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12:3612:36, 19 August 2026 diff hist +192‎ N File:Ref 3599 dial-criss-cross.webp ‎ Ref. 3599 two-tone criss-cross silver dial, circa 1944, documented only in the dealer market. Source: https://robertmaron.com/rolex-bubble-back-3599-two-tone-criss-cross-dial-hooded-steel.html current
12:3612:36, 19 August 2026 diff hist +205‎ N File:Ref 3599 dial-two-tone-arabic.webp ‎ Ref. 3599 two-tone silvery dial with Arabic numerals and small seconds, case no. 152901, circa 1939, calibre 9 3/4''' 17 jewels. Christie's lot 5091688. Source: https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5091688 current
12:3612:36, 19 August 2026 diff hist +241‎ N File:Ref 3599 dial-gilt-batons.webp ‎ Ref. 3599 silvered dial with applied gilt batons and luminescent dots, Alpha hands, circa 1945. Bonhams, Fine Watches and Wristwatches, New York, 19 June 2008, lot 167 (sold USD 12,600). Source: https://www.bonhams.com/auction/16094/lot/167/ current
12:3612:36, 19 August 2026 diff hist +250‎ N File:Ref 3599 dial-matte-silver-darts.webp ‎ Ref. 3599 matte silver dial with applied steel Arabic numerals and dart indexes, case no. 275254, dated 1943, 17 jewels. Antiquorum, New York, 25 April 2012, lot 378 (sold USD 7,000). Source: https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-261-378 current
12:3612:36, 19 August 2026 diff hist +234‎ N File:Ref 3599 dial-copper-bicolour.webp ‎ Ref. 3599 bi-coloured off-white and copper dial with applied steel indexes and blued steel feuille hands. Antiquorum, New York, 15 June 2005, lot 207 (sold USD 18,400). Source: https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-81-207 current
12:3612:36, 19 August 2026 diff hist +237‎ N File:Ref 3599 dial-champagne-black.webp ‎ Ref. 3599 two-tone champagne and black dial with Arabic numerals, case no. 97031, dated 1941. Phillips, The Geneva Watch Auction: FOUR, 11 November 2016, lot 76 (sold CHF 25,000). Source: https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/CH080216/76 current
12:3612:36, 19 August 2026 diff hist +155‎ N File:Ref 3599 bamboo-bracelet.webp ‎ Ref. 3599 on a stainless steel Bamboo bracelet, case no. 56116, movement no. 90496, dated 1939. Antiquorum, Monaco, 21 July 2021, lot 136 (sold EUR 8,580). current
12:3612:36, 19 August 2026 diff hist +244‎ N File:Ref 3599 case-profile.webp ‎ Ref. 3599 side profile showing the domed Bubbleback caseback and steel Bamboo bracelet, case no. 56116. Antiquorum, Monaco, 21 July 2021, lot 136. Source: https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-3599-so-called-bubble-back-lot-341-136 current
12:3612:36, 19 August 2026 diff hist +188‎ N File:Ref 3599 retailer-verga.webp ‎ Ref. 3599 retailed by Verga, stainless steel, case no. 206254, dated 1942, silvered dial with subsidiary seconds. Monaco Legend Auctions, Exclusive Timepieces 28, lot 35 (sold EUR 31,250). current
12:3612:36, 19 August 2026 diff hist +149‎ N File:Ref 3599 caseback.webp ‎ Ref. 3599 screw-down caseback with case number 206254 and the underside of the fluted hoods. Monaco Legend Auctions, Exclusive Timepieces 28, lot 35. current
12:3612:36, 19 August 2026 diff hist +230‎ N File:Ref 3599 hooded-lugs-detail.webp ‎ Ref. 3599 hooded lug and wide flat cylindrical bezel, case no. 206254, retailed by Verga. Monaco Legend Auctions, Exclusive Timepieces 28, lot 35. Source: https://www.monacolegendauctions.com/auction/exclusive-timepieces-28/lot-35 current
12:3612:36, 19 August 2026 diff hist +301‎ N File:Ref 3599 hero.webp ‎ Rolex Oyster Perpetual Chronometre "Rigid Hooded" Bubbleback ref. 3599, stainless steel, case no. 45032, three-tone silver dial. Antiquorum, The Mondani Collection of Rolex Wristwatches, Geneva, 14 May 2006, lot 254 (sold CHF 47,200). Source: https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-108-254 current
