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<div class="rp-card"><div class="rp-card-body"><div class="rp-card-meta">~~Working from a dial that reads OYSTER PRECISION~~?</div><div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:3003|3003]]</div><div class="rp-card-text">~~The originating pair~~. ~~In 1937 the 3003 and 3004 are the only two references carrying that text~~, and ~~the caseback number is the only way to separate them~~.</div></div></div>

<div class="rp-card"><div class="rp-card-body"><div class="rp-card-meta">Looking for the first Oyster Precision pair?</div><div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:3003|3003 and 3004]]</div><div class="rp-card-text">Listed together in the 1937 chronology. Auction-catalogued examples differ in case size, metal and seconds layout.</div></div></div>

<div class="rp-card"><div class="rp-card-body"><div class="rp-card-meta">Trying to tell Precision from Super Precision?</div><div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:5500|5500]]</div><div class="rp-card-text">The reference where the switch happens mid-run. Cal. 1530 production reads Super Precision; Cal. 1520 production from around 1963 reads Precision or carries no grade text at all.</div></div></div>

<div class="rp-card"><div class="rp-card-body"><div class="rp-card-meta">Holding a 1940s manual-wind Oyster with centre seconds?</div><div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:4220|4220]]</div><div class="rp-card-text">The Speedking. Catalogued as the Precision-line counterpart to the Perpetual 3595, and the reference the Speedking name points at first.</div></div></div>

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| [[Reference:3003|3003]] · [[Reference:3004|3004]] || 1937+ || ~~10½′′′ Hunter, later Cal. 700, manual~~, ~~15–17j~~ || ~~33–34mm Oyster~~ || First ~~references with "ROLEX OYSTER PRECISION" on the dial; launched as a matched~~ pair; ~~the caseback number is the only reliable way to tell one from the other~~

| [[Reference:3003|3003]] · [[Reference:3004|3004]] || 1937 launch || Manual lever movements; two auction lots describe 10-line, 15- and 17-jewel examples || One catalogued 3003 is 27mm steel/pink gold; one 3004 is 30mm steel || First pair listed under Oyster Precision; documented examples differ in case and seconds layout

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-<div class="rp-card"><div class="rp-card-body"><div class="rp-card-meta">Working from a dial that reads OYSTER PRECISION?</div><div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:3003|3003]]</div><div class="rp-card-text">The originating pair. In 1937 the 3003 and 3004 are the only two references carrying that text, and the caseback number is the only way to separate them.</div></div></div>
+<div class="rp-card"><div class="rp-card-body"><div class="rp-card-meta">Looking for the first Oyster Precision pair?</div><div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:3003|3003 and 3004]]</div><div class="rp-card-text">Listed together in the 1937 chronology. Auction-catalogued examples differ in case size, metal and seconds layout.</div></div></div>
 <div class="rp-card"><div class="rp-card-body"><div class="rp-card-meta">Trying to tell Precision from Super Precision?</div><div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:5500|5500]]</div><div class="rp-card-text">The reference where the switch happens mid-run. Cal. 1530 production reads Super Precision; Cal. 1520 production from around 1963 reads Precision or carries no grade text at all.</div></div></div>
 <div class="rp-card"><div class="rp-card-body"><div class="rp-card-meta">Holding a 1940s manual-wind Oyster with centre seconds?</div><div class="rp-card-title">[[Reference:4220|4220]]</div><div class="rp-card-text">The Speedking. Catalogued as the Precision-line counterpart to the Perpetual 3595, and the reference the Speedking name points at first.</div></div></div>
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 ! Reference !! Production !! Movement !! Case !! Key distinction
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-| [[Reference:3003|3003]] · [[Reference:3004|3004]] || 1937+ || 10½′′′ Hunter, later Cal. 700, manual, 15–17j || 33–34mm Oyster || First references with "ROLEX OYSTER PRECISION" on the dial; launched as a matched pair; the caseback number is the only reliable way to tell one from the other
+| [[Reference:3003|3003]] · [[Reference:3004|3004]] || 1937 launch || Manual lever movements; two auction lots describe 10-line, 15- and 17-jewel examples || One catalogued 3003 is 27mm steel/pink gold; one 3004 is 30mm steel || First pair listed under Oyster Precision; documented examples differ in case and seconds layout
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