Reference:1807 - Revision history

Klaudiusz: Internal linking: related references + component links

2026-07-18T12:55:48Z

Internal linking: related references + component links

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	Bark 1807s surface mainly through the dealer market and rarely at the major auction houses, which reflects the reference's modest standing rather than any great rarity. Documented yellow-gold examples run from mid-1960s silver-dial pieces to early-1970s examples on the hacking caliber 1556. The value driver is an original bark bracelet: decades of service often swapped bark center links for plain ones, so a watch that keeps its full original bark is worth more than the dial alone would suggest.		Bark 1807s surface mainly through the dealer market and rarely at the major auction houses, which reflects the reference's modest standing rather than any great rarity. Documented yellow-gold examples run from mid-1960s silver-dial pieces to early-1970s examples on the hacking caliber 1556. The value driver is an original bark bracelet: decades of service often swapped bark center links for plain ones, so a watch that keeps its full original bark is worth more than the dial alone would suggest.


			== Related references ==

			* [[Reference:1803\|Day-Date 1803]] — Fluted President (1960–1977)
			* [[Reference:1804\|Day-Date 1804]]
			* [[Reference:1806\|Day-Date 1806]]
			* [[Reference:1811\|Day-Date 1811]]
			* [[Reference:1831\|Day-Date 1831]]
			* [[Reference:6510\|Day-Date 6510]] — 1956–1957

			See also the [[Reference:day-date\|Day-Date family index]], [[Reference:Movements\|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets\|bracelet & clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers\|serial numbers by year]].

	==Sources==		==Sources==

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Admin: Voice pass 2: cut residual negation-pivot crutches + rhetorical opener

2026-06-22T15:45:37Z

Voice pass 2: cut residual negation-pivot crutches + rhetorical opener

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	==Where it sits in the line==		==Where it sits in the line==

	The 1807 is one of the 1803's decorated siblings. The 4-digit Day-Date split by finish ~~rather than by~~ movement ~~or size~~. The 1803 took the fluted bezel, the 1804 a gem-set bezel, the 1806 the finer Florentine engine-turning, and the 1807 the coarser bark; the 1811 the Morellis moiré finish. Most sources separate the 1806 and 1807 by that texture, Florentine against bark. ~~What is not in dispute is the~~ 1807 itself: the bark covers both the bezel and the bracelet center links.		The 1807 is one of the 1803's decorated siblings. The 4-digit Day-Date split by finish, on a shared case and movement. The 1803 took the fluted bezel, the 1804 a gem-set bezel, the 1806 the finer Florentine engine-turning, and the 1807 the coarser bark; the 1811 the Morellis moiré finish. Most sources separate the 1806 and 1807 by that texture, Florentine against bark. The 1807 itself is clear: the bark covers both the bezel and the bracelet center links.

	Everything else is 1803. The 36mm gold case, the President bracelet, the caliber 1555 and 1556 movements, and the dial catalogue are shared, and the bark is the only thing that makes an 1807 an 1807. The [[Reference:1803\|1803]] entry carries the full dial taxonomy, the movement transition, and the President bracelet history for the whole 4-digit group.		Everything else is 1803. The 36mm gold case, the President bracelet, the caliber 1555 and 1556 movements, and the dial catalogue are shared, and the bark is the only thing that makes an 1807 an 1807. The [[Reference:1803\|1803]] entry carries the full dial taxonomy, the movement transition, and the President bracelet history for the whole 4-digit group.

Admin: Voice: cut negation-contrast pivots ("X rather than Y", "X, not Y") per slop-cop

2026-06-22T15:30:06Z

Voice: cut negation-contrast pivots ("X rather than Y", "X, not Y") per slop-cop

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	==Bracelets, end links, and clasps==		==Bracelets, end links, and clasps==

	The 1807 wears the President, with the bark carried onto the bracelet's center links so the texture runs the length of the bracelet ~~rather than stopping at~~ the bezel. That full-length bark is what separates the 1807 from a watch that simply has a textured bezel. As with any vintage President, a clasp date code dates the bracelet ~~rather~~ than the ~~watch~~ head, and the [[Reference:Bracelets]] page holds the cross-family bracelet detail.		The 1807 wears the President, with the bark carried onto the bracelet's center links so the texture runs the length of the bracelet, past the bezel and onto the centre links. That full-length bark is what separates the 1807 from a watch that simply has a textured bezel. As with any vintage President, a clasp date code dates the bracelet, which may be older or newer than the head, and the [[Reference:Bracelets]] page holds the cross-family bracelet detail.

