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=== Exclamation dial (1962) ===

Late-run 5508s carry an exclamation dot beneath the depth rating at 6 o'clock — a small luminous dot placed under the bottom of the bottom line. The dot is Rolex's first signal of the radium-to-tritium luminous transition, used briefly in 1962 before the underline convention took over on the 5512 / 5513 in 1963. The exclamation dial is the cleanest dial-side indicator that places a 5508 firmly at the tail of the run. Phillips Hong Kong SPORTS 2019 lot 881 (case 762,896, II.62 caseback~~, hammer HK$ 2,687,500~~), Phillips Geneva XV 2022 lot 160 (case 764,524~~, hammer CHF 132,300~~), and Antiquorum Forte Dei Marmi 2021 lot 340-173 (chapter ring exclamation~~, hammer EUR 33,750~~) anchor the 1962 cluster.

Late-run 5508s carry an exclamation dot beneath the depth rating at 6 o'clock — a small luminous dot placed under the bottom of the bottom line. The dot is Rolex's first signal of the radium-to-tritium luminous transition, used briefly in 1962 before the underline convention took over on the 5512 / 5513 in 1963. The exclamation dial is the cleanest dial-side indicator that places a 5508 firmly at the tail of the run. Phillips Hong Kong SPORTS 2019 lot 881 (case 762,896, II.62 caseback), Phillips Geneva XV 2022 lot 160 (case 764,524), and Antiquorum Forte Dei Marmi 2021 lot 340-173 (chapter ring exclamation) anchor the 1962 cluster.

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 === Exclamation dial (1962) ===
-Late-run 5508s carry an exclamation dot beneath the depth rating at 6 o'clock — a small luminous dot placed under the bottom of the bottom line. The dot is Rolex's first signal of the radium-to-tritium luminous transition, used briefly in 1962 before the underline convention took over on the 5512 / 5513 in 1963. The exclamation dial is the cleanest dial-side indicator that places a 5508 firmly at the tail of the run. Phillips Hong Kong SPORTS 2019 lot 881 (case 762,896, II.62 caseback, hammer HK$ 2,687,500), Phillips Geneva XV 2022 lot 160 (case 764,524, hammer CHF 132,300), and Antiquorum Forte Dei Marmi 2021 lot 340-173 (chapter ring exclamation, hammer EUR 33,750) anchor the 1962 cluster.
+Late-run 5508s carry an exclamation dot beneath the depth rating at 6 o'clock — a small luminous dot placed under the bottom of the bottom line. The dot is Rolex's first signal of the radium-to-tritium luminous transition, used briefly in 1962 before the underline convention took over on the 5512 / 5513 in 1963. The exclamation dial is the cleanest dial-side indicator that places a 5508 firmly at the tail of the run. Phillips Hong Kong SPORTS 2019 lot 881 (case 762,896, II.62 caseback), Phillips Geneva XV 2022 lot 160 (case 764,524), and Antiquorum Forte Dei Marmi 2021 lot 340-173 (chapter ring exclamation) anchor the 1962 cluster.
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