Reference:6205 - Revision history

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	The 6205 is the second small-crown Submariner and the reference where Mercedes hands first appear on a Rolex dive watch. Both pencil-hand and Mercedes-hand configurations are documented within 6205 production, splitting the run into two series. Phillips Game Changers 2019 lot 54 (case 21,354) is the canonical pencil-hand survivor; the majority of surviving examples carry Mercedes. The Phillips article by Logan Baker (2024) credits the 6200 and the 6205 jointly with the Mercedes-hand introduction; Hodinkee and Le Monde Edmond attribute the Mercedes hand specifically to the 6205. Both readings appear in the auction record.		The 6205 is the second small-crown Submariner and the reference where Mercedes hands first appear on a Rolex dive watch. Both pencil-hand and Mercedes-hand configurations are documented within 6205 production, splitting the run into two series. Phillips Game Changers 2019 lot 54 (case 21,354) is the canonical pencil-hand survivor; the majority of surviving examples carry Mercedes. The Phillips article by Logan Baker (2024) credits the 6200 and the 6205 jointly with the Mercedes-hand introduction; Hodinkee and Le Monde Edmond attribute the Mercedes hand specifically to the 6205. Both readings appear in the auction record.

	[[File:Ref 6205 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|~~300px~~\|alt=Rolex Submariner Ref. 6205\|Rolex Submariner Ref. 6205]]		[[File:Ref 6205 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Rolex Submariner Ref. 6205\|Rolex Submariner Ref. 6205]]

	== Core facts ==		== Core facts ==

Admin: Fix 6205 A260 framing: A260 is full-rotor uni-directional Perpetual, not bumper. Rolex never produced bumper calibers

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Fix 6205 A260 framing: A260 is full-rotor uni-directional Perpetual, not bumper. Rolex never produced bumper calibers

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	The 6205 runs caliber A260, the 19-jewel automatic carried over from the 6204. Sotheby's 2024 lot 288 catalogued the movement as "cal. 765 automatic, 18 jewels," which is almost certainly a cataloguing artifact rather than a 6205 movement variant — every other documented 6205 movement-number entry in the auction record reads A260. Antiquorum's 2025 Geneva lot 377 confirms cal. A260 with 19 jewels at case 21,644.		The 6205 runs caliber A260, the 19-jewel automatic carried over from the 6204. Sotheby's 2024 lot 288 catalogued the movement as "cal. 765 automatic, 18 jewels," which is almost certainly a cataloguing artifact rather than a 6205 movement variant — every other documented 6205 movement-number entry in the auction record reads A260. Antiquorum's 2025 Geneva lot 377 confirms cal. A260 with 19 jewels at case 21,644.

	A260 architecture is shared across the early 6204/6205/6200 production. Rolex Passion Report frames it as the 9¾-ligne movement that fed forward into the 1030 architecture; the A260 designation is the early-production Rolex factory stamp for the ~~bumper~~-rotor ~~configuration that~~ earlier Oyster Perpetuals had ~~used~~. Service-replacement movements turn up occasionally — late-life refits replaced A260s with cal. 645 or cal. 765, both later automatics — and a non-A260 movement number on a 6205 case argues for a service event.		A260 architecture is shared across the early 6204/6205/6200 production. Rolex Passion Report frames it as the 9¾-ligne movement that fed forward into the 1030 architecture; the A260 designation is the early-production Rolex factory stamp for the uni-directional full-rotor Perpetual the earlier Oyster Perpetuals had carried — the thicker autowind-module generation that the slimmer bidirectional 1030 (with the butterfly rotor) eventually succeeds. Service-replacement movements turn up occasionally — late-life refits replaced A260s with cal. 645 or cal. 765, both later automatics — and a non-A260 movement number on a 6205 case argues for a service event.

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2026-04-29T22:55:39Z

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	== Production outline ==		== Production outline ==

	The 6205 ran for approximately one year. Specialist consensus across Sotheby's, Phillips, Antiquorum, Monochrome, Hairspring~~, Bulang, Wind Vintage~~, and Le Monde Edmond converges on 1954–55. Rolex Passion Report (Philipp Stahl, 2017) extends the window to 1953–56; Wikipedia gives 1953–57 — the latter is an outlier that does not appear in major-house lots or specialist-dealer listings. Goldammer's 2024 reading of The 2024 Submariner book argues the 6204, 6200, and 6205 all hit the market around Basel 1954, with the 6204 first.		The 6205 ran for approximately one year. Specialist consensus across Sotheby's, Phillips, Antiquorum, Monochrome, Hairspring, and Le Monde Edmond converges on 1954–55. Rolex Passion Report (Philipp Stahl, 2017) extends the window to 1953–56; Wikipedia gives 1953–57 — the latter is an outlier that does not appear in major-house lots or specialist-dealer listings. Goldammer's 2024 reading of The 2024 Submariner book argues the 6204, 6200, and 6205 all hit the market around Basel 1954, with the 6204 first.