	==Special branches==		==Special branches==
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	==Auction record==		==Auction record==

	Bark 1807s surface mainly through the dealer market ~~rather than~~ the major auction houses, which reflects the reference's modest standing rather than any great rarity. Documented yellow-gold examples run from mid-1960s silver-dial pieces to early-1970s examples on the hacking caliber 1556. The value driver is an original bark bracelet: decades of service often swapped bark center links for plain ones, so a watch that keeps its full original bark is worth more than the dial alone would suggest.		Bark 1807s surface mainly through the dealer market and rarely at the major auction houses, which reflects the reference's modest standing rather than any great rarity. Documented yellow-gold examples run from mid-1960s silver-dial pieces to early-1970s examples on the hacking caliber 1556. The value driver is an original bark bracelet: decades of service often swapped bark center links for plain ones, so a watch that keeps its full original bark is worth more than the dial alone would suggest.

	==Sources==		==Sources==

Klaudiusz: Reconcile: 1803 entry now correctly reads 1806 as Florentine — drop stale cross-reference

2026-06-08T02:00:51Z

Reconcile: 1803 entry now correctly reads 1806 as Florentine — drop stale cross-reference

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	==Where it sits in the line==		==Where it sits in the line==

	The 1807 is one of the 1803's decorated siblings. The 4-digit Day-Date split by finish rather than by movement or size. The 1803 took the fluted bezel, the 1804 a gem-set bezel, the 1806 the finer Florentine engine-turning, and the 1807 the coarser bark; the 1811 the Morellis moiré finish. Most sources separate the 1806 and 1807 by that texture, Florentine against bark~~, though BezelBase's own [[Reference:1803\|1803]] entry groups the textured references slightly differently and reads the 1806 as a bark-bezel reference~~. What is not in dispute is the 1807 itself: the bark covers both the bezel and the bracelet center links.		The 1807 is one of the 1803's decorated siblings. The 4-digit Day-Date split by finish rather than by movement or size. The 1803 took the fluted bezel, the 1804 a gem-set bezel, the 1806 the finer Florentine engine-turning, and the 1807 the coarser bark; the 1811 the Morellis moiré finish. Most sources separate the 1806 and 1807 by that texture, Florentine against bark. What is not in dispute is the 1807 itself: the bark covers both the bezel and the bracelet center links.

	Everything else is 1803. The 36mm gold case, the President bracelet, the caliber 1555 and 1556 movements, and the dial catalogue are shared, and the bark is the only thing that makes an 1807 an 1807. The [[Reference:1803\|1803]] entry carries the full dial taxonomy, the movement transition, and the President bracelet history for the whole 4-digit group.		Everything else is 1803. The 36mm gold case, the President bracelet, the caliber 1555 and 1556 movements, and the dial catalogue are shared, and the bark is the only thing that makes an 1807 an 1807. The [[Reference:1803\|1803]] entry carries the full dial taxonomy, the movement transition, and the President bracelet history for the whole 4-digit group.

Klaudiusz: Fix: 1811 is the Morellis (moiré) finish (bezel + bracelet centre links), not smooth — correct sibling descriptions

2026-06-08T00:48:43Z

Fix: 1811 is the Morellis (moiré) finish (bezel + bracelet centre links), not smooth — correct sibling descriptions

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	<small>[[Reference:day-date\|Day-Date]] → '''1807'''</small>		<small>[[Reference:day-date\|Day-Date]] → '''1807'''</small>