12:3212:32, 19 August 2026 diff hist +213‎ N File:Ref 2765 retailer-signature.webp ‎ Dial detail of Rolex Oyster Chronometer ref. 2765 showing the MURDOCK'S / CAPE TOWN retailer signature below centre. Antiquorum New York, 9 December 2009, lot 217. Source: Antiquorum auction catalogue photography. current
12:3212:32, 19 August 2026 diff hist +209‎ N File:Ref 2765 hero.webp ‎ Rolex Oyster Chronometer ref. 2765, retailed by Murdock's of Cape Town, stainless steel, 1930s. Antiquorum New York, 9 December 2009, lot 217 (sold USD 1,560). Source: Antiquorum auction catalogue photography. current
12:3212:32, 19 August 2026 diff hist +249‎ N File:Ref 2765 dial-variant-silver-rose.webp ‎ Rolex Oyster Chronometer ref. 2765, silvered and rose two-tone dial with printed Arabic numerals and burnished steel leaf hands, 10 ligne Ultra Prima movement. Antiquorum Milan, 22 May 1995, lot 160. Source: Antiquorum auction catalogue photography. current
12:3212:32, 19 August 2026 diff hist +232‎ N File:Ref 2765 dial-variant-bronze.webp ‎ Rolex Oyster Chronometre ref. 2765, bronze-coloured dial with mixed radium Arabic and Roman numerals and skeleton hands. Antiquorum Hong Kong, 8 June 2001, lot 257 (sold HKD 23,000). Source: Antiquorum auction catalogue photography. current
12:3212:32, 19 August 2026 diff hist +195‎ N File:Ref 1873 hero.webp ‎ Rolex Oyster Royal ref. 1873, salmon dial, stainless steel, case 100498, 1930s. Antiquorum Geneva, 9-10 November 2024, lot 282 (sold CHF 10,625). Source: Antiquorum auction catalogue photography. current
12:3212:32, 19 August 2026 diff hist +258‎ N File:Ref 1873 dial-variant-two-tone.webp ‎ Rolex Oyster Royal ref. 1873, flat-back steel, case 48634, two-tone silvered dial with gold Arabic 12/3/9 and subsidiary seconds at 6, on riveted Oyster bracelet. Antiquorum Hong Kong, 25 April 2021, lot 233. Source: Antiquorum auction catalogue photography. current
12:3212:32, 19 August 2026 diff hist +259‎ N File:Ref 1873 dial-detail-salmon.webp ‎ Dial detail of Rolex Oyster Royal ref. 1873, case 100498: salmon dial with black round indexes, ROLEX OYSTER ROYAL and CHRONOMETRE text, subsidiary seconds at 6. Antiquorum Geneva, 9-10 November 2024, lot 282. Source: Antiquorum auction catalogue photography. current
12:3212:32, 19 August 2026 diff hist +210‎ N File:Ref 1873 case-profile.webp ‎ Rolex Oyster Royal ref. 1873, three-quarter view showing the tonneau case, screw-down crown and beaded bracelet. Antiquorum Geneva, 9-10 November 2024, lot 282. Source: Antiquorum auction catalogue photography. current
12:3212:32, 19 August 2026 diff hist +611‎ N File:Ref 2240 dial-variant-painted-arabic.webp ‎ Rolex Oyster Perpetual "Chronometre" reference 2240, dated by the catalogue to the 1930s. Mat silver dial with painted Arabic numerals at every hour, outer minute track with five-minute markers, Chronometre above 6, and baton hands. Stainless steel tonneau case, 32mm, screwed back and crown; 19 jewels, self-winding, centre seconds. Estimate HKD 15,000-18,000; result not published. Cropped from the catalogue plate to exclude an adjacent lot. Source: Antiquorum, Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempins... current
12:3212:32, 19 August 2026 diff hist +530‎ N File:Ref 2240 hero.webp ‎ Rolex Oyster Perpetual reference 2240, dated by the catalogue to the 1940s. Mat silver dial with applied gold indexes and baton hands, centre seconds, carrying the Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified designation. Stainless steel tonneau case, 32mm, screwed back and crown; 19 jewels, self-winding, 9 3/4 lignes. Estimate CHF 2,600-2,800; result not published. Source: Antiquorum, Geneva, Hotel des Bergues, 22 April 1995, lot 304. https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-118-3... current
