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The catalogues use several names for the bezel. Rolex's own term is engine-turned. Heritage has called it reeded, Christie's ribbed, Sotheby's milled, and Bonhams once catalogued it as a Turnograph bezel. A Turnograph bezel is a different rotating timing bezel; the documented 1007 examples use a fixed engine-turned bezel. On the watch itself the pattern is a wide flat band of alternating cut and polished segments running the full width of the surround, aligned so the cuts read as fine radial texture in the light. On gold cases the bezel is gold and the milling reads softer.

Case material is where the 1007 spreads furthest. Stainless steel accounts for the largest documented group. Solid 14k yellow gold is documented from the ~~earliest~~ part of the run ~~and is described by dealers as the more common of the two gold options; solid~~ 18k yellow gold is documented from 1960 through 1971 and ~~into~~ a ~~1980s~~ example ~~that came~~ with its original box and papers. A hallmarked 18k case runs around 53 grams. Bonhams also catalogued a steel-and-yellow-gold example under the paired designation 1007/1005. That catalogue pairing shows why the case material and bezel should be recorded separately rather than inferred from the reference number alone.

Case material is where the 1007 spreads furthest. Stainless steel accounts for the largest documented group. Solid 14k yellow gold is documented from the early part of the run. Solid 18k yellow gold is documented from 1960 through 1971 and in a later example catalogued with its original box and papers. A hallmarked 18k case runs around 53 grams. Bonhams also catalogued a steel-and-yellow-gold example under the paired designation 1007/1005. That catalogue pairing shows why the case material and bezel should be recorded separately rather than inferred from the reference number alone.

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Original steel delivery through the 1960s was on the 7205 rivet Oyster, 19mm, with a signed folding clasp. End-link stamps vary within the fitment: 57 is the number usually quoted for the 19mm 7205, and the 1967 example Sotheby's catalogued wears 60. A 1966 example survives with a caseback date-coded I.66 and a clasp stamped 2-66, head and bracelet from consecutive quarters. From the late 1960s the folded-link 78350 with 557 end links takes over, and clasp codes running into the 1970s and 1980s are period-correct on later heads. Jubilee bracelets appear on some examples. Gold watches came on gold fold-over bracelets or on leather with a signed gold buckle, and the 19mm strap width carries across.

A clasp code dates the bracelet and only the bracelet. ~~Sixty years of servicing has separated most 1007 heads from what they left the factory on, and a~~ later clasp stamp on an earlier case is ~~normal wear history rather than~~ evidence of a problem. The cross-family detail sits on [[Reference:Bracelets|the bracelet and clasp guide]].

A clasp code dates the bracelet and only the bracelet. A later clasp stamp on an earlier case can reflect replacement or service history; it is not, by itself, evidence of a problem. The cross-family detail sits on [[Reference:Bracelets|the bracelet and clasp guide]].

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===Tiffany & Co.===

A 14k yellow-gold 1007 with a Tiffany & Co. signature below the Rolex coronet is a well-documented retailer branch. The watch is case number 529090, made in 1959, with a silver dial carrying applied gold dart and tapered bar markers, caliber 1560 with 25 jewels, on a 14k gold fold-over bracelet, and triple-signed on case, dial and movement. It sold at Heritage in New York in May 2013 and again at Antiquorum in Geneva two years later, ~~which makes it one of~~ the ~~few 1007s with~~ a ~~traceable modern ownership chain~~.

A 14k yellow-gold 1007 with a Tiffany & Co. signature below the Rolex coronet is a well-documented retailer branch. The watch is case number 529090, made in 1959, with a silver dial carrying applied gold dart and tapered bar markers, caliber 1560 with 25 jewels, on a 14k gold fold-over bracelet, and triple-signed on case, dial and movement. It sold at Heritage in New York in May 2013 and again at Antiquorum in Geneva two years later, The same case appeared in the cited Heritage and Antiquorum records, giving those two sale records a documented link.

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===Serpico y Laino===

~~The Caracas retailer Serpico y Laino signed Rolex dials in volume through the 1950s and 1960s, and an~~ 18k gold 1007 carries ~~the~~ signature below 12 on a black dial with applied gilt faceted baton markers, gilt outer minute divisions with luminous five-minute dots, and gilt lance hands. The watch is case number 487969, weighs just under 53 grams and runs caliber 1560. Bonhams offered it in Paris in October 2024 and it was unsold. A Serpico y Laino [[Reference:1018|1018]] has also surfaced, so the signature spans the family rather than singling out the 1007.

An 18k gold 1007 carries a Serpico y Laino signature below 12 on a black dial with applied gilt faceted baton markers, gilt outer minute divisions with luminous five-minute dots, and gilt lance hands. The watch is case number 487969, weighs just under 53 grams and runs caliber 1560. Bonhams offered it in Paris in October 2024 and it was unsold. A Serpico y Laino [[Reference:1018|1018]] has also surfaced, so the signature spans the family rather than singling out the 1007.

