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The 2574 is a pre-war manual-wind Oyster produced from roughly 1936 through 1943 in a 29.5 mm stainless steel case. This is a "boy's size" watch in the period vocabulary. Two details set it apart from the broader pre-war Oyster population: a 9¾-ligne 17-jewel Aegler movement, and the reference number engraved on the ''outside'' of the caseback. The dial is signed "Rolex Oyster Royal," "Rolex Oyster Royalite," "Rolex Oyster Observatory," or "Rolex Oyster Imperial," all drawn from Rolex's late-1930s sub-brand vocabulary, and surfaced examples carry both center-seconds (sweep) and sub-seconds dial layouts. | The 2574 is a pre-war manual-wind Oyster produced from roughly 1936 through 1943 in a 29.5 mm stainless steel case. This is a "boy's size" watch in the period vocabulary. Two details set it apart from the broader pre-war Oyster population: a 9¾-ligne 17-jewel Aegler movement, and the reference number engraved on the ''outside'' of the caseback. The dial is signed "Rolex Oyster Royal," "Rolex Oyster Royalite," "Rolex Oyster Observatory," or "Rolex Oyster Imperial," all drawn from Rolex's late-1930s sub-brand vocabulary, and surfaced examples carry both center-seconds (sweep) and sub-seconds dial layouts. | ||