Rolex Oyster Perpetual 5013

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Reference 5013 is an automatic Oyster Perpetual with subsidiary seconds in five examined listings. Doyle and Linckersdorff describe solid-gold examples; Curious Curio, Cool Auction, and GMTBroker list steel watches with gold bezels. Each listing dates its watch to the 1940s. “Bubbleback” is the collector grouping used here; the records identify the watch as an Oyster Perpetual.

Core facts

detail	documented record
reference	5013
model	Automatic Oyster Perpetual; grouped with Bubblebacks by collectors
dated examples	Doyle and four dealer listings assign their individual watches dates in the 1940s; no production span is established
case diameter	About 32 mm in the direct listings; EveryWatch's archived copy of the Curious Curio listing gives 33 mm
case materials	Doyle and a Berlin dealer list 18 kt gold examples; other listings describe steel with yellow- or rose-gold bezels
movement	Five listings describe automatic winding and subsidiary seconds; Cool Auction assigns Cal. 630 / 630NA to its watch; the assignment is not independently corroborated
dial records	Cream Arabic-and-baton, applied Roman, wedge-marker, and silver Arabic 12-3-6-9 descriptions
bracelet or strap	One auction record describes an expandable Oyster-link bracelet; other listings show leather straps

Where it sits in the line

Catalogues identify 5013 as a time-only Oyster Perpetual with automatic winding and subsidiary seconds. The listings show several case and dial combinations, but none dates their introduction or documents a transition during the run.

Production outline

Doyle dates a solid-gold example with partial case serial 58664 to the 1940s. Curious Curio describes its steel-and-yellow-gold example as late 1940s and shows an inner caseback stamped 5013. A Berlin dealer dates another gold example to 1940–49. Cool Auction dates a steel-and-gold watch to about 1949, while GMTBroker assigns 1948 to a steel-and-rose-gold example. Each date belongs to one catalogue or seller record. VetroPlastica gives a broader 1940–1950 band without explaining its basis; it does not establish the reference’s production span.

Movement notes

The five direct listings describe automatic winding and subsidiary seconds. Doyle gives movement number N76711, a movement serial. EveryWatch repeats Curious Curio’s 9¾-ligne size notation; a 2009 Rolex Forums chart also lists 9.75 for 5013, without a specimen or cited basis. Those figures describe size, not a numbered caliber. Cool Auction assigns Cal. 630 to its watch in the title and gives 630NA in the specifications. See Movements.

Dial map

The listings show several layouts, though they do not establish their order or verify that each dial is original to its case. Doyle describes a cream dial with Arabic numerals, batons, minute indicators, and subsidiary seconds. Curious Curio and Linckersdorff show Roman-numeral dials. Cool Auction describes wedge markers. GMTBroker shows Arabic numerals at 12, 3, 6, and 9 on silver; the originality claim comes from the seller. A separate marketplace listing titles a centre-seconds watch as a chapter-ring 5013, but its photograph shows no caseback or reference stamp, so the reference attribution remains unverified.

Curious Curio stock CW-G346: applied Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds
Curious Curio stock CW-G346: dial printing and applied markers

Case, bezel, crystal, and crown notes

Doyle’s lot is an approximately 32 mm, 18 kt yellow-gold watch with an engine-turned bezel, acrylic crystal, and signed crown. A Berlin dealer also lists an 18 ct gold 5013, with a silver Roman-numeral dial. Curious Curio describes its 32 mm case as steel with a yellow-gold engine-turned bezel. Cool Auction describes a 32 mm steel case with a 14K gold bezel; GMTBroker lists steel with an 18K rose-gold bezel. These records show both solid-gold and mixed-metal cases. They do not establish the full material range or a factory variant code.

The Curious Curio photographs show the screw-down crown, case profile, and an inner caseback stamped 5013. The same photograph includes a handwritten “5.23K” mark; the listing does not explain it, so it cannot date or identify the watch.

Curious Curio stock CW-G346: inner caseback stamped 5013; the handwritten mark is unexplained
Curious Curio stock CW-G346: signed crown and case profile

Bracelets, clasps, and packaging notes

Doyle catalogues an expandable Oyster-link bracelet with a deployant clasp on its gold example. Its condition report notes stretch and damage near the case; the catalogue does not say the bracelet was delivered with the watch. Curious Curio and GMTBroker show leather straps. These listings do not establish original bracelet fitment. GMTBroker also claims an original box, but that claim is not supported by a separate provenance record.

Auction and specialist records

record	date assigned to watch	details
Doyle, lot 1088	1940s	18 kt gold; approx. 32 mm; cream Arabic-and-baton dial; movement no. N76711; partial serial 58664; expandable Oyster-link bracelet; sold for $14,080 including buyer’s premium
Curious Curio, CW-G346	late 1940s	32 mm steel and yellow gold; Roman-numeral dial; inner caseback stamped 5013; caliber not identified
Linckersdorff Berlin via eBay, item 355515195857	1940–49, seller-entered	18 ct gold; silver Roman-numeral dial with subsidiary seconds; 13 listing photographs; no caliber or serial given
Cool Auction, stock 20125	circa 1949	32 mm steel and 14K gold; wedge-marker dial described; seller attributes Cal. 630 / 630NA
GMTBroker, photo 852821	1948, seller-assigned	Steel and rose gold; silver Arabic 12-3-6-9 dial; single watermarked photograph

Every date in this table belongs to its listed watch. Together they place documented examples in the 1940s; they leave the reference’s start and end years unknown. VetroPlastica’s 1940–1950 index range has no cited serial sequence behind it. Doyle’s partial serial is one data point. See Serial-numbers.

Doyle, lot 1088: solid-gold case, cream Arabic-and-baton dial
Curious Curio stock CW-G346: dial and subsidiary seconds
Curious Curio stock CW-G346: case flank and crown
Curious Curio stock CW-G346: inner caseback stamp
Curious Curio stock CW-G346: movement; no caliber number is legible

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