	The reference subdivides into two series. Series 1 (early 1954) carries a clean dial without "Submariner" text, pencil hands, and a lollipop seconds hand inherited from the 6204. Series 2 (still 1954, into 1955) brings "Submariner" back to the dial and introduces Mercedes hands paired with the same lollipop seconds. Monochrome's 2020 Submariner history (referencing Eric Wind) makes the Series 1 / Series 2 framing explicit; (Gustafson, 2018) and Le Monde Edmond (2014) corroborate that pencil-hand examples exist but are rare. The Phillips article 2024 article complicates the Mercedes-hand claim by crediting both the 6200 and the 6205 with the introduction; reading those sources together, the cleanest framing is that 6200 and 6205 ran concurrently in 1954 and both adopted Mercedes hands, with the 6205 sometimes treated as first, sometimes joint-first.		The reference subdivides into two series. Series 1 (early 1954) carries a clean dial without "Submariner" text, pencil hands, and a lollipop seconds hand inherited from the 6204. Series 2 (still 1954, into 1955) brings "Submariner" back to the dial and introduces Mercedes hands paired with the same lollipop seconds. Monochrome's 2020 Submariner history (referencing Eric Wind) makes the Series 1 / Series 2 framing explicit; (Gustafson, 2018) and Le Monde Edmond (2014) corroborate that pencil-hand examples exist but are rare. The Phillips article 2024 article complicates the Mercedes-hand claim by crediting both the 6200 and the 6205 with the introduction; reading those sources together, the cleanest framing is that 6200 and 6205 ran concurrently in 1954 and both adopted Mercedes hands, with the 6205 sometimes treated as first, sometimes joint-first.

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	* [https://tropicalwatch.com/watches/1955-rolex-submariner-6205/5wiu 1955 Rolex Submariner 6205] (Tropical Watch)		* [https://tropicalwatch.com/watches/1955-rolex-submariner-6205/5wiu 1955 Rolex Submariner 6205] (Tropical Watch)
	* [https://hqmilton.com/products/1954-rolex-submariner-6205-red-triangle 1954 Rolex Submariner 6205 Red Triangle] (HQ Milton)		* [https://hqmilton.com/products/1954-rolex-submariner-6205-red-triangle 1954 Rolex Submariner 6205 Red Triangle] (HQ Milton)
	* [https://bulangandsons.com/products/rolex-submariner-6205-small-crown-first-submariner-w3332 Rolex Submariner 6205 Small Crown 'First Submariner'] ~~(& Sons)~~		* [https://bulangandsons.com/products/rolex-submariner-6205-small-crown-first-submariner-w3332 Rolex Submariner 6205 Small Crown 'First Submariner']
	* [https://obwcollection.com/products/rolex-6205-submariner Rolex 6205 Submariner — earliest configuration] (OBW Collection)		* [https://obwcollection.com/products/rolex-6205-submariner Rolex 6205 Submariner — earliest configuration] (OBW Collection)
	* [https://rolexhaven.com/6205-submariner--54.html Submariner 6205 from 1954] (RolexHaven)		* [https://rolexhaven.com/6205-submariner--54.html Submariner 6205 from 1954] (RolexHaven)

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	<small>[[Reference:submariner\|Submariner]] -> '''6205'''</small>		<small>[[Reference:submariner\|Submariner]] -> '''6205'''</small>

	The 6205 is the second small-crown Submariner and the reference where Mercedes hands first appear on a Rolex dive watch. Both pencil-hand and Mercedes-hand configurations are documented within 6205 production, splitting the run into two series. Phillips Game Changers 2019 lot 54 (case 21,354) is the canonical pencil-hand survivor; the bulk of the recorded corpus carries Mercedes. the Phillips Logan Baker article (2024) credits the 6200 and the 6205 jointly with the Mercedes-hand introduction; Hodinkee, Hairspring~~, Bob's~~, Le Monde Edmond, and Bulang all attribute the Mercedes hand specifically to the 6205. Both readings appear in the auction record.		The 6205 is the second small-crown Submariner and the reference where Mercedes hands first appear on a Rolex dive watch. Both pencil-hand and Mercedes-hand configurations are documented within 6205 production, splitting the run into two series. Phillips Game Changers 2019 lot 54 (case 21,354) is the canonical pencil-hand survivor; the bulk of the recorded corpus carries Mercedes. the Phillips Logan Baker article (2024) credits the 6200 and the 6205 jointly with the Mercedes-hand introduction; Hodinkee, Hairspring, Le Monde Edmond, and Bulang all attribute the Mercedes hand specifically to the 6205. Both readings appear in the auction record.

