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Auction catalogues date 1003 case 512,833 to circa 1960 and case 573,835 to circa 1960; the certificate accompanying case 573,835 is dated 22 December 1960, which dates the certificate rather than proving the case’s production date. Other catalogued examples include case 531,734 (circa 1966), case 1,197,501 (1964), case 3,044,042 (1972), case 3,960,865 (circa 1975), and case 5,426,177 (1977). A Glasgow import mark dates a 9K case to 1961, while a 1966 receipt accompanies a separate 9ct example. These individual records do not form a serial-year chart or establish production limits. [https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/important-watches-ge1401/lot.216.html Sotheby’s, case 5,426,177]; [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-171-486 Antiquorum, case 3,044,042]; [https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/fine-watches-3/oyster-perpetual-ref-1003-stainless-steel Sotheby’s, case 3,960,865].

=== Oyster Perpetual 1008 dated examples ===

Auction catalogues date ref. [[Reference:1008|1008]] case 666,184 to 1961, case 1,284,790 to 1965/66, and case 1,612,569 to circa 1967. Christie's records an inside-caseback stamp of IV.63 on another example. Antiquorum's 2022 and 2023 listings repeat case 1,612,569, so count it once. These are individual catalogue dates and a caseback stamp, not a serial-year chart. Compare the case, movement and date evidence on the watch itself. [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-261-9 Antiquorum 2012, lot 9]; [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-108-29 Antiquorum 2006, lot 29]; [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-1008-rolex-zephir-lot-355-458 Antiquorum 2022, lot 458]; [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-1008-rolex-zephir-lot-359-140 Antiquorum 2023, lot 140]; [https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-rolex-a-stainless-steel-and-gold-automatic-5008636/ Christie's, ref. 1008, lot 5008636].

=== Day-Date 6511 case examples ===

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 Auction catalogues date 1003 case 512,833 to circa 1960 and case 573,835 to circa 1960; the certificate accompanying case 573,835 is dated 22 December 1960, which dates the certificate rather than proving the case’s production date. Other catalogued examples include case 531,734 (circa 1966), case 1,197,501 (1964), case 3,044,042 (1972), case 3,960,865 (circa 1975), and case 5,426,177 (1977). A Glasgow import mark dates a 9K case to 1961, while a 1966 receipt accompanies a separate 9ct example. These individual records do not form a serial-year chart or establish production limits. [https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/important-watches-ge1401/lot.216.html Sotheby’s, case 5,426,177]; [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-171-486 Antiquorum, case 3,044,042]; [https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/fine-watches-3/oyster-perpetual-ref-1003-stainless-steel Sotheby’s, case 3,960,865].
+=== Oyster Perpetual 1008 dated examples ===
+Auction catalogues date ref. [[Reference:1008|1008]] case 666,184 to 1961, case 1,284,790 to 1965/66, and case 1,612,569 to circa 1967. Christie's records an inside-caseback stamp of IV.63 on another example. Antiquorum's 2022 and 2023 listings repeat case 1,612,569, so count it once. These are individual catalogue dates and a caseback stamp, not a serial-year chart. Compare the case, movement and date evidence on the watch itself. [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-261-9 Antiquorum 2012, lot 9]; [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-108-29 Antiquorum 2006, lot 29]; [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-1008-rolex-zephir-lot-355-458 Antiquorum 2022, lot 458]; [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-1008-rolex-zephir-lot-359-140 Antiquorum 2023, lot 140]; [https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-rolex-a-stainless-steel-and-gold-automatic-5008636/ Christie's, ref. 1008, lot 5008636].
 === Day-Date 6511 case examples ===