Reference:Serial-numbers: Revision history

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30 April 2026

  • curprev 03:2403:24, 30 April 2026Admin talk contribs 32,632 bytes +725 Add Air-King 5500 serial-band note to Per-family serial chart links — 1957-1989 32-year run, case numbers ~365,000 to late 7M, Roman-quarter caseback stamps, "1002" stamp period-correct [automatically checked]

29 April 2026

  • curprev 13:3813:38, 29 April 2026Admin talk contribs 31,907 bytes −43 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 13:2113:21, 29 April 2026Admin talk contribs 31,950 bytes +10,341 Reference:Serial-numbers: add vintage Sub/Explorer/GMT case-number anchors section. Captures case-band data from 13-rebuild research wave: 6204 (988,xxx + 949,xxx + 42,xxx Sub-Aqua tail), 6205 (21,3xx Series-1 + 85,9xx Series-2), 6200 (320-322k), 6536/1 (112-399k spanning 1955-59), 6538 (Blackbird 4-series breakdown 140k-449k), 5510 (362,xxx 1958), 5508 (361k-764k 1958-62), 6098 (912,378 Vailati Sesto Continente 1952), 6150 (931-945k 1953), 6350 (955,190-948 tight 760-unit batch 1953-55), 661... [automatically checked]
  • curprev 03:4503:45, 29 April 2026Admin talk contribs 21,609 bytes +1,094 Add 3937 case-number anchors (Bonhams 2023 case 64,190 1938 production-launch, Sotheby's 2020 Garbett 1926-1951, 1stdibs Bird 1926-1951, Collectors Weekly McMackon 1928-1953) plus companion 6222 Eaton successor (King 1929-1954) [automatically checked]
  • curprev 02:4602:46, 29 April 2026Admin talk contribs 20,515 bytes +1,183 Add 3361/3362 Aerodynamic case-number anchors: Mondani 1952 pair (cases 899,568 + 899,677), Antiquorum NY 2015 mvt T94122 c.1940, Phillips Milestones SN T61239, PatekMonger Cuervo y Sobrinos case 59,330, Antiquorum 2015 3362 14K pink case 62,482 c.1935 (contradicts Friedberg) [automatically checked]
  • curprev 02:2402:24, 29 April 2026Admin talk contribs 19,332 bytes +880 Add 5 1527 case-number anchors to Prince case-number table: Vicenza 1992 (earliest Railway naming), Mondani 1931 bamboo CHF 27,140 corpus high, Drouot 6920 1527 M variant, EveryWatch 6936 Glasgow 1931, Bonhams 2006 1940s steel+gold-filled late-production anchor [automatically checked]

28 April 2026

  • curprev 14:4914:49, 28 April 2026Admin talk contribs 18,452 bytes +461 Add 1491 case-number anchors: Glasgow 1930 (Bonhams 29152/23), F2149HS Bucherer 1945 (Antiquorum 2008), F220 two-color (Bonhams 29152/6). HS-prefix is factory case-stamp pattern. [automatically checked]
  • curprev 14:1714:17, 28 April 2026Admin talk contribs 17,991 bytes +4,008 Add Prince case-number anchor table — 23 documented case numbers across 971 / 1490 / 1862 with hallmark dates and auction provenance [automatically checked]
  • curprev 05:0905:09, 28 April 2026Admin talk contribs 13,983 bytes +4,490 Add Pre-1948 vintage references hallmark-dating section: Glasgow/Edinburgh assay marks, year-letter code workflow, presentation engraving conventions [automatically checked]

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