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=== Date wheel evolution === | === Date wheel evolution === | ||
[[File:Ref4467_phillips_roulette_518506.jpg|thumb|right|300px|alt=Rolex 4467 in 18K yellow gold with roulette date wheel (Phillips 2018)|Rolex 4467, 18K yellow gold, roulette date wheel, case 518506 (Phillips 2018)]] | |||
Three distinct date-wheel configurations are documented across the production run. The earliest 4467 dials, circa 1945 and into the first year or two, carry date wheels with black numerals on a white or off-white background, consistent with the dial’s palette. Sometime in the mid-1940s Rolex introduced an all-red date wheel with every date from 1 through 31 printed in red; documented on examples from roughly 1945 through 1947, this is the “Red Datejust” of collector literature. The Antiquorum pink gold example above carries the red wheel, and all-red 4467 dials command a premium over the standard black-numeral version. The roulette wheel (alternating red and black numerals, typically odd in one colour and even in the other) appears on 4467 dials from approximately 1947 through the end of production around 1953, and is the version most collectors picture when they picture a 4467. The Phillips 2018 example carries a roulette. These three configurations are tendencies rather than rules. Production overlap is the norm in vintage Rolex, and examples exist where the date wheel is not the version expected for the case serial range. | Three distinct date-wheel configurations are documented across the production run. The earliest 4467 dials, circa 1945 and into the first year or two, carry date wheels with black numerals on a white or off-white background, consistent with the dial’s palette. Sometime in the mid-1940s Rolex introduced an all-red date wheel with every date from 1 through 31 printed in red; documented on examples from roughly 1945 through 1947, this is the “Red Datejust” of collector literature. The Antiquorum pink gold example above carries the red wheel, and all-red 4467 dials command a premium over the standard black-numeral version. The roulette wheel (alternating red and black numerals, typically odd in one colour and even in the other) appears on 4467 dials from approximately 1947 through the end of production around 1953, and is the version most collectors picture when they picture a 4467. The Phillips 2018 example carries a roulette. These three configurations are tendencies rather than rules. Production overlap is the norm in vintage Rolex, and examples exist where the date wheel is not the version expected for the case serial range. | ||