Reference:6538: Revision history

30 April 2026

• curprev 04:2204:22, 30 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 21,550 bytes 0‎ Resize hero: 340px -> 250px [automatically checked]

29 April 2026

• curprev 23:3123:31, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 21,550 bytes +287‎ Resolve A296 bumper-vs-full-rotor contradiction: A296 is full-rotor uni-directional per Phillips CH080216/146 Explorer 6610 lot essay, Wind Vintage Eric Ku Perpetual Movement Part 2; 1030 introduces bidirectional butterfly rotor, not full-rotor itself [automatically checked]
• curprev 22:4722:47, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 21,263 bytes −22‎ Audit: strip banned dealer names from prose lists per CLAUDE.md hard rule #5 [automatically checked]
• curprev 22:4522:45, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 21,285 bytes −92‎ Text audit: voice, clarity, source links [automatically checked]
• curprev 21:4421:44, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 21,377 bytes +16‎ 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 21,361 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 21,364 bytes −41‎ 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 21,405 bytes −41‎ 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 21,446 bytes −164‎ 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 05:5205:52, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 21,610 bytes −7‎ 6538: drop "stands as" Slop Cop violation [automatically checked]
• curprev 05:5105:51, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 21,617 bytes +8,230‎ 6538: rebuild from external research scout (16 sources). MAJOR CORRECTION: 6538 has NO crown guards at any point — strip the "four-liner crown guards on later production" claim. The "four-liner" is a DIAL designation (4-line OCC text), not a crown-guard format. Crown guards arrive with 5512 in late 1959. A/6538 SBS military: 21 initial / ~50 total per Stahl, German-silver bezel, fixed bars, H.S.10 CD caseback (Dowling Revolution + Stahl RPR). Production span 1956-1959 (auction-house consensus... [automatically checked]
• curprev 03:2303:23, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 13,387 bytes 0‎ SEO: og:image + image_alt + og_type + timestamps [automatically checked]
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• curprev 02:3602:36, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 13,387 bytes +54‎ SEO: og:image + image_alt + og_type + timestamps [automatically checked]

27 April 2026

• curprev 04:4004:40, 27 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 13,333 bytes +20‎ Normalize Field Manual citation: ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra [automatically checked]
• curprev 04:1504:15, 27 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 13,313 bytes −599‎ Slop sweep: trim throat-clearing opener, drop duplicate Special-branches subsections, soften lead phrasing [automatically checked]
• curprev 04:0304:03, 27 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 13,912 bytes +199‎ SEO: og:image + image_alt + og_type + timestamps [automatically checked]

23 April 2026

• curprev 04:2504:25, 23 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 13,713 bytes +14‎ Tighten generic image captions [automatically checked]

21 April 2026

• curprev 01:3701:37, 21 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 13,699 bytes −101‎ →‎Explorer dial Tag: Visual edit [automatically checked]
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20 April 2026

• curprev 01:2901:29, 20 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 14,031 bytes 0‎ Normalize hero image width to 340px [automatically checked]

19 April 2026

• curprev 17:5017:50, 19 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 14,031 bytes +256‎ Hero swap + caption source attribution (automated) [automatically checked]
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18 April 2026

• curprev 17:4017:40, 18 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 13,754 bytes −985‎ Paragraph-challenge pass: context, clarity, research-backed fixes [automatically checked]
• curprev 00:1000:10, 18 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 14,739 bytes −17‎ Slop Cop pass: writing cleanup [automatically checked]

17 April 2026

• curprev 23:2023:20, 17 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 14,756 bytes −219‎ Text audit: voice, clarity, source links [automatically checked]
• curprev 03:1303:13, 17 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 14,975 bytes −59‎ Fix Field Manual attribution; ensure RolexHaven source linked [automatically checked]

16 April 2026

• curprev 05:1205:12, 16 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 15,034 bytes +192‎ Fix image order: place images in relevant sections [automatically checked]
• curprev 05:1105:11, 16 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 14,842 bytes −7‎ Consistency pass: standardize headings, fix duplicates, clean refs [automatically checked]
• curprev 05:0605:06, 16 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 14,849 bytes +9‎ Clean: remove Chevalier naming and internal source IDs [automatically checked]
• curprev 04:3104:31, 16 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 14,840 bytes +26‎ Revert: restore pre-Explorer-migration version (Apr 15) Tag: Manual revert [automatically checked]
• curprev 04:2904:29, 16 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 14,814 bytes −26‎ Automated migration from deliverables package Tags: Manual revert Reverted [automatically checked]

15 April 2026

• curprev 03:5303:53, 15 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 14,840 bytes +26‎ Fix source attributions: replace unknown with actual authors/entities Tag: Reverted [automatically checked]
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14 April 2026

• curprev 22:0922:09, 14 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 14,906 bytes +92‎ Automated migration from deliverables package Tag: Reverted
• curprev 21:4021:40, 14 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 14,814 bytes +1‎ Update image reference: Ref 6538 hero 2.jpg -> Ref 6538 hero 2.webp
• curprev 21:4021:40, 14 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 14,813 bytes +1‎ Update image reference: Ref 6538 hero.jpg -> Ref 6538 hero.webp
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• curprev 16:1316:13, 14 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 13,065 bytes +13,065‎ Import reference 6538 article