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Correct 2784 auction corpus, Cal. 59 attribution, and Solar Aqua evidence
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| case material
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| stainless steel; two-tone steel and gold documented (no plated example confirmed — see Case notes)
| stainless steel; two-tone steel and gold documented (no plated example confirmed; see the case section)
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| crystal
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One early Oyster case reference could carry several marketed names. Antiquorum notes that ref.
One early Oyster case reference could carry several marketed names. Antiquorum notes that ref.
3116 appeared as Royal, Viceroy, Imperial, Imperial Chronometer and Observatory Chronometer.
3116 appeared as Royal, Viceroy and Imperial, plus chronometer-labelled Imperial and Observatory variants.
Ref. 2784 shows the same pattern in the auction record.
Ref. 2784 shows the same pattern in the auction record.


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==Production outline==
==Production outline==


[[File:Ref 2784 caseback.webp|thumb|right|250px|alt=Caseback of a Rolex Oyster 2784 stamped with case number 126474 above the reference number 2784|Case 126474 stamped above the reference number, an example from the upper of the two documented case bands.]]
[[File:Ref 2784 caseback.webp|thumb|right|250px|alt=Caseback of a Rolex Oyster 2784 stamped with case number 126474 above the reference number 2784|Number 126474 is stamped above the reference, in the upper documented case-number band.]]


The catalogue estimates do not reconcile with the observed case-number order. Christie's dated
The catalogue estimates do not reconcile with the observed case-number order. Christie's dated
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| Black, "Extra Prima" printed
| Black, "Extra Prima" printed
| Sub-seconds
| Sub-seconds
| Case 88xxx
| Number 88xxx
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| Tropicalised
| Tropicalised
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[[File:Ref 2784 Oyster Watch Co caseback.webp|thumb|right|250px|alt=Inner caseback of a Rolex Oyster 2784 stamped Oyster Watch Co, Geneva-Swiss, with the RWC Ltd oval and the reference number|The marks that cause the confusion, on one caseback: "Oyster Watch Co / GENEVA-SWISS / PATENTED IN ALL COUNTRIES", the R.W.C. LTD oval, and 2784 below it.]]
[[File:Ref 2784 Oyster Watch Co caseback.webp|thumb|right|250px|alt=Inner caseback of a Rolex Oyster 2784 stamped Oyster Watch Co, Geneva-Swiss, with the RWC Ltd oval and the reference number|The marks that cause the confusion, on one caseback: "Oyster Watch Co / GENEVA-SWISS / PATENTED IN ALL COUNTRIES", the R.W.C. LTD oval, and 2784 below it.]]


[[File:Ref 2784 Raleigh profile.webp|thumb|right|250px|alt=Three-quarter view of a steel and gold Rolex Oyster 2784|The same case in steel and gold, the only confirmed departure from plain stainless steel — a plated example has been claimed but not verified, see Case notes.]]
[[File:Ref 2784 Raleigh profile.webp|thumb|right|250px|alt=Three-quarter view of a steel and gold Rolex Oyster 2784|The same case in steel and gold, the only confirmed departure from plain stainless steel; a plated ref. 2784 has not been verified.]]


The catalogued cases are barrel-shaped with screw-down backs and crowns. Christie's, Antiquorum
The catalogued cases are barrel-shaped with screw-down backs and crowns. Christie's, Antiquorum
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