	The 1807 is the bark-finish Day-Date. It shares the 4-digit President's case, movement and dial catalogue with the fluted [[Reference:1803\|1803]] and differs in one thing: the gold carries a coarse vertical "bark" texture, écorce in French, across the bezel and the bracelet's center links. Rolex sold it through the 1960s and into the 1970s as one of a small group of decorated 4-digit references, next to the Florentine 1806 and the ~~fully textured~~ 1811. The finish drew few buyers when new. It reads very differently now.		The 1807 is the bark-finish Day-Date. It shares the 4-digit President's case, movement and dial catalogue with the fluted [[Reference:1803\|1803]] and differs in one thing: the gold carries a coarse vertical "bark" texture, écorce in French, across the bezel and the bracelet's center links. Rolex sold it through the 1960s and into the 1970s as one of a small group of decorated 4-digit references, next to the Florentine 1806 and the Morellis-finish 1811. The finish drew few buyers when new. It reads very differently now.

	[[File:Ref 1807 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Rolex Day-Date 1807 in yellow gold with bark-finish bezel and bracelet\|The 1807 in yellow gold: bark finish on the bezel and the President bracelet's center links, champagne stick dial. Photo: CollectorsSquare]]		[[File:Ref 1807 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Rolex Day-Date 1807 in yellow gold with bark-finish bezel and bracelet\|The 1807 in yellow gold: bark finish on the bezel and the President bracelet's center links, champagne stick dial. Photo: CollectorsSquare]]
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	==Where it sits in the line==		==Where it sits in the line==

	The 1807 is one of the 1803's decorated siblings. The 4-digit Day-Date split by finish rather than by movement or size. The 1803 took the fluted bezel, the 1804 a gem-set bezel, the 1806 the finer Florentine engine-turning, and the 1807 the coarser bark; the 1811 ~~ran~~ the ~~texture across the case as well~~. Most sources separate the 1806 and 1807 by that texture, Florentine against bark, though BezelBase's own [[Reference:1803\|1803]] entry groups the textured references slightly differently and reads the 1806 as a bark-bezel reference. What is not in dispute is the 1807 itself: the bark covers both the bezel and the bracelet center links.		The 1807 is one of the 1803's decorated siblings. The 4-digit Day-Date split by finish rather than by movement or size. The 1803 took the fluted bezel, the 1804 a gem-set bezel, the 1806 the finer Florentine engine-turning, and the 1807 the coarser bark; the 1811 the Morellis moiré finish. Most sources separate the 1806 and 1807 by that texture, Florentine against bark, though BezelBase's own [[Reference:1803\|1803]] entry groups the textured references slightly differently and reads the 1806 as a bark-bezel reference. What is not in dispute is the 1807 itself: the bark covers both the bezel and the bracelet center links.

	Everything else is 1803. The 36mm gold case, the President bracelet, the caliber 1555 and 1556 movements, and the dial catalogue are shared, and the bark is the only thing that makes an 1807 an 1807. The [[Reference:1803\|1803]] entry carries the full dial taxonomy, the movement transition, and the President bracelet history for the whole 4-digit group.		Everything else is 1803. The 36mm gold case, the President bracelet, the caliber 1555 and 1556 movements, and the dial catalogue are shared, and the bark is the only thing that makes an 1807 an 1807. The [[Reference:1803\|1803]] entry carries the full dial taxonomy, the movement transition, and the President bracelet history for the whole 4-digit group.
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	===The bark family===		===The bark family===

	The 1807 belongs to a small group of textured 4-digit Day-Dates: the Florentine 1806, the bark 1807, and the 1811~~, which extends the texture onto the case flanks~~. These were a 1960s fashion, and Rolex let them go as taste returned to polished and fluted gold. Survivors are comparatively scarce and now wanted precisely because the texture is unusual. The bark itself outlasted the 4-digit era and returned on the 5-digit 18078.		The 1807 belongs to a small group of textured 4-digit Day-Dates: the Florentine 1806, the bark 1807, and the Morellis 1811. These were a 1960s fashion, and Rolex let them go as taste returned to polished and fluted gold. Survivors are comparatively scarce and now wanted precisely because the texture is unusual. The bark itself outlasted the 4-digit era and returned on the 5-digit 18078.

