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==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown== | ==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown== | ||
[[File:Ref 1002 nine carat.webp|thumb|right|250px|British-market 9k gold case catalogued under the paired designation 1002/8, circa 1965, on a 9k gold bracelet]] | [[File:Ref 1002 nine carat.webp|thumb|right|250px|British-market 9k gold case catalogued under the paired designation 1002/8, circa 1965, on a 9k gold bracelet|alt=British-market 9k gold case catalogued under the paired designation 1002/8, circa 1965, on a 9k gold bracelet]] | ||
The case is a three-body Oyster in a tonneau profile, brushed and polished, 34mm across the bezel and around 12mm thick, with a screw-down caseback and Twinlock screw-down crown and drilled 19mm lugs. Catalogue measurements wander: houses have given the same case as 33mm, 33.5mm, 34mm, 35mm and, in one Antiquorum lot, 35.5mm. The 34mm figure is the one that agrees with the bulk of the record and with the [[Reference:5500|5500]] that shares the tooling. | The case is a three-body Oyster in a tonneau profile, brushed and polished, 34mm across the bezel and around 12mm thick, with a screw-down caseback and Twinlock screw-down crown and drilled 19mm lugs. Catalogue measurements wander: houses have given the same case as 33mm, 33.5mm, 34mm, 35mm and, in one Antiquorum lot, 35.5mm. The 34mm figure is the one that agrees with the bulk of the record and with the [[Reference:5500|5500]] that shares the tooling. | ||
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===The Al-Sabah dial=== | ===The Al-Sabah dial=== | ||
[[File:Ref 1002 al-sabah.webp|thumb|right|300px|The signature of Sheikh Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah printed below the centre, above the chronometer line]] | [[File:Ref 1002 al-sabah.webp|thumb|right|300px|The signature of Sheikh Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah printed below the centre, above the chronometer line|alt=The signature of Sheikh Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah printed below the centre, above the chronometer line]] | ||
Christie's sold a steel 1002 in Dubai in October 2021 carrying the signature of Sheikh Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah printed in black across the lower dial, under the applied markers and above the chronometer line. The watch dates to about 1967, runs caliber 1570 and came with product literature, its certificate of guarantee, the COSC certificate for its original movement, the presentation box, a hang tag and the 1989 Rolex service invoice. It is the strongest 1002 result located and the clearest documented example of the Gulf-market personalised dials that Rolex supplied through the 1960s. Antiquorum sold a second Arabic-dial steel 1002, case number 1,678,614, in Hong Kong in 2017. | Christie's sold a steel 1002 in Dubai in October 2021 carrying the signature of Sheikh Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah printed in black across the lower dial, under the applied markers and above the chronometer line. The watch dates to about 1967, runs caliber 1570 and came with product literature, its certificate of guarantee, the COSC certificate for its original movement, the presentation box, a hang tag and the 1989 Rolex service invoice. It is the strongest 1002 result located and the clearest documented example of the Gulf-market personalised dials that Rolex supplied through the 1960s. Antiquorum sold a second Arabic-dial steel 1002, case number 1,678,614, in Hong Kong in 2017. | ||
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===Air-King dials in 1002 cases=== | ===Air-King dials in 1002 cases=== | ||
[[File:Ref 1002 air king.webp|thumb|right|250px|An Air-King dial in the shared case, catalogued by Bonhams as ref 1002, circa 1976]] | [[File:Ref 1002 air king.webp|thumb|right|250px|An Air-King dial in the shared case, catalogued by Bonhams as ref 1002, circa 1976|alt=An Air-King dial in the shared case, catalogued by Bonhams as ref 1002, circa 1976]] | ||
Bonhams catalogued a 1976 steel watch as "Model: Air-King, Reference: 1002", silvered dial, Jubilee bracelet, and sold it for more than most chronometer-dial 1002s of the same year. These are Air-King watches in the shared case rather than 1002s with the wrong dial, and the [[Reference:5500|5500]] entry covers the case-sharing in full. The practical consequence for a buyer is that a 1002 stamp inside a caseback proves nothing about what is on the dial. | Bonhams catalogued a 1976 steel watch as "Model: Air-King, Reference: 1002", silvered dial, Jubilee bracelet, and sold it for more than most chronometer-dial 1002s of the same year. These are Air-King watches in the shared case rather than 1002s with the wrong dial, and the [[Reference:5500|5500]] entry covers the case-sharing in full. The practical consequence for a buyer is that a 1002 stamp inside a caseback proves nothing about what is on the dial. | ||