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=== Clean dial (Series 1, no Submariner text) === | === Clean dial (Series 1, no Submariner text) === | ||
The earliest 6205s carry a gilt dial without the "Submariner" wording. The A specialist listing carries this configuration as the earliest documented; Antiquorum's Geneva 2025 lot 377-180 carries a no-Submariner-text reprinted dial in case 21,644 and | The earliest 6205s carry a gilt dial without the "Submariner" wording. The A specialist listing carries this configuration as the earliest documented; Antiquorum's Geneva 2025 lot 377-180 carries a no-Submariner-text reprinted dial in case 21,644 and sold for CHF 16,250. Phillips Game Changers 2019 lot 54 (case 21,354) is the canonical original-condition Series 1 example: pencil hands paired with lollipop seconds, no "Submariner" text on the dial, hammer USD 162,500. Monochrome's 2020 Submariner history attributes the removal of the wording to "reasons unknown"; collector speculation has pointed at trademark timing, with no primary-source confirmation. | ||
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