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== Core facts ==
== Core facts ==
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== Dial map ==
== Dial map ==
[[File:Ref 16713 black-branch.webp|thumb|right|280px|alt=Black-dial 16713|Black-dial 16713]]


Five documented dial configurations across the run.
Five documented dial configurations across the run.
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=== Glossy black ===
=== Glossy black ===


[[File:Ref 16713 black-branch.webp|thumb|right|280px|alt=Black-dial 16713|Black-dial 16713]]
Black was a standard option throughout production: glossy black lacquer under a yellow-gold coronet, with applied gold nipple markers early and applied indices with yellow-gold surrounds later. It pairs most often with the all-black 24-hour insert, though black-and-gold "Rootbeer" inserts also surface on the black-dial branch. Black is more common than its reputation suggests, and Rolex gave it the most space in period catalog imagery.
Black was a standard option throughout production: glossy black lacquer under a yellow-gold coronet, with applied gold nipple markers early and applied indices with yellow-gold surrounds later. It pairs most often with the all-black 24-hour insert, though black-and-gold "Rootbeer" inserts also surface on the black-dial branch. Black is more common than its reputation suggests, and Rolex gave it the most space in period catalog imagery.