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! style="text-align:left; border-bottom:1px solid #ccc; padding:2px 4px; width:220px;" | Era
! style="text-align:left; border-bottom:1px solid #ccc; padding:2px 4px; width:180px;" | Era
! style="text-align:left; border-bottom:1px solid #ccc; padding:2px 4px;" | References
! style="text-align:left; border-bottom:1px solid #ccc; padding:2px 4px;" | References
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| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Early<br/><small>1953–59</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Pre-five-digit<br/><small>1953–90</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:6204|6204]] · [[Reference:6205|6205]] · [[Reference:6200|6200]] · [[Reference:6536|6536]] · [[Reference:6536-1|6536/1]] · [[Reference:6538|6538]]
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:6204|6204]] · [[Reference:6205|6205]] · [[Reference:6200|6200]] · [[Reference:6536|6536]] · [[Reference:6536-1|6536/1]] · [[Reference:6538|6538]] · [[Reference:5508|5508]] · [[Reference:5510|5510]] · [[Reference:5512|5512]] · [[Reference:5513|5513]] · [[Reference:5514|5514]] · [[Reference:5517|5517]] · [[Reference:1680|1680]]
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| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Crown-guard<br/><small>1958–90</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:5508|5508]] · [[Reference:5510|5510]] · [[Reference:5512|5512]] · [[Reference:5513|5513]] · [[Reference:5514|5514]] · [[Reference:5517|5517]] · [[Reference:1680|1680]]
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| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Five-digit<br/><small>1979–2010</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Five-digit<br/><small>1979–2010</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:14060|14060]] · [[Reference:14060M|14060M]] · [[Reference:16800|16800]] · [[Reference:16610|16610]] · [[Reference:16610LV|16610LV]] · [[Reference:16803|16803]] · [[Reference:16808|16808]] · [[Reference:16613|16613]] · [[Reference:16618|16618]]
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:14060|14060]] · [[Reference:14060M|14060M]] · [[Reference:16800|16800]] · [[Reference:16610|16610]] · [[Reference:16610LV|16610LV]] · [[Reference:16803|16803]] · [[Reference:16808|16808]] · [[Reference:16613|16613]] · [[Reference:16618|16618]]
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'''[[Reference:submariner|→ Full Submariner index]]'''
'''[[Reference:submariner|→ Full Submariner index]]'''
== Explorer ==
== Explorer ==


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! style="text-align:left; border-bottom:1px solid #ccc; padding:2px 4px; width:220px;" | Era
! style="text-align:left; border-bottom:1px solid #ccc; padding:2px 4px; width:180px;" | Era
! style="text-align:left; border-bottom:1px solid #ccc; padding:2px 4px;" | References
! style="text-align:left; border-bottom:1px solid #ccc; padding:2px 4px;" | References
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| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Pre-Explorer & early<br/><small>1952–59</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Vintage<br/><small>1952–89</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:6150|6150]] · [[Reference:6350|6350]] · [[Reference:6610|6610]]
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:6150|6150]] · [[Reference:6350|6350]] · [[Reference:6610|6610]] · [[Reference:1016|1016]]
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| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Foundation<br/><small>1960–89</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:1016|1016]]
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| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Modern<br/><small>1989–2021</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Modern<br/><small>1989–2021</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:14270|14270]] · [[Reference:114270|114270]] · [[Reference:214270|214270]]
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:14270|14270]] · [[Reference:114270|114270]] · [[Reference:214270|214270]]
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'''[[Reference:explorer|→ Full Explorer index]]'''
'''[[Reference:explorer|→ Full Explorer index]]'''
== GMT-Master ==
== GMT-Master ==


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! style="text-align:left; border-bottom:1px solid #ccc; padding:2px 4px; width:220px;" | Era
! style="text-align:left; border-bottom:1px solid #ccc; padding:2px 4px; width:180px;" | Era
! style="text-align:left; border-bottom:1px solid #ccc; padding:2px 4px;" | References
! style="text-align:left; border-bottom:1px solid #ccc; padding:2px 4px;" | References
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| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Early<br/><small>1955–59</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Vintage<br/><small>1955–99</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:6542|6542]]
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:6542|6542]] · [[Reference:1675|1675]] · [[Reference:16750|16750]] · [[Reference:16753|16753]] · [[Reference:16758|16758]] · [[Reference:16700|16700]]
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| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Long vintage<br/><small>1959–79</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:1675|1675]]
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| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Transitional<br/><small>1979–88</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:16750|16750]] · [[Reference:16753|16753]] · [[Reference:16758|16758]]
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| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Late GMT-Master<br/><small>1988–99</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:16700|16700]]
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| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | GMT-Master II<br/><small>1983–2007</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | GMT-Master II<br/><small>1983–2007</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:16760|16760]] · [[Reference:16710|16710]] · [[Reference:16713|16713]] · [[Reference:16718|16718]]
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:16760|16760]] · [[Reference:16710|16710]] · [[Reference:16713|16713]] · [[Reference:16718|16718]]
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'''[[Reference:gmt-master|→ Full GMT-Master index]]'''
'''[[Reference:gmt-master|→ Full GMT-Master index]]'''
== Oyster & Bubbleback ==
== Oyster & Bubbleback ==