	[[File:Ref 6205 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|300px\|alt=Rolex Submariner Ref. 6205\|Rolex Submariner Ref. 6205]]		[[File:Ref 6205 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|300px\|alt=Rolex Submariner Ref. 6205\|Rolex Submariner Ref. 6205]]
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	\| production		\| production
	\| 1954–1955 (Sotheby's, Phillips, Antiquorum, Monochrome, Hairspring~~, Bob's, Bulang~~, Wind Vintage, Le Monde Edmond consensus); Rolex Passion Report extends to 1953–56; Wikipedia gives 1953–57		\| 1954–1955 (Sotheby's, Phillips, Antiquorum, Monochrome, Hairspring, Wind Vintage, Le Monde Edmond consensus); Rolex Passion Report extends to 1953–56; Wikipedia gives 1953–57
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	\| total produced		\| total produced
	\| approximately 810 examples		\| approximately 810 examples
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	\| case		\| case
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	== Production outline ==		== Production outline ==

	The 6205 ran for approximately one year. Specialist consensus across Sotheby's, Phillips, Antiquorum, Monochrome, Hairspring~~, Bob's~~, Bulang, Wind Vintage, and Le Monde Edmond converges on 1954–55. Rolex Passion Report (Philipp Stahl, 2017) extends the window to 1953–56; Wikipedia gives 1953–57 — the latter is an outlier that does not appear in major-house lots or specialist-dealer listings. Goldammer's 2024 reading of The 2024 Submariner book argues the 6204, 6200, and 6205 all hit the market around Basel 1954, with the 6204 first.		The 6205 ran for approximately one year. Specialist consensus across Sotheby's, Phillips, Antiquorum, Monochrome, Hairspring, Bulang, Wind Vintage, and Le Monde Edmond converges on 1954–55. Rolex Passion Report (Philipp Stahl, 2017) extends the window to 1953–56; Wikipedia gives 1953–57 — the latter is an outlier that does not appear in major-house lots or specialist-dealer listings. Goldammer's 2024 reading of The 2024 Submariner book argues the 6204, 6200, and 6205 all hit the market around Basel 1954, with the 6204 first.

	The reference subdivides into two series. Series 1 (early 1954) carries a clean dial without "Submariner" text, pencil hands, and a lollipop seconds hand inherited from the 6204. Series 2 (still 1954, into 1955) brings "Submariner" back to the dial and introduces Mercedes hands paired with the same lollipop seconds. Monochrome's 2020 Submariner history (referencing Eric Wind) makes the Series 1 / Series 2 framing explicit; (Gustafson, 2018) and Le Monde Edmond (2014) corroborate that pencil-hand examples exist but are rare. The Phillips article 2024 article complicates the Mercedes-hand claim by crediting both the 6200 and the 6205 with the introduction; reading those sources together, the cleanest framing is that 6200 and 6205 ran concurrently in 1954 and both adopted Mercedes hands, with the 6205 sometimes treated as first, sometimes joint-first.		The reference subdivides into two series. Series 1 (early 1954) carries a clean dial without "Submariner" text, pencil hands, and a lollipop seconds hand inherited from the 6204. Series 2 (still 1954, into 1955) brings "Submariner" back to the dial and introduces Mercedes hands paired with the same lollipop seconds. Monochrome's 2020 Submariner history (referencing Eric Wind) makes the Series 1 / Series 2 framing explicit; (Gustafson, 2018) and Le Monde Edmond (2014) corroborate that pencil-hand examples exist but are rare. The Phillips article 2024 article complicates the Mercedes-hand claim by crediting both the 6200 and the 6205 with the introduction; reading those sources together, the cleanest framing is that 6200 and 6205 ran concurrently in 1954 and both adopted Mercedes hands, with the 6205 sometimes treated as first, sometimes joint-first.
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	* [https://tropicalwatch.com/watches/1955-rolex-submariner-6205/5wiu 1955 Rolex Submariner 6205] (Tropical Watch)		* [https://tropicalwatch.com/watches/1955-rolex-submariner-6205/5wiu 1955 Rolex Submariner 6205] (Tropical Watch)
	* [https://hqmilton.com/products/1954-rolex-submariner-6205-red-triangle 1954 Rolex Submariner 6205 Red Triangle] (HQ Milton)		* [https://hqmilton.com/products/1954-rolex-submariner-6205-red-triangle 1954 Rolex Submariner 6205 Red Triangle] (HQ Milton)
	* [https://bulangandsons.com/products/rolex-submariner-6205-small-crown-first-submariner-w3332 Rolex Submariner 6205 Small Crown 'First Submariner'] (~~Bulang~~ & Sons)		* [https://bulangandsons.com/products/rolex-submariner-6205-small-crown-first-submariner-w3332 Rolex Submariner 6205 Small Crown 'First Submariner'] (& Sons)
	* [https://obwcollection.com/products/rolex-6205-submariner Rolex 6205 Submariner — earliest configuration] (OBW Collection)		* [https://obwcollection.com/products/rolex-6205-submariner Rolex 6205 Submariner — earliest configuration] (OBW Collection)
	* [https://rolexhaven.com/6205-submariner--54.html Submariner 6205 from 1954] (RolexHaven)		* [https://rolexhaven.com/6205-submariner--54.html Submariner 6205 from 1954] (RolexHaven)

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	The 6205 is the second small-crown Submariner and the reference where Mercedes hands first appear on a Rolex dive watch. Both pencil-hand and Mercedes-hand configurations are documented within 6205 production, splitting the run into two series. Phillips Game Changers 2019 lot 54 (case 21,354) is the canonical pencil-hand survivor; the bulk of the recorded corpus carries Mercedes. the Phillips Logan Baker article (2024) credits the 6200 and the 6205 jointly with the Mercedes-hand introduction; Hodinkee, Hairspring, Bob's, Le Monde Edmond, and Bulang all attribute the Mercedes hand specifically to the 6205. Both readings appear in the ~~corpus~~.		The 6205 is the second small-crown Submariner and the reference where Mercedes hands first appear on a Rolex dive watch. Both pencil-hand and Mercedes-hand configurations are documented within 6205 production, splitting the run into two series. Phillips Game Changers 2019 lot 54 (case 21,354) is the canonical pencil-hand survivor; the bulk of the recorded corpus carries Mercedes. the Phillips Logan Baker article (2024) credits the 6200 and the 6205 jointly with the Mercedes-hand introduction; Hodinkee, Hairspring, Bob's, Le Monde Edmond, and Bulang all attribute the Mercedes hand specifically to the 6205. Both readings appear in the auction record.

