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| |title=BezelBase — Watch Reference Encyclopedia
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| |description=Encyclopedic reference for Rolex watches. Vintage and discontinued Rolex references documented — specs, dial variants, serial ranges, production history.
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| |keywords=watch reference, Rolex, Rolex Submariner, Rolex Explorer, Rolex GMT-Master, Rolex Bubbleback, Oyster, Ovettone, vintage Rolex, collector guide, watch history, production history, dial variants
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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.
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| The archive runs from the 1930s bubbleback Oysters 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 →]]
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| == Submariner ==
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| | style="padding:3px 4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Pre-five-digit<br/><small>1953–90</small>
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| | style="padding:3px 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:3px 4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Five-digit<br/><small>1979–2010</small>
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| | style="padding:3px 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]]'''
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| == Daytona ==
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| | style="padding:3px 4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Manual-wind chronograph<br/><small>1962–1988</small>
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| | style="padding:3px 4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:6238|6238]] · [[Reference:6239|6239]] · [[Reference:6240|6240]] · [[Reference:6241|6241]] · [[Reference:6262|6262]] · [[Reference:6263|6263]] · [[Reference:6264|6264]] · [[Reference:6265|6265]]
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| | style="padding:3px 4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:16520|16520]] · [[Reference:16518|16518]] · [[Reference:16519|16519]] · [[Reference:16523|16523]] · [[Reference:16528|16528]]
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| | style="padding:3px 4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | In-house cal 4130<br/><small>2000–2016</small>
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| | style="padding:3px 4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:116520|116520]] · [[Reference:116523|116523]] · [[Reference:116528|116528]]
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| '''[[Reference:daytona|→ Full Daytona index]]'''
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| == Explorer ==
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| | style="padding:3px 4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Vintage<br/><small>1952–89</small>
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| | style="padding:3px 4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:6150|6150]] · [[Reference:6350|6350]] · [[Reference:6610|6610]] · [[Reference:1016|1016]]
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| | style="padding:3px 4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Modern<br/><small>1989–2021</small>
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| | style="padding:3px 4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:14270|14270]] · [[Reference:114270|114270]] · [[Reference:214270|214270]]
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| '''[[Reference:explorer|→ Full Explorer index]]'''
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| == Explorer II ==
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| | style="padding:3px 4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Vintage Freccione<br/><small>1971–1984</small>
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| | style="padding:3px 4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:1655|1655]]
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| | style="padding:3px 4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Transitional<br/><small>1985–1989</small>
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| | style="padding:3px 4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:16550|16550]]
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| | style="padding:3px 4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:16570|16570]]
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| '''[[Reference:explorer-ii|→ Full Explorer II index]]'''
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| == GMT-Master ==
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| | style="padding:3px 4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Vintage<br/><small>1955–99</small>
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| | style="padding:3px 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:3px 4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | GMT-Master II<br/><small>1983–2007</small>
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| | style="padding:3px 4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:16760|16760]] · [[Reference:16710|16710]] · [[Reference:16713|16713]] · [[Reference:16718|16718]]
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| | style="padding:3px 4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:116718LN|116718LN]] · [[Reference:116713LN|116713LN]] · [[Reference:116710LN|116710LN]] · [[Reference:116710BLNR|116710BLNR]] · [[Reference:116719BLRO|116719BLRO]]
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| | style="padding:3px 4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:126710BLRO|126710BLRO]] · [[Reference:126711CHNR|126711CHNR]] · [[Reference:126715CHNR|126715CHNR]] · [[Reference:126710BLNR|126710BLNR]] · [[Reference:126720VTNR|126720VTNR]] · [[Reference:126713GRNR|126713GRNR]] · [[Reference:126718GRNR|126718GRNR]] · [[Reference:126710GRNR|126710GRNR]]
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| '''[[Reference:gmt-master|→ Full GMT-Master index]]'''
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| == Oyster & Bubbleback ==
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| | style="padding:3px 4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Pre-Oyster & Oyster<br/><small>1922–37</small>
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| | style="padding:3px 4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:3666|3666]] · [[Reference:2136|2136]] · [[Reference:3003|3003]] · [[Reference:3004|3004]]
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| | style="padding:3px 4px; vertical-align:top; font-weight:bold;" | Bubbleback era<br/><small>1933–45</small>
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| | style="padding:3px 4px; vertical-align:top;" | [[Reference:1858|1858]] · [[Reference:3131|3131]] · [[Reference:3372|3372]] · [[Reference:3525|3525]]
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| | style="padding:3px 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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| '''[[Reference:bubbleback|→ Full Bubbleback index]]'''
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| == Reference guides ==
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| Three pages cover material that applies across every Rolex line documented here. '''[[Reference:Bracelets|Bracelets]]''' catalogs bracelet refs, end links, clasps, and link types alongside the clasp date-code key. '''[[Reference:Movements|Movements]]''' lists every caliber spanning the manual-wind chronograph, Zenith-driven, and in-house generations. '''[[Reference:Serial-numbers|Serial numbers]]''' decodes the three Rolex serial systems — numeric pre-1987, letter 1987–2010, and random alphanumeric 2010+.
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