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==Bracelets, end links, and clasps==

The 6611 is the first Day-Date to wear the President, the three-piece semi-circular-link bracelet designed for this watch and now inseparable from it. The 6510 and 6511 launched on the Jubilee; the President arrives here in 1957. One of the earliest examples in the record is the President on the German-script Phillips lot, its folding clasp stamped 2.57. The bracelet is widely attributed to Gay Frères on contract to Rolex, though that maker attribution rests on dealer and blog sources rather than primary documentation. The cross-family detail sits on [[Reference:Bracelets]].

The 6611 is the first Day-Date to wear the President, the three-piece semi-circular-link bracelet designed for this watch and now inseparable from it. The 6510 and 6511 launched on the Jubilee; the President arrives here in 1957. One of the earliest examples in the record is the President on the German-script Phillips lot, its folding clasp stamped 2.57. The bracelet is widely attributed to Gay Frères on contract to Rolex, though that maker attribution rests on dealer and blog sources rather than primary documentation. The bracelet's name is older than the watch's: a 1957 Italian newspaper advertisement reproduced by Rolex Magazine already calls it the "President," years before Lyndon Johnson's presidency attached the name to the watch itself in the mid-1960s. The cross-family detail sits on [[Reference:Bracelets]].

As with the originals, the bracelet on a surviving 6611 does not always match the head: clasp date codes date the bracelet, not the watch, and service swaps are common across seventy years.

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* [https://www.rolexmagazine.com/2010/09/1956-very-first-rolex-day-date.html Jake Ehrlich, "1956 — The Very First Rolex Day-Date", Rolex Magazine (Jake's Rolex World), 2010-09]

* [https://watchesbysjx.com/2016/09/hands-on-with-the-rolex-day-date-40-eastern-arabic-middle-east-edition-plus-a-brief-history-of-the-arabic-day-date.html Adel Al-Rahmani with Eric Ku, "A Brief History of the Arabic Day-Date (with the Day-Date 40 Arabic special edition hands-on)", SJX Watches, 2016-09]

* [https://www.rolexmagazine.com/2021/10/rolex-president-ad-from-1957-uncovered.html Jake Ehrlich, "Rolex President Ad From 1957 Uncovered", Rolex Magazine (Jake's Rolex World), 2021-10]

* [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-31-37 Antiquorum, "Rolex Day-Date Ref. 6611 steel, École d'Horlogerie de Genève prize watch, Antiquorum lot 37", Antiquorum, 2002-10-19]

* [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/CH080115/50 Phillips (in association with Bacs & Russo), "Rolex Ref. 6611 yellow gold, German-script SCOC dial, Phillips Glamorous Day-Date lot 50", Phillips, 2015-05-09]

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 ==Bracelets, end links, and clasps==
-The 6611 is the first Day-Date to wear the President, the three-piece semi-circular-link bracelet designed for this watch and now inseparable from it. The 6510 and 6511 launched on the Jubilee; the President arrives here in 1957. One of the earliest examples in the record is the President on the German-script Phillips lot, its folding clasp stamped 2.57. The bracelet is widely attributed to Gay Frères on contract to Rolex, though that maker attribution rests on dealer and blog sources rather than primary documentation. The cross-family detail sits on [[Reference:Bracelets]].
+The 6611 is the first Day-Date to wear the President, the three-piece semi-circular-link bracelet designed for this watch and now inseparable from it. The 6510 and 6511 launched on the Jubilee; the President arrives here in 1957. One of the earliest examples in the record is the President on the German-script Phillips lot, its folding clasp stamped 2.57. The bracelet is widely attributed to Gay Frères on contract to Rolex, though that maker attribution rests on dealer and blog sources rather than primary documentation. The bracelet's name is older than the watch's: a 1957 Italian newspaper advertisement reproduced by Rolex Magazine already calls it the "President," years before Lyndon Johnson's presidency attached the name to the watch itself in the mid-1960s. The cross-family detail sits on [[Reference:Bracelets]].
 As with the originals, the bracelet on a surviving 6611 does not always match the head: clasp date codes date the bracelet, not the watch, and service swaps are common across seventy years.
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 * [https://www.rolexmagazine.com/2010/09/1956-very-first-rolex-day-date.html Jake Ehrlich, "1956 — The Very First Rolex Day-Date", Rolex Magazine (Jake's Rolex World), 2010-09]
 * [https://watchesbysjx.com/2016/09/hands-on-with-the-rolex-day-date-40-eastern-arabic-middle-east-edition-plus-a-brief-history-of-the-arabic-day-date.html Adel Al-Rahmani with Eric Ku, "A Brief History of the Arabic Day-Date (with the Day-Date 40 Arabic special edition hands-on)", SJX Watches, 2016-09]
+* [https://www.rolexmagazine.com/2021/10/rolex-president-ad-from-1957-uncovered.html Jake Ehrlich, "Rolex President Ad From 1957 Uncovered", Rolex Magazine (Jake's Rolex World), 2021-10]
 * [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-31-37 Antiquorum, "Rolex Day-Date Ref. 6611 steel, École d'Horlogerie de Genève prize watch, Antiquorum lot 37", Antiquorum, 2002-10-19]
 * [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/CH080115/50 Phillips (in association with Bacs & Russo), "Rolex Ref. 6611 yellow gold, German-script SCOC dial, Phillips Glamorous Day-Date lot 50", Phillips, 2015-05-09]