	[[File:Ref 6205 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|300px\|alt=Rolex Submariner Ref. 6205\|Rolex Submariner Ref. 6205]]		[[File:Ref 6205 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|300px\|alt=Rolex Submariner Ref. 6205\|Rolex Submariner Ref. 6205]]
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	== Production outline ==		== Production outline ==

	The 6205 ran for approximately one year. Specialist consensus across Sotheby's, Phillips, Antiquorum, Monochrome, Hairspring, Bob's, Bulang, Wind Vintage, and Le Monde Edmond converges on 1954–55. Rolex Passion Report (Philipp Stahl, 2017) extends the window to 1953–56; Wikipedia gives 1953–57 — the latter is an outlier that does not appear in ~~the auction~~-house or specialist-dealer ~~corpus~~. Goldammer's 2024 reading of The 2024 Submariner book argues the 6204, 6200, and 6205 all hit the market around Basel 1954, with the 6204 first.		The 6205 ran for approximately one year. Specialist consensus across Sotheby's, Phillips, Antiquorum, Monochrome, Hairspring, Bob's, Bulang, Wind Vintage, and Le Monde Edmond converges on 1954–55. Rolex Passion Report (Philipp Stahl, 2017) extends the window to 1953–56; Wikipedia gives 1953–57 — the latter is an outlier that does not appear in major-house lots or specialist-dealer listings. Goldammer's 2024 reading of The 2024 Submariner book argues the 6204, 6200, and 6205 all hit the market around Basel 1954, with the 6204 first.

	The reference subdivides into two series. Series 1 (early 1954) carries a clean dial without "Submariner" text, pencil hands, and a lollipop seconds hand inherited from the 6204. Series 2 (still 1954, into 1955) brings "Submariner" back to the dial and introduces Mercedes hands paired with the same lollipop seconds. Monochrome's 2020 Submariner history (referencing Eric Wind) makes the Series 1 / Series 2 framing explicit; (Gustafson, 2018) and Le Monde Edmond (2014) corroborate that pencil-hand examples exist but are rare. The Phillips article 2024 article complicates the Mercedes-hand claim by crediting both the 6200 and the 6205 with the introduction; reading those sources together, the cleanest framing is that 6200 and 6205 ran concurrently in 1954 and both adopted Mercedes hands, with the 6205 sometimes treated as first, sometimes joint-first.		The reference subdivides into two series. Series 1 (early 1954) carries a clean dial without "Submariner" text, pencil hands, and a lollipop seconds hand inherited from the 6204. Series 2 (still 1954, into 1955) brings "Submariner" back to the dial and introduces Mercedes hands paired with the same lollipop seconds. Monochrome's 2020 Submariner history (referencing Eric Wind) makes the Series 1 / Series 2 framing explicit; (Gustafson, 2018) and Le Monde Edmond (2014) corroborate that pencil-hand examples exist but are rare. The Phillips article 2024 article complicates the Mercedes-hand claim by crediting both the 6200 and the 6205 with the introduction; reading those sources together, the cleanest framing is that 6200 and 6205 ran concurrently in 1954 and both adopted Mercedes hands, with the 6205 sometimes treated as first, sometimes joint-first.
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	== Movement notes ==		== Movement notes ==

	The 6205 runs caliber A260, the 19-jewel automatic carried over from the 6204 (Hodinkee, Hairspring, Wind Vintage, Phillips). Sotheby's 2024 lot 288 catalogued the movement as "cal. 765 automatic, 18 jewels," which is almost certainly a cataloguing artifact rather than a 6205 movement variant — every other documented 6205 movement-number entry in the ~~corpus~~ reads A260. Antiquorum's 2025 Geneva lot 377 confirms cal. A260 with 19 jewels at case 21,644.		The 6205 runs caliber A260, the 19-jewel automatic carried over from the 6204 (Hodinkee, Hairspring, Wind Vintage, Phillips). Sotheby's 2024 lot 288 catalogued the movement as "cal. 765 automatic, 18 jewels," which is almost certainly a cataloguing artifact rather than a 6205 movement variant — every other documented 6205 movement-number entry in the auction record reads A260. Antiquorum's 2025 Geneva lot 377 confirms cal. A260 with 19 jewels at case 21,644.

