Reference:1807: Difference between revisions

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==Bracelets, end links, and clasps==

The 1807 wears the President, with the bark carried onto the bracelet's center links so the texture runs the length of the bracelet ~~rather than stopping at~~ the bezel. That full-length bark is what separates the 1807 from a watch that simply has a textured bezel. As with any vintage President, a clasp date code dates the bracelet ~~rather~~ than the ~~watch~~ head, and the [[Reference:Bracelets]] page holds the cross-family bracelet detail.

The 1807 wears the President, with the bark carried onto the bracelet's center links so the texture runs the length of the bracelet, past the bezel and onto the centre links. That full-length bark is what separates the 1807 from a watch that simply has a textured bezel. As with any vintage President, a clasp date code dates the bracelet, which may be older or newer than the head, and the [[Reference:Bracelets]] page holds the cross-family bracelet detail.

==Special branches==

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==Auction record==

Bark 1807s surface mainly through the dealer market ~~rather than~~ the major auction houses, which reflects the reference's modest standing rather than any great rarity. Documented yellow-gold examples run from mid-1960s silver-dial pieces to early-1970s examples on the hacking caliber 1556. The value driver is an original bark bracelet: decades of service often swapped bark center links for plain ones, so a watch that keeps its full original bark is worth more than the dial alone would suggest.

Bark 1807s surface mainly through the dealer market and rarely at the major auction houses, which reflects the reference's modest standing rather than any great rarity. Documented yellow-gold examples run from mid-1960s silver-dial pieces to early-1970s examples on the hacking caliber 1556. The value driver is an original bark bracelet: decades of service often swapped bark center links for plain ones, so a watch that keeps its full original bark is worth more than the dial alone would suggest.

==Sources==

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 ==Bracelets, end links, and clasps==
-The 1807 wears the President, with the bark carried onto the bracelet's center links so the texture runs the length of the bracelet rather than stopping at the bezel. That full-length bark is what separates the 1807 from a watch that simply has a textured bezel. As with any vintage President, a clasp date code dates the bracelet rather than the watch head, and the [[Reference:Bracelets]] page holds the cross-family bracelet detail.
+The 1807 wears the President, with the bark carried onto the bracelet's center links so the texture runs the length of the bracelet, past the bezel and onto the centre links. That full-length bark is what separates the 1807 from a watch that simply has a textured bezel. As with any vintage President, a clasp date code dates the bracelet, which may be older or newer than the head, and the [[Reference:Bracelets]] page holds the cross-family bracelet detail.
 ==Special branches==
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 ==Auction record==
-Bark 1807s surface mainly through the dealer market rather than the major auction houses, which reflects the reference's modest standing rather than any great rarity. Documented yellow-gold examples run from mid-1960s silver-dial pieces to early-1970s examples on the hacking caliber 1556. The value driver is an original bark bracelet: decades of service often swapped bark center links for plain ones, so a watch that keeps its full original bark is worth more than the dial alone would suggest.
+Bark 1807s surface mainly through the dealer market and rarely at the major auction houses, which reflects the reference's modest standing rather than any great rarity. Documented yellow-gold examples run from mid-1960s silver-dial pieces to early-1970s examples on the hacking caliber 1556. The value driver is an original bark bracelet: decades of service often swapped bark center links for plain ones, so a watch that keeps its full original bark is worth more than the dial alone would suggest.
 ==Sources==