	==Auction record==		==Auction record==

Klaudiusz: Create Day-Date 1807 — bark-finish (écorce) 4-digit President; bark bezel + bracelet center links; cal 1555/1556; sibling of 1803/1806/1811; 10 sources, 2 images

2026-06-07T16:23:38Z

Create Day-Date 1807 — bark-finish (écorce) 4-digit President; bark bezel + bracelet center links; cal 1555/1556; sibling of 1803/1806/1811; 10 sources, 2 images

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<small>[[Reference:day-date|Day-Date]] → '''1807'''</small>

The 1807 is the bark-finish Day-Date. It shares the 4-digit President's case, movement and dial catalogue with the fluted [[Reference:1803|1803]] and differs in one thing: the gold carries a coarse vertical "bark" texture, écorce in French, across the bezel and the bracelet's center links. Rolex sold it through the 1960s and into the 1970s as one of a small group of decorated 4-digit references, next to the Florentine 1806 and the fully textured 1811. The finish drew few buyers when new. It reads very differently now.

[[File:Ref 1807 hero.webp|thumb|right|250px|alt=Rolex Day-Date 1807 in yellow gold with bark-finish bezel and bracelet|The 1807 in yellow gold: bark finish on the bezel and the President bracelet's center links, champagne stick dial. Photo: CollectorsSquare]]

==Core facts==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! detail
! value
|-
| reference
| 1807
|-
| family
| Day-Date
|-
| production
| 1960s into the 1970s (4-digit era)
|-
| movement
| caliber 1555 (to c. 1965), then caliber 1556 to the end of the run; hacking from 1972; no quickset
|-
| case
| 36mm 18k gold President — yellow, white, pink/rose gold
|-
| crystal
| acrylic
|-
| bezel
| bark (écorce) finish
|-
| bracelet
| President with bark-finished center links
|-
| dial
| the 4-digit Day-Date catalogue (champagne and silver stick the volume choice; the same special dials offered on the 1803)
|-
| crown
| Twinlock screw-down
|-
| sibling references
| 1803 (fluted), 1804 (gem-set), 1806 (Florentine), 1811 (textured incl. case)
|-
| predecessor
| originals-era 6610 / 6611 / 6612 cluster
|-
| successor
| 5-digit 18078, which carries the bark finish forward
|}

==Where it sits in the line==

The 1807 is one of the 1803's decorated siblings. The 4-digit Day-Date split by finish rather than by movement or size. The 1803 took the fluted bezel, the 1804 a gem-set bezel, the 1806 the finer Florentine engine-turning, and the 1807 the coarser bark; the 1811 ran the texture across the case as well. Most sources separate the 1806 and 1807 by that texture, Florentine against bark, though BezelBase's own [[Reference:1803|1803]] entry groups the textured references slightly differently and reads the 1806 as a bark-bezel reference. What is not in dispute is the 1807 itself: the bark covers both the bezel and the bracelet center links.

Everything else is 1803. The 36mm gold case, the President bracelet, the caliber 1555 and 1556 movements, and the dial catalogue are shared, and the bark is the only thing that makes an 1807 an 1807. The [[Reference:1803|1803]] entry carries the full dial taxonomy, the movement transition, and the President bracelet history for the whole 4-digit group.

==Production outline==

The bark finish ran through the 1960s and into the 1970s alongside the plain 1803. No Rolex production figure has surfaced, and the texture sold slowly when new, so the bark and Florentine references are scarcer in the record than the fluted 1803 for the simple reason that fewer buyers chose them. Documented examples cover the span: silver- and champagne-dialled yellow-gold pieces in the mid-1960s on the caliber 1555, later examples into the early 1970s on the hacking caliber 1556. The finish outlived the reference and reappeared in the 5-digit era on the 18078.

==Movement notes==

The 1807 uses the movement of the rest of the 4-digit Day-Date: caliber 1555 from the start of the run, replaced by the caliber 1556 around 1965. The 1556 raised the beat to 19,800 vph and brought the free-sprung Microstella balance; hacking seconds arrived across the 1500 family in 1972. No 4-digit Day-Date has quickset, so the date and day advance only by running the hands through midnight. The [[Reference:Movements]] page holds the caliber lineage, and the [[Reference:1803|1803]] entry covers the 1555-to-1556 transition in detail.