	A260 architecture is shared across the early 6204/6205/6200 production. Rolex Passion Report frames it as the 9¾-ligne movement that fed forward into the 1030 architecture; the A260 designation is the early-production Rolex factory stamp for the bumper-rotor configuration that earlier Oyster Perpetuals had used. Service-replacement movements turn up occasionally — late-life refits replaced A260s with cal. 645 or cal. 765, both later automatics — and a non-A260 movement number on a 6205 case argues for a service event.		A260 architecture is shared across the early 6204/6205/6200 production. Rolex Passion Report frames it as the 9¾-ligne movement that fed forward into the 1030 architecture; the A260 designation is the early-production Rolex factory stamp for the bumper-rotor configuration that earlier Oyster Perpetuals had used. Service-replacement movements turn up occasionally — late-life refits replaced A260s with cal. 645 or cal. 765, both later automatics — and a non-A260 movement number on a 6205 case argues for a service event.
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	[[File:Ref 6205 gilt-dial-detail.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Gilt dial — applied markers, no depth rating text\|Gilt dial — applied markers, no depth rating text]]		[[File:Ref 6205 gilt-dial-detail.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Gilt dial — applied markers, no depth rating text\|Gilt dial — applied markers, no depth rating text]]

	Every documented 6205 dial is glossy black gilt — gold-toned printing on a black-lacquered ground in the period galvanic technique. No depth-rated 6205 dial surfaced in ~~the auction~~-house or dealer ~~corpus surveyed~~; depth-rating text is consistently absent from original 6205 dials. Honeycomb-textured 6205 dials do not surface in ~~the surveyed corpus~~ either — Monochrome refers to honeycomb texture options generically alongside the gilt finish, but no auction lot or specialist dealer documents a 6205 with honeycomb. Treat honeycomb as 6204 territory, not 6205.		Every documented 6205 dial is glossy black gilt — gold-toned printing on a black-lacquered ground in the period galvanic technique. No depth-rated 6205 dial surfaced in major-house lots or specialist-dealer listings; depth-rating text is consistently absent from original 6205 dials. Honeycomb-textured 6205 dials do not surface in documented examples either — Monochrome refers to honeycomb texture options generically alongside the gilt finish, but no auction lot or specialist dealer documents a 6205 with honeycomb. Treat honeycomb as 6204 territory, not 6205.

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	=== Tropical gilt and Atelier-restored ===		=== Tropical gilt and Atelier-restored ===

	Tropical 6205 dials — black gilt that has shifted to brown under sustained UV — sit at the top of the desirability ladder for the reference. Sotheby's 2025 lot 336 documents an Atelier de Restauration 2023 restoration on case 86,033, and the CHF 40,000–80,000 estimate ~~reflects~~ the Atelier provenance premium. Antiquorum's 2025 Geneva lot 377 carries a re-lumed dial alongside an original chapter-ring lollipop-seconds layout.		Tropical 6205 dials — black gilt that has shifted to brown under sustained UV — sit at the top of the desirability ladder for the reference. Sotheby's 2025 lot 336 documents an Atelier de Restauration 2023 restoration on case 86,033, and the CHF 40,000–80,000 estimate shows the Atelier provenance premium. Antiquorum's 2025 Geneva lot 377 carries a re-lumed dial alongside an original chapter-ring lollipop-seconds layout.

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	<small>[[Reference:submariner\|Submariner]] -> '''6205'''</small>		<small>[[Reference:submariner\|Submariner]] -> '''6205'''</small>

	The 6205 is the second small-crown Submariner and the reference where Mercedes hands first appear on a Rolex dive watch. Both pencil-hand and Mercedes-hand configurations are documented within 6205 production, splitting the run into two series. Phillips Game Changers 2019 lot 54 (case 21,354~~, hammer USD 162,500~~) is the canonical pencil-hand survivor; the bulk of the recorded corpus carries Mercedes. the Phillips Logan Baker article (2024) credits the 6200 and the 6205 jointly with the Mercedes-hand introduction; Hodinkee, Hairspring, Bob's, Le Monde Edmond, and Bulang all attribute the Mercedes hand specifically to the 6205. Both readings appear in the corpus.		The 6205 is the second small-crown Submariner and the reference where Mercedes hands first appear on a Rolex dive watch. Both pencil-hand and Mercedes-hand configurations are documented within 6205 production, splitting the run into two series. Phillips Game Changers 2019 lot 54 (case 21,354) is the canonical pencil-hand survivor; the bulk of the recorded corpus carries Mercedes. the Phillips Logan Baker article (2024) credits the 6200 and the 6205 jointly with the Mercedes-hand introduction; Hodinkee, Hairspring, Bob's, Le Monde Edmond, and Bulang all attribute the Mercedes hand specifically to the 6205. Both readings appear in the corpus.

