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The 3065 is the Bubbleback Rolex built around a single design decision. Where the contemporary ref 2940 carried open, exposed lugs in the familiar Oyster idiom, the 3065 hooded them. The case flanks extrude forward and over the spring-bar channel so that the bracelet appears to emerge from beneath the watch rather than between it. On a two-tone example the effect is emphatic: yellow or rose gold hoods, polished flat, set into a satin steel mid-case, with the coin-edge or smooth bezel completing a vertical stack of metals. No other standard-sized Bubbleback commits as thoroughly to ornament. After the ref 1858, the 3065 commands the highest prices in the family. | The 3065 is the Bubbleback Rolex built around a single design decision. Where the contemporary ref 2940 carried open, exposed lugs in the familiar Oyster idiom, the 3065 hooded them. The case flanks extrude forward and over the spring-bar channel so that the bracelet appears to emerge from beneath the watch rather than between it. On a two-tone example the effect is emphatic: yellow or rose gold hoods, polished flat, set into a satin steel mid-case, with the coin-edge or smooth bezel completing a vertical stack of metals. No other standard-sized Bubbleback commits as thoroughly to ornament. After the ref 1858, the 3065 commands the highest prices in the family. | ||