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The smooth bezel gives the watch a different profile from the fluted 1803. Published production totals for the two references are not available, so claims about relative scarcity should be treated as unverified. The same bezel choice continued with the five-digit [[Reference:18028|18028]].

~~A note on the number 1800 itself, since it turns up in searches and in older catalogues.~~ Rolex ~~used~~ 1800 as the ~~root of~~ the ~~series rather than as~~ a bezel ~~variant of its own, in the same way that 18000, 18200~~ and ~~118000 later stood~~ for ~~whole generations. A small number of~~ watches ~~were catalogued as "ref~~. ~~1800" by the auction houses in the early 2000s, among them~~ a ~~1965 yellow-gold example at Christie's in London in 2004 and a 1973~~ blue-dial ~~example at Christie's~~ in Hong Kong ~~in 2006. Those attributions have not been repeated since~~, ~~no editorial source describes~~ a ~~distinct 1800~~ bezel~~, and~~ the ~~number does not appear in the marketplace reference indexes that carry 1802, 1803 and 1811. Treat~~ a watch ~~offered as~~ a 1800 as a ~~180x-series Day-Date whose specific~~ reference ~~needs checking~~ between the lugs.

Rolex reference guides use 1800 for the four-digit Day-Date generation; the individual references include 1802 with a smooth bezel and 1803 with a fluted bezel. Auction catalogues have also used “ref. 1800” for individual watches. Christie’s called a 36 mm blue-dial Day-Date “ref. 1800” in its 2009 Hong Kong sale, while describing a fluted bezel. Its 2004 London catalogue used the same designation for a 1965 Omani-dial watch with a textured bezel and recorded case number 18078. These listings document Christie’s use of 1800, while its status as a separate bezel reference remains unresolved; neither catalogue shows the number between the lugs. For an individual watch, check the number between the lugs; caseback markings alone may refer to the broader case family.

==Production outline==

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== Sources ==

* [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4314925 Christie’s, Day-Date catalogued as ref. 1800, London, 23 June 2004, lot 329]

* [https://www.christies.com/lot/rolex-day-date-ref-1800yellow-gold-automatic-wristwatch-5209613/ Christie’s, Day-Date catalogued as ref. 1800, Hong Kong, 27 May 2009, lot 2186]

* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra

* [https://www.puccipapaleo.com/bookstore/day-date ''Day-Date — The Presidential Rolex'' — Pucci Papaleo, Pucci Papaleo Editore, 2015]

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 The smooth bezel gives the watch a different profile from the fluted 1803. Published production totals for the two references are not available, so claims about relative scarcity should be treated as unverified. The same bezel choice continued with the five-digit [[Reference:18028|18028]].
-A note on the number 1800 itself, since it turns up in searches and in older catalogues. Rolex used 1800 as the root of the series rather than as a bezel variant of its own, in the same way that 18000, 18200 and 118000 later stood for whole generations. A small number of watches were catalogued as "ref. 1800" by the auction houses in the early 2000s, among them a 1965 yellow-gold example at Christie's in London in 2004 and a 1973 blue-dial example at Christie's in Hong Kong in 2006. Those attributions have not been repeated since, no editorial source describes a distinct 1800 bezel, and the number does not appear in the marketplace reference indexes that carry 1802, 1803 and 1811. Treat a watch offered as a 1800 as a 180x-series Day-Date whose specific reference needs checking between the lugs.
+Rolex reference guides use 1800 for the four-digit Day-Date generation; the individual references include 1802 with a smooth bezel and 1803 with a fluted bezel. Auction catalogues have also used “ref. 1800” for individual watches. Christie’s called a 36 mm blue-dial Day-Date “ref. 1800” in its 2009 Hong Kong sale, while describing a fluted bezel. Its 2004 London catalogue used the same designation for a 1965 Omani-dial watch with a textured bezel and recorded case number 18078. These listings document Christie’s use of 1800, while its status as a separate bezel reference remains unresolved; neither catalogue shows the number between the lugs. For an individual watch, check the number between the lugs; caseback markings alone may refer to the broader case family.
 ==Production outline==
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 == Sources ==
+* [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4314925 Christie’s, Day-Date catalogued as ref. 1800, London, 23 June 2004, lot 329]
+* [https://www.christies.com/lot/rolex-day-date-ref-1800yellow-gold-automatic-wristwatch-5209613/ Christie’s, Day-Date catalogued as ref. 1800, Hong Kong, 27 May 2009, lot 2186]
 * ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra
 * [https://www.puccipapaleo.com/bookstore/day-date ''Day-Date — The Presidential Rolex'' — Pucci Papaleo, Pucci Papaleo Editore, 2015]