Reference:bubbleback: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Bubbleback_vintage_poster.webp|thumb|center|500px|alt=Vintage Rolex Bubbleback — the Oyster Perpetual with the domed caseback, produced 1933 through the mid-1950s|Vintage Rolex Bubbleback — the Oyster Perpetual with the domed caseback, produced 1933 through the mid-1950s]]

== Start here ==

If you only read three articles in the line, read these.

{| style="width:100%; border-collapse:separate; border-spacing:8px 0; margin:1em 0 1.5em 0;"

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| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Reference:1858|1858]]''' — the first Bubbleback. Cal 520 with the full 360-degree rotor, the Didactic engravings in French on the movement plate, and the four-piece case form that defines the 1933–1935 first generation.

| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Reference:3131|3131]]''' — the first two-piece case Bubbleback. The 1936 case simplification, precious-metal only (9K, 14K, 18K yellow and pink gold), Cal 620 with sub-seconds.

| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Reference:3372|3372]]''' — the Luxury Model catalogue flagship. Engine-turned bezel, Cal 630 sweep seconds, and the widest dial variety of any Bubbleback — California, sector, salmon, champagne, silvered-gilt all documented across the run.

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== Pre-Oyster / Submarine (1922–1926) ==

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* 6305 — first Datejust with Cyclops (1954)

* 6604 and 6605 — first Datejust with instantaneous date change, Cal. 1065 (1956–57)

== Related families ==

* [[Reference:air-king|Air-King]] — the descendant line. The 1945 4925 / 4365 / 4499 originating Air-Kings sit in the same Bubbleback case architecture and run on the same Aegler hand-wound calibers.

* [[Reference:prince|Prince]] — the parallel 1930s line. The Aegler-supplier relationship that powers the Prince also powers every Bubbleback caliber.

* [[Reference:daytona|Daytona]] — the chronograph ancestor. The pre-Daytona Antimagnetique, Monoblocco, and 4xxx tonneau Oyster chronographs share the same era and case lineage.

[[Category:Reference family]]

[[Category:Bubbleback]]

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 [[File:Bubbleback_vintage_poster.webp|thumb|center|500px|alt=Vintage Rolex Bubbleback — the Oyster Perpetual with the domed caseback, produced 1933 through the mid-1950s|Vintage Rolex Bubbleback — the Oyster Perpetual with the domed caseback, produced 1933 through the mid-1950s]]
+== Start here ==
+If you only read three articles in the line, read these.
+{| style="width:100%; border-collapse:separate; border-spacing:8px 0; margin:1em 0 1.5em 0;"
+|-
+| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Reference:1858|1858]]''' — the first Bubbleback. Cal 520 with the full 360-degree rotor, the Didactic engravings in French on the movement plate, and the four-piece case form that defines the 1933–1935 first generation.
+| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Reference:3131|3131]]''' — the first two-piece case Bubbleback. The 1936 case simplification, precious-metal only (9K, 14K, 18K yellow and pink gold), Cal 620 with sub-seconds.
+| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Reference:3372|3372]]''' — the Luxury Model catalogue flagship. Engine-turned bezel, Cal 630 sweep seconds, and the widest dial variety of any Bubbleback — California, sector, salmon, champagne, silvered-gilt all documented across the run.
+|}
 == Pre-Oyster / Submarine (1922–1926) ==
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 * 6305 — first Datejust with Cyclops (1954)
 * 6604 and 6605 — first Datejust with instantaneous date change, Cal. 1065 (1956–57)
+== Related families ==
+* [[Reference:air-king|Air-King]] — the descendant line. The 1945 4925 / 4365 / 4499 originating Air-Kings sit in the same Bubbleback case architecture and run on the same Aegler hand-wound calibers.
+* [[Reference:prince|Prince]] — the parallel 1930s line. The Aegler-supplier relationship that powers the Prince also powers every Bubbleback caliber.
+* [[Reference:daytona|Daytona]] — the chronograph ancestor. The pre-Daytona Antimagnetique, Monoblocco, and 4xxx tonneau Oyster chronographs share the same era and case lineage.
 [[Category:Reference family]]
 [[Category:Bubbleback]]