	[[File:Ref 6205 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|300px\|alt=Rolex Submariner Ref. 6205\|Rolex Submariner Ref. 6205]]		[[File:Ref 6205 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|300px\|alt=Rolex Submariner Ref. 6205\|Rolex Submariner Ref. 6205]]
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	=== Clean dial (Series 1, no Submariner text) ===		=== Clean dial (Series 1, no Submariner text) ===

	The earliest 6205s carry a gilt dial without the "Submariner" wording. The A specialist listing carries this configuration as the earliest documented; Antiquorum's Geneva 2025 lot 377-180 carries a no-Submariner-text reprinted dial in case 21,644 and sold for CHF 16,250. Phillips Game Changers 2019 lot 54 (case 21,354) is the canonical original-condition Series 1 example: pencil hands paired with lollipop seconds, no "Submariner" text on the dial, ~~hammer USD 162,500~~. Monochrome's 2020 Submariner history attributes the removal of the wording to "reasons unknown"; collector speculation has pointed at trademark timing, with no primary-source confirmation.		The earliest 6205s carry a gilt dial without the "Submariner" wording. The A specialist listing carries this configuration as the earliest documented; Antiquorum's Geneva 2025 lot 377-180 carries a no-Submariner-text reprinted dial in case 21,644 and sold for CHF 16,250. Phillips Game Changers 2019 lot 54 (case 21,354) is the canonical original-condition Series 1 example: pencil hands paired with lollipop seconds, no "Submariner" text on the dial,. Monochrome's 2020 Submariner history attributes the removal of the wording to "reasons unknown"; collector speculation has pointed at trademark timing, with no primary-source confirmation.

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	=== Tropical gilt and Atelier-restored ===		=== Tropical gilt and Atelier-restored ===

	Tropical 6205 dials — black gilt that has shifted to brown under sustained UV — sit at the top of the desirability ladder for the reference. Sotheby's 2025 lot 336 documents an Atelier de Restauration 2023 restoration on case 86,033, and the CHF 40,000–80,000 estimate reflects the Atelier provenance premium. Antiquorum's 2025 Geneva lot 377 carries a re-lumed dial alongside an original chapter-ring lollipop-seconds layout~~, and the CHF 16,250 hammer represents the lower end of the restored / reprinted-dial market~~.		Tropical 6205 dials — black gilt that has shifted to brown under sustained UV — sit at the top of the desirability ladder for the reference. Sotheby's 2025 lot 336 documents an Atelier de Restauration 2023 restoration on case 86,033, and the CHF 40,000–80,000 estimate reflects the Atelier provenance premium. Antiquorum's 2025 Geneva lot 377 carries a re-lumed dial alongside an original chapter-ring lollipop-seconds layout.

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	=== Clean dial (Series 1, no Submariner text) ===		=== Clean dial (Series 1, no Submariner text) ===

	The earliest 6205s carry a gilt dial without the "Submariner" wording. The A specialist listing carries this configuration as the earliest documented; Antiquorum's Geneva 2025 lot 377-180 carries a no-Submariner-text reprinted dial in case 21,644 and ~~hammered at~~ CHF 16,250. Phillips Game Changers 2019 lot 54 (case 21,354) is the canonical original-condition Series 1 example: pencil hands paired with lollipop seconds, no "Submariner" text on the dial, hammer USD 162,500. Monochrome's 2020 Submariner history attributes the removal of the wording to "reasons unknown"; collector speculation has pointed at trademark timing, with no primary-source confirmation.		The earliest 6205s carry a gilt dial without the "Submariner" wording. The A specialist listing carries this configuration as the earliest documented; Antiquorum's Geneva 2025 lot 377-180 carries a no-Submariner-text reprinted dial in case 21,644 and sold for CHF 16,250. Phillips Game Changers 2019 lot 54 (case 21,354) is the canonical original-condition Series 1 example: pencil hands paired with lollipop seconds, no "Submariner" text on the dial, hammer USD 162,500. Monochrome's 2020 Submariner history attributes the removal of the wording to "reasons unknown"; collector speculation has pointed at trademark timing, with no primary-source confirmation.

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	<small>[[Reference:submariner\|Submariner]] -> '''6205'''</small>		<small>[[Reference:submariner\|Submariner]] -> '''6205'''</small>

	The 6205 is the second small-crown Submariner and the reference where Mercedes hands first appear on a Rolex dive watch. Both pencil-hand and Mercedes-hand configurations are documented within 6205 production, splitting the run into two series. Phillips Game Changers 2019 lot 54 (case 21,354) is the canonical pencil-hand survivor; the ~~bulk~~ of ~~the recorded corpus carries~~ Mercedes. ~~the~~ Phillips Logan Baker ~~article~~ (2024) credits the 6200 and the 6205 jointly with the Mercedes-hand introduction; Hodinkee~~, Hairspring,~~ Le Monde Edmond~~, and Bulang all~~ attribute the Mercedes hand specifically to the 6205. Both readings appear in the auction record.		The 6205 is the second small-crown Submariner and the reference where Mercedes hands first appear on a Rolex dive watch. Both pencil-hand and Mercedes-hand configurations are documented within 6205 production, splitting the run into two series. Phillips Game Changers 2019 lot 54 (case 21,354) is the canonical pencil-hand survivor; the majority of surviving examples carry Mercedes. The Phillips article by Logan Baker (2024) credits the 6200 and the 6205 jointly with the Mercedes-hand introduction; Hodinkee and Le Monde Edmond attribute the Mercedes hand specifically to the 6205. Both readings appear in the auction record.