==Dial map==

The 1807 came with the standard 4-digit Day-Date dials, champagne and silver with applied gold stick markers most common, and as a catalogue sibling of the 1803 it could be ordered with the same special dials. Documented bark examples include linen-textured Sigma dials and darker grey and Havana-brown dials read against the gold bark. The dial does not define the reference. The bark does, and the [[Reference:1803|1803]] entry carries the dial-variant taxonomy that applies across the group.

==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown==
[[File:Ref 1807 bark detail.webp|thumb|right|250px|alt=Bark écorce texture on a Rolex 1807 bezel and bracelet|The bark texture up close on a grey-dial 1807, running across the bezel and the bracelet center links. Photo: CollectorsSquare]]

The case is the 36mm three-piece gold Oyster shared across the 4-digit Day-Date, with a Twinlock screw-down crown, screw-down caseback and acrylic crystal. The defining feature is the bezel. In place of the 1803's fluting the 1807 carries a bark finish, a coarse vertical texture deeper and more irregular than the engine-turning on a Datejust and meant to resemble tree bark. It was made in yellow, white and pink gold to match the case.

==Bracelets, end links, and clasps==

The 1807 wears the President, with the bark carried onto the bracelet's center links so the texture runs the length of the bracelet rather than stopping at the bezel. That full-length bark is what separates the 1807 from a watch that simply has a textured bezel. As with any vintage President, a clasp date code dates the bracelet rather than the watch head, and the [[Reference:Bracelets]] page holds the cross-family bracelet detail.

==Special branches==

===The bark family===

The 1807 belongs to a small group of textured 4-digit Day-Dates: the Florentine 1806, the bark 1807, and the 1811, which extends the texture onto the case flanks. These were a 1960s fashion, and Rolex let them go as taste returned to polished and fluted gold. Survivors are comparatively scarce and now wanted precisely because the texture is unusual. The bark itself outlasted the 4-digit era and returned on the 5-digit 18078.

==Auction record==

Bark 1807s surface mainly through the dealer market rather than the major auction houses, which reflects the reference's modest standing rather than any great rarity. Documented yellow-gold examples run from mid-1960s silver-dial pieces to early-1970s examples on the hacking caliber 1556. The value driver is an original bark bracelet: decades of service often swapped bark center links for plain ones, so a watch that keeps its full original bark is worth more than the dial alone would suggest.

==Sources==

* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra
* [https://monochrome-watches.com/history-rolex-day-date-1956-present-president-watch-in-depth-review/ Monochrome editorial, "In-Depth: The History of the Rolex Day-Date, The Presidential Watch", Monochrome Watches]
* [https://www.sothebys.com/ Sotheby's editorial, "The Rolex Day-Date: A Complete Collector's Guide", Sotheby's]
* [https://www.fratellowatches.com/rolex-day-date-historical-overview-of-rolexs-flagship/ Fratello editorial, "Rolex Day-Date — Historical Overview Of Rolex's Flagship", Fratello Watches]
* [https://watchbase.com/blog/2015/02/21/rolex-day-date-history WatchBase editorial, "Rolex Day-Date History", WatchBase, 2015-02-21]
* [https://italianwatchspotter.com/the-history-of-the-rolex-day-date/?lang=en Italian Watch Spotter editorial, "The History of the Rolex Day-Date", Italian Watch Spotter]
* [https://www.thebeautifulwatch.com/blogs/news/a-brief-history-of-the-rolex-day-date The Beautiful Watch editorial, "A Brief History of the Rolex Day-Date", The Beautiful Watch]
* [https://www.rolexmagazine.com/2010/09/1956-very-first-rolex-day-date.html Jake Ehrlich, "1956 — The Very First Rolex Day-Date", Rolex Magazine (Jake's Rolex World), 2010-09]
* [https://ottuhr.com/index/rolex/day-date-president/rolex-day-date-1803/ Ottuhr editorial, "Rolex Day-Date 1803 Reference Report", Ottuhr]
* [https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=679606 Rolex Forums community, "Rolex Forums — 1803 Presidential Unusual Finishes", Rolex Forums]

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