Reference:6105: Difference between revisions

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|title=Rolex Datejust "Ovettone" 6105 (First Dial-Signed Datejust) — BezelBase

|description=The 6105 is where the Datejust finally gets its name. The concept already existed, but this is the first reference that actually prints Datejust on the dial. That is the main reason ~~to care about it~~.

|description=The 6105 is where the Datejust finally gets its name. The concept already existed, but this is the first reference that actually prints Datejust on the dial. That is the main reason the reference matters.

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Dial layout on a 6105 is standard period Rolex, with one important change: Datejust appears where earlier watches still stopped at Oyster Perpetual and chronometer text. That is the whole dial-side break.

The addition sounds small~~. On the wrist and in photographs~~ it is the ~~single feature that distinguishes a 6105 from a 6075 at a glance~~. The ~~prior reference~~, ~~in otherwise nearly identical gold Ovettone form~~, ~~has everything the 6105 has except the word. Collectors who encounter a 6075~~ and ~~a 6105 side by side will find the difference lives entirely~~ in ~~that one script line above six~~. The ~~case~~ is the ~~same. The movement is the same family. The bracelet, the bezel, the hands,~~ the ~~markers are all the same. The~~ dial ~~text is the change, and it is what the reference is remembered for~~.

The addition sounds small, but it is the whole watch. The case, movement family, and overall look are already there in earlier references. The printed name is what turns the 6105 into the first true dial-signed Datejust.

The format also anchors what the word “Datejust” will look like on Rolex dials going forward. By the 1960s the script “Datejust” above six becomes a recognizable signature element, as specifically Datejust as the fluted bezel itself. Its first appearance is here, on the 6105.

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 |title=Rolex Datejust "Ovettone" 6105 (First Dial-Signed Datejust) — BezelBase
-|description=The 6105 is where the Datejust finally gets its name. The concept already existed, but this is the first reference that actually prints Datejust on the dial. That is the main reason to care about it.
+|description=The 6105 is where the Datejust finally gets its name. The concept already existed, but this is the first reference that actually prints Datejust on the dial. That is the main reason the reference matters.
 [[File:Ref6105_bobswatches_123973.jpg|thumb|right|340px|alt=Rolex Datejust 6105 — the first Rolex reference with 'Datejust' on the dial|Rolex Datejust 6105 — the first Rolex reference with 'Datejust' on the dial (c.1950-1953)]]
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 Dial layout on a 6105 is standard period Rolex, with one important change: Datejust appears where earlier watches still stopped at Oyster Perpetual and chronometer text. That is the whole dial-side break.
-The addition sounds small. On the wrist and in photographs it is the single feature that distinguishes a 6105 from a 6075 at a glance. The prior reference, in otherwise nearly identical gold Ovettone form, has everything the 6105 has except the word. Collectors who encounter a 6075 and a 6105 side by side will find the difference lives entirely in that one script line above six. The case is the same. The movement is the same family. The bracelet, the bezel, the hands, the markers are all the same. The dial text is the change, and it is what the reference is remembered for.
+The addition sounds small, but it is the whole watch. The case, movement family, and overall look are already there in earlier references. The printed name is what turns the 6105 into the first true dial-signed Datejust.
 The format also anchors what the word “Datejust” will look like on Rolex dials going forward. By the 1960s the script “Datejust” above six becomes a recognizable signature element, as specifically Datejust as the fluted bezel itself. Its first appearance is here, on the 6105.