	[[File:Ref 6205 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|300px\|alt=Rolex Submariner Ref. 6205\|Rolex Submariner Ref. 6205]]		[[File:Ref 6205 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|300px\|alt=Rolex Submariner Ref. 6205\|Rolex Submariner Ref. 6205]]
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	== Production outline ==		== Production outline ==

	The 6205 ran for approximately one year. ~~Specialist~~ consensus ~~across Sotheby's, Phillips, Antiquorum, Monochrome, Hairspring, and Le Monde Edmond converges on~~ 1954–55. Rolex Passion Report (Philipp Stahl, 2017) extends the window to 1953–56; Wikipedia gives 1953–57 — the latter is an outlier that does not appear in major-house lots or specialist-dealer listings. ~~Goldammer~~'s 2024 ~~reading of The~~ 2024 ~~Submariner book~~ argues the 6204, 6200, and 6205 all hit the market around Basel 1954, with the 6204 first.		The 6205 ran for approximately one year. Editorial and major-house consensus places production at 1954–55. Rolex Passion Report (Philipp Stahl, 2017) extends the window to 1953–56; Wikipedia gives 1953–57 — the latter is an outlier that does not appear in major-house lots or specialist-dealer listings. Foulkes's 2024 Oyster Perpetual Submariner, read through Goldammer (2024), argues the 6204, 6200, and 6205 all hit the market around Basel 1954, with the 6204 first.

	The reference subdivides into two series. Series 1 (early 1954) carries a clean dial without "Submariner" text, pencil hands, and a lollipop seconds hand inherited from the 6204. Series 2 (still 1954, into 1955) brings "Submariner" back to the dial and introduces Mercedes hands paired with the same lollipop seconds. Monochrome's 2020 Submariner history (referencing Eric Wind) makes the Series 1 / Series 2 framing explicit; (~~Gustafson~~, 2018) and Le Monde Edmond (2014) corroborate that pencil-hand examples exist but are rare. ~~The~~ Phillips ~~article 2024~~ article complicates the Mercedes-hand claim by crediting both the 6200 and the 6205 with the introduction; reading those sources together, the cleanest framing is that 6200 and 6205 ran concurrently in 1954 and both adopted Mercedes hands, with the 6205 sometimes treated as first, sometimes joint-first.		The reference subdivides into two series. Series 1 (early 1954) carries a clean dial without "Submariner" text, pencil hands, and a lollipop seconds hand inherited from the 6204. Series 2 (still 1954, into 1955) brings "Submariner" back to the dial and introduces Mercedes hands paired with the same lollipop seconds. Monochrome's 2020 Submariner history (referencing Eric Wind) makes the Series 1 / Series 2 framing explicit; Gustafson (Hairspring, 2018) and Le Monde Edmond (2014) corroborate that pencil-hand examples exist but are rare. Logan Baker's 2024 Phillips article complicates the Mercedes-hand claim by crediting both the 6200 and the 6205 with the introduction; reading those sources together, the cleanest framing is that 6200 and 6205 ran concurrently in 1954 and both adopted Mercedes hands, with the 6205 sometimes treated as first, sometimes joint-first.

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	== Movement notes ==		== Movement notes ==

	The 6205 runs caliber A260, the 19-jewel automatic carried over from the 6204 ~~(Hodinkee, Hairspring, Wind Vintage, Phillips)~~. Sotheby's 2024 lot 288 catalogued the movement as "cal. 765 automatic, 18 jewels," which is almost certainly a cataloguing artifact rather than a 6205 movement variant — every other documented 6205 movement-number entry in the auction record reads A260. Antiquorum's 2025 Geneva lot 377 confirms cal. A260 with 19 jewels at case 21,644.		The 6205 runs caliber A260, the 19-jewel automatic carried over from the 6204. Sotheby's 2024 lot 288 catalogued the movement as "cal. 765 automatic, 18 jewels," which is almost certainly a cataloguing artifact rather than a 6205 movement variant — every other documented 6205 movement-number entry in the auction record reads A260. Antiquorum's 2025 Geneva lot 377 confirms cal. A260 with 19 jewels at case 21,644.

	A260 architecture is shared across the early 6204/6205/6200 production. Rolex Passion Report frames it as the 9¾-ligne movement that fed forward into the 1030 architecture; the A260 designation is the early-production Rolex factory stamp for the bumper-rotor configuration that earlier Oyster Perpetuals had used. Service-replacement movements turn up occasionally — late-life refits replaced A260s with cal. 645 or cal. 765, both later automatics — and a non-A260 movement number on a 6205 case argues for a service event.		A260 architecture is shared across the early 6204/6205/6200 production. Rolex Passion Report frames it as the 9¾-ligne movement that fed forward into the 1030 architecture; the A260 designation is the early-production Rolex factory stamp for the bumper-rotor configuration that earlier Oyster Perpetuals had used. Service-replacement movements turn up occasionally — late-life refits replaced A260s with cal. 645 or cal. 765, both later automatics — and a non-A260 movement number on a 6205 case argues for a service event.
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	=== Clean dial (Series 1, no Submariner text) ===		=== Clean dial (Series 1, no Submariner text) ===