===The Sotheby's 'Snoopy'===

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 The catalogues use several names for the bezel. Rolex's own term is engine-turned. Heritage has called it reeded, Christie's ribbed, Sotheby's milled, and Bonhams once catalogued it as a Turnograph bezel. A Turnograph bezel is a different rotating timing bezel; the documented 1007 examples use a fixed engine-turned bezel. On the watch itself the pattern is a wide flat band of alternating cut and polished segments running the full width of the surround, aligned so the cuts read as fine radial texture in the light. On gold cases the bezel is gold and the milling reads softer.
-Case material is where the 1007 spreads furthest. Stainless steel accounts for the largest documented group. Solid 14k yellow gold is documented from the earliest part of the run and is described by dealers as the more common of the two gold options; solid 18k yellow gold is documented from 1960 through 1971 and into a 1980s example that came with its original box and papers. A hallmarked 18k case runs around 53 grams. Bonhams also catalogued a steel-and-yellow-gold example under the paired designation 1007/1005. That catalogue pairing shows why the case material and bezel should be recorded separately rather than inferred from the reference number alone.
+Case material is where the 1007 spreads furthest. Stainless steel accounts for the largest documented group. Solid 14k yellow gold is documented from the early part of the run. Solid 18k yellow gold is documented from 1960 through 1971 and in a later example catalogued with its original box and papers. A hallmarked 18k case runs around 53 grams. Bonhams also catalogued a steel-and-yellow-gold example under the paired designation 1007/1005. That catalogue pairing shows why the case material and bezel should be recorded separately rather than inferred from the reference number alone.
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 Original steel delivery through the 1960s was on the 7205 rivet Oyster, 19mm, with a signed folding clasp. End-link stamps vary within the fitment: 57 is the number usually quoted for the 19mm 7205, and the 1967 example Sotheby's catalogued wears 60. A 1966 example survives with a caseback date-coded I.66 and a clasp stamped 2-66, head and bracelet from consecutive quarters. From the late 1960s the folded-link 78350 with 557 end links takes over, and clasp codes running into the 1970s and 1980s are period-correct on later heads. Jubilee bracelets appear on some examples. Gold watches came on gold fold-over bracelets or on leather with a signed gold buckle, and the 19mm strap width carries across.
-A clasp code dates the bracelet and only the bracelet. Sixty years of servicing has separated most 1007 heads from what they left the factory on, and a later clasp stamp on an earlier case is normal wear history rather than evidence of a problem. The cross-family detail sits on [[Reference:Bracelets|the bracelet and clasp guide]].
+A clasp code dates the bracelet and only the bracelet. A later clasp stamp on an earlier case can reflect replacement or service history; it is not, by itself, evidence of a problem. The cross-family detail sits on [[Reference:Bracelets|the bracelet and clasp guide]].
 [[File:Ref 1007 caseback.webp|thumb|right|250px|Screw-down caseback on a 7205 rivet Oyster; the end links are stamped 60|alt=Screw-down caseback on a 7205 rivet Oyster; the end links are stamped 60]]
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 ===Tiffany & Co.===
-A 14k yellow-gold 1007 with a Tiffany & Co. signature below the Rolex coronet is a well-documented retailer branch. The watch is case number 529090, made in 1959, with a silver dial carrying applied gold dart and tapered bar markers, caliber 1560 with 25 jewels, on a 14k gold fold-over bracelet, and triple-signed on case, dial and movement. It sold at Heritage in New York in May 2013 and again at Antiquorum in Geneva two years later, which makes it one of the few 1007s with a traceable modern ownership chain.
+A 14k yellow-gold 1007 with a Tiffany & Co. signature below the Rolex coronet is a well-documented retailer branch. The watch is case number 529090, made in 1959, with a silver dial carrying applied gold dart and tapered bar markers, caliber 1560 with 25 jewels, on a 14k gold fold-over bracelet, and triple-signed on case, dial and movement. It sold at Heritage in New York in May 2013 and again at Antiquorum in Geneva two years later, The same case appeared in the cited Heritage and Antiquorum records, giving those two sale records a documented link.
 [[File:Ref 1007 dial-detail.webp|thumb|right|250px|The Tiffany & Co.-signed 1007, case 529090, made 1959|alt=The Tiffany & Co.-signed 1007, case 529090, made 1959]]
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 ===Serpico y Laino===
-The Caracas retailer Serpico y Laino signed Rolex dials in volume through the 1950s and 1960s, and an 18k gold 1007 carries the signature below 12 on a black dial with applied gilt faceted baton markers, gilt outer minute divisions with luminous five-minute dots, and gilt lance hands. The watch is case number 487969, weighs just under 53 grams and runs caliber 1560. Bonhams offered it in Paris in October 2024 and it was unsold. A Serpico y Laino [[Reference:1018|1018]] has also surfaced, so the signature spans the family rather than singling out the 1007.
+An 18k gold 1007 carries a Serpico y Laino signature below 12 on a black dial with applied gilt faceted baton markers, gilt outer minute divisions with luminous five-minute dots, and gilt lance hands. The watch is case number 487969, weighs just under 53 grams and runs caliber 1560. Bonhams offered it in Paris in October 2024 and it was unsold. A Serpico y Laino [[Reference:1018|1018]] has also surfaced, so the signature spans the family rather than singling out the 1007.
 ===The Sotheby's 'Snoopy'===