Reference:6205: Revision history

29 April 2026

• curprev 21:4421:44, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 17,338 bytes +20‎ Audit: strip research-scaffold corpus tokens (surveyed corpus, auction-house corpus, consulted source) — reader-facing rephrase [automatically checked]
• curprev 16:4216:42, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 17,318 bytes −3‎ Slop Cop scrub: strip represents/serves as/stands as/constitutes/encompasses, establishes, reflects, fundamentally, completely different/distinct, pivotal, robust, essentially, AI section-title patterns + transitional connectives. Per CLAUDE.md WRITING_STYLE.md banlist + user feedback on AI cadence. [automatically checked]
• curprev 15:3015:30, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 17,321 bytes −131‎ Round-2 scrub: strip remaining hammer/auction-price wording from body prose. Auction record stays in dedicated section. [automatically checked]
• curprev 14:5814:58, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 17,452 bytes −3‎ Strip auction prices/hammer wording from intros and prose body per CLAUDE.md hard rule #10 + user feedback. Auction record stays in dedicated section. Replace "hammered at"→"sold for" / "hammer"→"sale" in remaining prose. [automatically checked]
• curprev 13:3813:38, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 17,455 bytes −246‎ Trim dealer/source name-drops in prose per CLAUDE.md hard rule #5 + user feedback. Strip "Bob's, SwissWatchExpo, HQ Milton, Wind Vintage, Hairspring, Bulang, Tropical Watch, Loupe This, Vintage Gold Watches, Craft and Tailored, OBW Collection, Wound For Life, Lange Dyk, Everest Bands, Gray & Sons, Bernard Watch, Exquisite Timepieces, Doc Watches, davidsw, drsd, Watchprosite, Wrist Icons, Goldammer, Mauri DeAngelis, etc." from prose body. Keep facts. Source list at bottom unchanged. [automatically checked]
• curprev 05:2205:22, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 17,701 bytes +8,671‎ 6205: rebuild from external research scout (14 sources). Series 1 / Series 2 framing for clean→signed dial and pencil→Mercedes hand transition. Phillips Game Changers $162,500 pencil-hand benchmark. Capture Mercedes-hand 6200/6205 joint-credit contradiction (Phillips Logan Baker vs other specialists). Bracelet bifurcation: GF rivet 64/65 early band → 7206/80 late band. 7-lot auction record. Sub-Aqua/honeycomb explicitly noted as 6204 territory not 6205. Preserved all 5 image tags untouched. [automatically checked]
• curprev 03:2203:22, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 9,030 bytes 0‎ SEO: og:image + image_alt + og_type + timestamps [automatically checked]
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27 April 2026

• curprev 04:4404:44, 27 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 8,976 bytes −329‎ Slop sweep: paragraph challenge + AI-tone scrub [automatically checked]
• curprev 04:4004:40, 27 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 9,305 bytes +20‎ Normalize Field Manual citation: ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra [automatically checked]
• curprev 04:0304:03, 27 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 9,285 bytes +199‎ SEO: og:image + image_alt + og_type + timestamps [automatically checked]

21 April 2026

• curprev 01:2901:29, 21 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 9,086 bytes −308‎ No edit summary Tag: Visual edit [automatically checked]
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20 April 2026

• curprev 01:2801:28, 20 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 9,571 bytes 0‎ Normalize hero image width to 340px [automatically checked]

19 April 2026

• curprev 17:5017:50, 19 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 9,571 bytes +375‎ Hero swap + caption source attribution (automated) [automatically checked]
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18 April 2026

• curprev 17:3517:35, 18 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 9,194 bytes +143‎ Paragraph-challenge pass: context, clarity, research-backed fixes [automatically checked]
• curprev 00:1500:15, 18 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 9,051 bytes −42‎ Slop Cop pass: writing cleanup [automatically checked]

17 April 2026

• curprev 23:2223:22, 17 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 9,093 bytes +9‎ Text audit: voice, clarity, source links [automatically checked]
• curprev 03:1303:13, 17 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 9,084 bytes −59‎ Fix Field Manual attribution; ensure RolexHaven source linked [automatically checked]
• curprev 03:1103:11, 17 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 9,143 bytes −111‎ Remove 1 duplicate source entries [automatically checked]
• curprev 03:0503:05, 17 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 9,254 bytes +247‎ Add TropicalWatch photos + RolexHaven variant links [automatically checked]
• curprev 03:0503:05, 17 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 9,007 bytes +166‎ Add detailed RolexHaven variant page links (2 variants) [automatically checked]
• curprev 02:3402:34, 17 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 8,841 bytes −214‎ Remove broken RolexHaven diagram images Tag: Manual revert [automatically checked]
• curprev 02:2802:28, 17 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 9,055 bytes +214‎ Add RolexHaven dial layers and hands detail images Tag: Reverted [automatically checked]
• curprev 01:0201:02, 17 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 8,841 bytes +197‎ Resize oversized images, fix captions [automatically checked]
• curprev 01:0201:02, 17 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 8,644 bytes −111‎ Remove duplicate source entries [automatically checked]
• curprev 01:0001:00, 17 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 8,755 bytes +549‎ Enrich with RolexHaven: Added Blank Dial and Submariner dial variants [automatically checked]

16 April 2026

• curprev 05:1205:12, 16 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 8,206 bytes +79‎ Fix image order: place images in relevant sections [automatically checked]
• curprev 05:1105:11, 16 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 8,127 bytes −7‎ Consistency pass: standardize headings, fix duplicates, clean refs [automatically checked]
• curprev 05:0605:06, 16 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 8,134 bytes +18‎ Clean: remove Chevalier naming and internal source IDs [automatically checked]
• curprev 04:3104:31, 16 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 8,116 bytes −8‎ Revert: restore pre-Explorer-migration version (Apr 15) Tag: Manual revert [automatically checked]
• curprev 04:2904:29, 16 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 8,124 bytes +8‎ Automated migration from deliverables package Tags: Manual revert Reverted [automatically checked]

15 April 2026

• curprev 03:5303:53, 15 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 8,116 bytes +46‎ Fix source attributions: replace unknown with actual authors/entities Tag: Reverted [automatically checked]
• curprev 00:1500:15, 15 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 8,070 bytes −53‎ No edit summary Tag: Reverted
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14 April 2026

• curprev 22:0922:09, 14 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 8,169 bytes +45‎ Automated migration from deliverables package Tag: Reverted
• curprev 21:4021:40, 14 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 8,124 bytes +1‎ Update image reference: Ref 6205 hero.jpg -> Ref 6205 hero.webp
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• curprev 16:1316:13, 14 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 6,131 bytes +6,131‎ Import reference 6205 article