	The earliest 6205s carry a gilt dial without the "Submariner" wording. ~~The A specialist listing carries this configuration as the earliest documented;~~ Antiquorum's Geneva 2025 lot 377-180 carries a no-Submariner-text reprinted dial in case 21,644 and sold for CHF 16,250. Phillips Game Changers 2019 lot 54 (case 21,354) is the canonical original-condition Series 1 example: pencil hands paired with lollipop seconds, no "Submariner" text on the dial,. Monochrome's 2020 Submariner history attributes the removal of the wording to "reasons unknown"; collector speculation has pointed at trademark timing, with no primary-source confirmation.		The earliest 6205s carry a gilt dial without the "Submariner" wording. Antiquorum's Geneva 2025 lot 377-180 carries a no-Submariner-text reprinted dial in case 21,644 and sold for CHF 16,250. Phillips Game Changers 2019 lot 54 (case 21,354) is the canonical original-condition Series 1 example: pencil hands paired with lollipop seconds, no "Submariner" text on the dial. Monochrome's 2020 Submariner history attributes the removal of the wording to "reasons unknown"; collector speculation has pointed at trademark timing, with no primary-source confirmation.

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	[[File:Ref 6205 caseback.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Smooth screw-down caseback with bubble profile\|Smooth screw-down caseback with bubble profile]]		[[File:Ref 6205 caseback.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Smooth screw-down caseback with bubble profile\|Smooth screw-down caseback with bubble profile]]

	The Series 2 dial puts "Submariner" back above the centre post, in the same gilt construction over a glossy black lacquer ground. The Mercedes hour hand pairs with a baton minute hand and the same lollipop seconds carried over from Series 1. ~~The~~ Phillips article ~~2024 piece~~ notes the early Mercedes hour hand reads markedly longer than later versions — a "first iteration" silhouette that distinguishes Series 2 6205s from later 5508 / 5512 / 5513 hand sets. Sotheby's 2022 lot 13 (case 21,442) documents Mercedes hands paired with a stretch riveted Oyster bracelet on a low-movement-number example; Sotheby's 2019 lot 178 (case 85,972) and Sotheby's 2025 lot 336 (case 86,033, restored by Rolex Atelier de Restauration in 2023) bookend the late-band Series 2 corpus.		The Series 2 dial puts "Submariner" back above the centre post, in the same gilt construction over a glossy black lacquer ground. The Mercedes hour hand pairs with a baton minute hand and the same lollipop seconds carried over from Series 1. Logan Baker's 2024 Phillips article notes the early Mercedes hour hand reads markedly longer than later versions — a "first iteration" silhouette that distinguishes Series 2 6205s from later 5508 / 5512 / 5513 hand sets. Sotheby's 2022 lot 13 (case 21,442) documents Mercedes hands paired with a stretch riveted Oyster bracelet on a low-movement-number example; Sotheby's 2019 lot 178 (case 85,972) and Sotheby's 2025 lot 336 (case 86,033, restored by Rolex Atelier de Restauration in 2023) bookend the late-band Series 2 corpus.

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	== Bracelets, end links, clasps, and packaging notes ==		== Bracelets, end links, clasps, and packaging notes ==

	Original-delivery bracelets bifurcate by case-number band. Early Series 1 examples in the 21,3xx–21,6xx case band ship with a Gay Frères stretch riveted Oyster, 20mm fixed end-links stamped 65 or 64 ~~(Rolexhaven,~~ Phillips Game Changers lot 54~~, Wind Vintage)~~. Late-band examples in the 85,9xx–86,0xx range and the 988,xxx pre-reset tail ship with the 7206 riveted Oyster, 80 end-pieces, and a clasp date code typically reading 1-55 ~~— Specialist documentation records the 7206/80 with clasp 1 55 on a 1955 case head, and~~ Rolex Passion Report documents the ~~same~~ configuration with clasp 1-'55 on case 85.85x. Both fitments are period-correct depending on the head's date.		Original-delivery bracelets bifurcate by case-number band. Early Series 1 examples in the 21,3xx–21,6xx case band ship with a Gay Frères stretch riveted Oyster, 20mm fixed end-links stamped 65 or 64; Phillips Game Changers lot 54 carries the canonical example. Late-band examples in the 85,9xx–86,0xx range and the 988,xxx pre-reset tail ship with the 7206 riveted Oyster, 80 end-pieces, and a clasp date code typically reading 1-55. Rolex Passion Report documents the configuration with clasp 1-'55 on case 85.85x. Both fitments are period-correct depending on the head's date.

	Service-era replacements turn up frequently. One specialist-documented 1954 example wears a USA C+I rivet 11/80 with clasp 1-61 — a late-1950s service swap rather than original delivery. The clasp date code is the diagnostic; a clasp dating later than the case head implies either a swap or a service-era replacement. Examples carrying genuine 1954–1955 clasp codes paired with the matching case band are the rarity, not the norm.		Service-era replacements turn up frequently. One specialist-documented 1954 example wears a USA C+I rivet 11/80 with clasp 1-61 — a late-1950s service swap rather than original delivery. The clasp date code is the diagnostic; a clasp dating later than the case head implies either a swap or a service-era replacement. Examples carrying genuine 1954–1955 clasp codes paired with the matching case band are the rarity, not the norm.