12:3212:32, 19 August 2026 diff hist +571‎ N File:Ref 3135 disputed-oyster-standard.webp ‎ Rolex Oyster "Standard", catalogued under reference 3135 but described as a 10-ligne, 15-jewel manual-wind movement with fausses cotes and a flat balance spring in a 31mm case - a manual Oyster specification rather than a Perpetual one. Black dial with radium-coated Arabic numerals, concentric 24-hour graduation and lozenge radium hands. Sold for CHF 3,910. The reference assignment on this lot is unresolved. Source: Antiquorum, Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, 2 April 2000, lot 148. https://catalo... current
12:3212:32, 19 August 2026 diff hist +381‎ N File:Ref 3135 dial-variant-black-radium.webp ‎ Rolex Oyster Perpetual reference 3135, dated to the 1930s. Black dial with radium indexes and Arabic numerals, centre seconds, and baton radium hands. Movement 9 3/4 ligne, rhodium-plated, 19 jewels. Sold for CHF 2,990. Source: Antiquorum, Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, 22 April 1995, lot 300. https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-118-300 Category:Reference images current
12:3212:32, 19 August 2026 diff hist +423‎ N File:Ref 3135 dial-variant-ivory-roman.webp ‎ Rolex Oyster Perpetual "Chronometre" reference 3135, case No. 124X02. Ivory dial with painted baton indexes and Roman numerals, outer minute track and subsidiary seconds register at 6, with blued steel baton hands. Two-body case, 32mm across and 13mm thick. Sold for CHF 3,000. Source: Antiquorum, Geneva, 13 November 2011, lot 133. https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-256-133 Category:Reference images current
12:3212:32, 19 August 2026 diff hist +485‎ N File:Ref 3135 hero.webp ‎ Rolex Oyster Perpetual "Bubble Back" reference 3135, dated 1938, case No. 115'200, movement No. 99'669. Multi-tone silvered sector dial with original blued steel hands, on a stainless steel Rolex rice-grain (grain de riz) bracelet with folding deployant clasp stamped 4.51. Sold for CHF 82,500 against a CHF 25,000-50,000 estimate. Source: Phillips, The Watch Auction: ONE, Geneva, 9 May 2015, lot 207. https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/CH080215/207 Category:Reference images current

05:3005:30, 18 August 2026 diff hist −43‎ Main Page ‎ Refresh featured watch (weekly rotation) + recently-updated (from RecentChanges)
04:0204:02, 18 August 2026 diff hist −1,742‎ Reference:Movements ‎ Remove AI-style contrast and summary constructions
02:3202:32, 18 August 2026 diff hist +267‎ Reference:1018 ‎ Case-size dispute: add Bonhams 2004 37mm outer bound. Black lacquer: add Phillips lot 1042 case number 1'744'608 and its 35mm measurement
02:3002:30, 18 August 2026 diff hist +1,219‎ Reference:Bracelets ‎ Add gold Daytona Oyster bracelets 78668 and 78398 (103 / 193 end links) per Christie’s, Antiquorum and Phillips lots; retire the unattested 78368
02:2702:27, 18 August 2026 diff hist +3,008‎ Reference:1018 ‎ Nickname: separate Rolex naming from trade usage (oversize; "Jumbo" is a loan). Dial map: blue is not an attested factory variant, with the replaced-dial evidence
02:2402:24, 18 August 2026 diff hist +5,637‎ Reference:116520 ‎ Add cream "Panna" dial: 2000-2002 P/K/Y window, contested cause, naming spread, auction record (Christie’s, Phillips, Antiquorum, Sotheby’s, Artcurial, Revolution)
02:2102:21, 18 August 2026 diff hist +828‎ Reference:16528 ‎ Correct gold bracelet refs: 78368 to 78668 / 78398 per Christie’s + Phillips lots; end links 103 and 193, not steel 503/503B
