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== Bracelets, end links, clasps, and packaging notes == | == Bracelets, end links, clasps, and packaging notes == | ||
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File:Ref 6204 bracelet-rivet-top.webp|alt=Gay Freres rivet bracelet — top view|Gay Freres rivet bracelet — top view | |||
File:Ref 6204 clasp-gay-freres.webp|alt=Gay Freres clasp interior with Rolex coronet|Gay Freres clasp interior with Rolex coronet | |||
File:Ref 6204 endlink-65-stamp.webp|alt=End link with "65" stamp — original fitment marker|End link with "65" stamp — original fitment marker | |||
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The original-delivery bracelet is a 20mm Gay Frères Swiss riveted Oyster with fixed end links stamped 64 or 65 (Mondani; consistent with Phillips lot 292 and the broader surviving population). The 6636 stretch-rivet family is period-correct. Clasp date codes on plausibly-original bracelets read 2.53 (Q1 1953), in line with the case-stamp era — Phillips 2021 lot 79 carries a clasp 2.53 against case 988'923, the cleanest period-correct configuration in the public record. | The original-delivery bracelet is a 20mm Gay Frères Swiss riveted Oyster with fixed end links stamped 64 or 65 (Mondani; consistent with Phillips lot 292 and the broader surviving population). The 6636 stretch-rivet family is period-correct. Clasp date codes on plausibly-original bracelets read 2.53 (Q1 1953), in line with the case-stamp era — Phillips 2021 lot 79 carries a clasp 2.53 against case 988'923, the cleanest period-correct configuration in the public record. | ||
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The 6204 trades at the top of the early Submariner market on historical position more than absolute rarity. The 6200 is rarer in production terms. The 6204 is where the name begins. | The 6204 trades at the top of the early Submariner market on historical position more than absolute rarity. The 6200 is rarer in production terms. The 6204 is where the name begins. | ||
== Related references == | == Related references == | ||