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Each article on BezelBase covers a single Rolex reference: production years, movement, dial variants, case and bracelet details, auction history, and what to check when authenticating one. 121 articles across six families: Daytona, Submariner, GMT-Master, Explorer (and Explorer II), Oyster Perpetual including Bubbleback, and the 1928 Prince.

Inside one reference, the watch can change a lot. A 5512 from 1962 is not the 5512 from 1978. A pointed-crown-guard 1675 is not the late matte 1675. Generation matters first. 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

Daytona

Era	References
Manual-wind chronograph 1962–1988	6238 · 6239 · 6240 · 6241 · 6262 · 6263 · 6264 · 6265
Zenith automatic 1988–2000	16520 · 16518 · 16519 · 16523 · 16528
In-house cal 4130 2000–2016	116520 · 116523 · 116528

→ Full Daytona index

Explorer

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

→ Full Explorer index

Explorer II

Era	References
Vintage Freccione 1971–1984	1655
Transitional 1985–1989	16550
Modern 40mm 1989–2010	16570

→ Full Explorer II index

GMT-Master

Era	References
Vintage 1955–99	6542 · 1675 · 16750 · 16753 · 16758 · 16700
GMT-Master II 1983–2007	16760 · 16710 · 16713 · 16718
Ceramic 5-digit 2005–19	116718LN · 116713LN · 116710LN · 116710BLNR · 116719BLRO
Ceramic 6-digit 2018–present	126710BLRO · 126711CHNR · 126715CHNR · 126710BLNR · 126720VTNR · 126713GRNR · 126718GRNR · 126710GRNR

→ 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

Prince

Era	References
Brancard era 1928–mid-1940s	971 · 1490 · 1491 · 1527 · 1862 · 3361 · 3937

→ Full Prince index

Reference guides

Three pages cover material that applies across every Rolex line documented here. Bracelets catalogs bracelet refs, end links, clasps, and link types alongside the clasp date-code key. Movements lists every caliber spanning the manual-wind chronograph, Zenith-driven, and in-house generations. Serial numbers decodes the three Rolex serial systems — numeric pre-1987, letter 1987–2010, and random alphanumeric 2010+.

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-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.
+Each article on BezelBase covers a single Rolex reference: production years, movement, dial variants, case and bracelet details, auction history, and what to check when authenticating one. 121 articles across six families: Daytona, Submariner, GMT-Master, Explorer (and Explorer II), Oyster Perpetual including Bubbleback, and the 1928 Prince.
-The archive runs from the 1928 Prince Brancards through the five-digit Submariners of the late 2000s — roughly a hundred references, with the working detail that separates an early example from a late one. A 5512 across its 1959–1978 run is four generations of watch, not one. An early Pepsi-bezel 1675 with pointed crown guards is a different animal from a late matte 1675. The archive maps what changed, reference by reference, so a collector can place a specific example in its era. [[BezelBase:About|About →]]
+Inside one reference, the watch can change a lot. A 5512 from 1962 is not the 5512 from 1978. A pointed-crown-guard 1675 is not the late matte 1675. Generation matters first. [[BezelBase:About|About →]]
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