02:2102:21, 18 August 2026 diff hist +10‎ Reference:Movements ‎ Finish movement prose cleanup and lint fixes
02:2002:20, 18 August 2026 diff hist −75,313‎ Reference:Movements ‎ Rewrite movement entries for clarity, flow, and reader-facing tone
02:1102:11, 18 August 2026 diff hist +928‎ Reference:116503 ‎ Dial map: identify M116503-0010 as the blue Arabic "Racing" layout, flagged as owner- and market-documented only with no Rolex or auction-catalogue support, plus dial-swap authentication caveat
02:1102:11, 18 August 2026 diff hist +1,862‎ Reference:18238 ‎ Dial map: add the burlwood dial branch (burl grain, four species, lacquering change, condition and interchangeability caveats), grounded in Hodinkee and RolexForums collector research
01:3701:37, 18 August 2026 diff hist +258‎ Reference:Movements ‎ Capture documented 15/18-jewel split on Cal. 350 T.S. (grade-tier variance, per rule 6)
01:3501:35, 18 August 2026 diff hist +281‎ Reference:Movements ‎ Add movement images: Cal. 350 T.S. (ref 1491 jump hour) and Cal. 700 10½-ligne Hunter
01:3501:35, 18 August 2026 diff hist +284‎ N File:Cal 700 movement.webp ‎ Rolex Cal. 700, the 10.5-ligne Hunter hand-wound Aegler caliber, shown with the caseback off. Movement marked ROLEX 15 RUBIES, SWISS MADE / FAB. SUISSE, with a monometallic Superbalance. Oyster Watch Co. Geneva caseback with SAR and coronet punch marks. Source: TroveStar item 148272. current
01:3501:35, 18 August 2026 diff hist +318‎ N File:Cal 350 TS movement.webp ‎ Rolex Cal. 350 T.S., the jump-hour member of the Prince 7.5-ligne rectangular T.S. family, shown with the caseback off in a ref. 1491 Prince Brancard jumping hour. Movement marked ROLEX HAIRSPRING, EXTRA PRIMA, 15 RUBIES, TIMED 6 POSITIONS, OBSERVATORY QUALITY, SWISS MADE. Source: Vintage Watch Centre listing R1200s. current

23:0823:08, 17 August 2026 diff hist +781‎ Reference:Movements ‎ Prince minors: consolidate 510/579/701/841/1004/1130/1439 into one grounded entry — evidence says these are movement serials, not calibers
22:4022:40, 17 August 2026 diff hist +762‎ Reference:Movements ‎ Grounding pass follow-up: add Sotheby's 16700 lot, hedge 3175 shock attribution, note house-level 3175 misreport
22:3522:35, 17 August 2026 diff hist +15,021‎ Reference:Movements ‎ Grounding pass: add source attribution to 1560/1570/1575/1036/1065/3075/3175
20:5120:51, 17 August 2026 diff hist +6,530‎ Reference:Movements ‎ Grounding pass: add source attribution to 3000/3035/3131/72/722/722-1/4030/72A/72B/4130
20:5020:50, 17 August 2026 diff hist +1,481‎ Reference:Movements ‎ Add movement images: Bubbleback/Precision/Milgauss calibers
20:5020:50, 17 August 2026 diff hist +161‎ N File:Cal 3131 movement.webp ‎ Rolex Cal. 3131 automatic from a Milgauss 116400GV, showing the Cotes de Geneve auto bridge and gold reversing wheels. Bench photograph, Watch Guy photo library. current
20:5020:50, 17 August 2026 diff hist +183‎ N File:Cal 1580 movement.webp ‎ Rolex Cal. 1580 automatic, marked "Montres Rolex S.A. Geneva, 26 Jewels, Swiss, Adjusted Six 6 Positions". Source: EmmyWatch caliber database (emmywatch.com/db/movement/rolex--1580/). current
20:5020:50, 17 August 2026 diff hist +167‎ N File:Cal 1225 movement.webp ‎ Rolex Cal. 1225 manual movement in a reference 6694 Oysterdate Precision, bridges marked "Montres Rolex S.A. Swiss". Bench photograph from a Watch Guy service writeup. current
20:5020:50, 17 August 2026 diff hist +207‎ N File:Cal 1215 movement.webp ‎ Rolex Cal. 1215 manual movement in a movement holder, bridges marked "Montres Rolex S.A. Geneva Swiss, Seventeen 17 Jewels". From a 1962 Oyster Date Precision reference 6694 service, Watch Guy photo library. current

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