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== Early tool-watch references: 6543 and 6541 (c.1955–1960) == | == Early tool-watch references: 6543 and 6541 (c.1955–1960) == | ||
The early Milgauss record includes the 6543 and 6541. Auction descriptions place 6543 examples around 1955 and describe a rotating bezel and early honeycomb dials; the 6541, dated by Rolex to 1956, added the configuration associated with the lightning-bolt seconds hand. The short runs leave | The early Milgauss record includes the 6543 and 6541. Auction descriptions place 6543 examples around 1955 and describe a rotating bezel and early honeycomb dials; the 6541, dated by Rolex to 1956, added the configuration associated with the lightning-bolt seconds hand. The short runs leave few surviving records. Surviving 6541s are generally associated with early 412xxx serials, but the serial evidence is too limited to treat that range as an absolute rule. | ||
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