s dates lower-numbered case 696848 to circa 1960. These estimates do not follow a consistent case-number sequence. Keep the catalogue dates attributed and do not use them to revise the generic serial chart. [https://auctions.gardinerhoulgate.co.uk/print-catalogue/354e86b2f2f64361e4c737fa8504bc4f/63b778f7668dabe928d3800924a99077/watches-jewellery-now-14th-may/ Gardiner Houlgate, lot 436] [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-108-12 Antiquorum, case 784516] [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-6082-oyster-lot-343-309 Antiquorum, case 721396] [https://www.monacolegendauctions.com/index.php/auction/exclusive-timepieces-32/lot-162 Monaco Legend, case 810693] [https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/fine-watches-2/reference-6082-oyster-precision-a-stainless-steel Sotheby’s, case 696848]
+For ref. [[Reference:6426|6426]], Antiquorum dates cases 614,731 and 615,217 to 1948, while the Pergola chart places both numbers in its reused 539,969–663,484 band marked 1960. Antiquorum separately dates case 502,000 to circa 1960. Phillips later dates letter-prefixed case R492,864 to circa 1987. Keep these as dates attached to individual watches; the conflicting numeric examples show why a serial estimate cannot replace the catalogue evidence. [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-144-353 Antiquorum, case 614,731] [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-216-241 Antiquorum, case 615,217] [https://everywatch.com/rolex/oyster-precision/6426/watch-9244017 EveryWatch transcription of Antiquorum, case 502,000] [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/HK080217/891 Phillips, case R492,864]
 For ref. [[Reference:5028|5028]], catalogue dates also resist a simple serial-year reading. Monaco Legend dates case 412191 to 1945, while Christie's gives circa 1946 for that watch and dates case 493076 to 1946; Christie's dates case 412032 to circa 1960. Monaco Legend dates case 411813 to 1958, while Antiquorum's 2002 catalogue places an unnumbered watch in the 1960s. These are estimates or catalogue attributions for individual watches, not a reference-specific serial chart. [https://www.monacolegendauctions.com/auction/exclusive-timepieces-32/lot-47 Monaco Legend, case 412191] [https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-6590236 Christie's, case 412191] [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4795731 Christie's, case 493076] [https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-rolex-a-stainless-steel-automatic-wristwatch-with-5008634/ Christie's, case 412032] [https://www.monacolegendauctions.com/auction/exclusive-timepieces-22/lot-126 Monaco Legend, case 411813] [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-26-360 Antiquorum, 2002, lot 360]