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! style="text-align:left; border-bottom:1px solid #ccc; padding:2px 4px; width:220px;" | Era
! style="text-align:left; border-bottom:1px solid #ccc; padding:2px 4px; width:180px;" | Era
! style="text-align:left; border-bottom:1px solid #ccc; padding:2px 4px;" | References
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| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Pre-Oyster / Submarine<br/><small>1922–1926</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Pre-Oyster & Oyster<br/><small>1922–37</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:3666|3666]]
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:3666|3666]] · [[Reference:2136|2136]] · [[Reference:3003|3003]] · [[Reference:3004|3004]]
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| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Pre-Perpetual Oyster<br/><small>1926–1937</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:2136|2136]] · [[Reference:3003|3003]] · [[Reference:3004|3004]]
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| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | First Bubbleback<br/><small>1933–1935</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:1858|1858]]
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| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Two-piece Bubbleback<br/><small>1936–1944</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:3131|3131]] · [[Reference:3372|3372]]
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| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Oyster chronograph<br/><small>1939–1945</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:3525|3525]]
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| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | First Datejust / Ovettone<br/><small>1945–1953</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:4467|4467]] · [[Reference:5030|5030]] · [[Reference:5031|5031]] · [[Reference:6031|6031]] · [[Reference:6075|6075]] · [[Reference:6105|6105]]
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| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Triple calendar — Padellone<br/><small>1949–1953</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Bubbleback era<br/><small>1933–45</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:8171|8171]]
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:1858|1858]] · [[Reference:3131|3131]] · [[Reference:3372|3372]] · [[Reference:3525|3525]]
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| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Super Oyster (pre-Submariner)<br/><small>1952–1953</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Datejust / Padellone / Super Oyster<br/><small>1945–53</small>
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:6098|6098]]
| style="padding:4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:4467|4467]] · [[Reference:5030|5030]] · [[Reference:5031|5031]] · [[Reference:6031|6031]] · [[Reference:6075|6075]] · [[Reference:6105|6105]] · [[Reference:8171|8171]] · [[Reference:6098|6098]]
 
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Revision as of 04:50, 18 April 2026

Vintage Rolex is a catalogue problem as much as a collecting one. A single reference can carry a dozen dial variants across a twenty-year production run, with movement and case changes overlapping them, and placing a specific watch in its generation matters before anything else about it does. BezelBase is the archive that answers those questions, reference by reference.

Pages are indexed by reference number, the way collectors already think about these watches. The 5512 before the phrase "four-line gilt." The 1680 before "Red Sub." Each entry documents a reference's dial variants and production years, then maps the movement and bracelet fitments that travelled with them. Sources are named. Where sources disagree, the disagreement is stated rather than smoothed over. Scope is everything Rolex no longer makes, from the earliest bubbleback Oysters through the last five-digit Submariners. About →

Submariner

Era References
Pre-five-digit
1953–90 		6204 · 6205 · 6200 · 6536 · 6536/1 · 6538 · 5508 · 5510 · 5512 · 5513 · 5514 · 5517 · 1680
Five-digit
1979–2010 		14060 · 14060M · 16800 · 16610 · 16610LV · 16803 · 16808 · 16613 · 16618

→ Full Submariner index

Explorer

Era References
Vintage
1952–89 		6150 · 6350 · 6610 · 1016
Modern
1989–2021 		14270 · 114270 · 214270

→ Full Explorer index

GMT-Master

Era References
Vintage
1955–99 		6542 · 1675 · 16750 · 16753 · 16758 · 16700
GMT-Master II
1983–2007 		16760 · 16710 · 16713 · 16718

→ Full GMT-Master index

Oyster & Bubbleback

Era References
Pre-Oyster & Oyster
1922–37 		3666 · 2136 · 3003 · 3004
Bubbleback era
1933–45 		1858 · 3131 · 3372 · 3525
Datejust / Padellone / Super Oyster
1945–53 		4467 · 5030 · 5031 · 6031 · 6075 · 6105 · 8171 · 6098

→ Full Bubbleback index

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