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30 April 2026

• 04:0304:03, 30 April 2026 diff hist +1,175‎ Main Page ‎ Add Air-King family section to Main Page nav (era table mirroring Oyster & Bubbleback format): Battle of Britain origin 4925/4365/4499, first automatic 6552, long-run mainstay 5500 + 5501/5502/5504/5506/5520/5700/5701, sapphire era 14000/14000M/114200; live link to 5500 article + Air-King family hub
• 03:5203:52, 30 April 2026 diff hist +964‎ Reference:milsub ‎ Add images: milsub configuration features (sword hands, bezel, T-circle dial, fixed-bar profile)
• 03:5103:51, 30 April 2026 diff hist +1,284‎ Reference:comex ‎ Add images: comex
• 03:5103:51, 30 April 2026 diff hist +846‎ Reference:milsub ‎ Add images: milsub
• 03:5103:51, 30 April 2026 diff hist +521‎ Reference:16613LB ‎ Add images: 16613LB silvered Serti diamond/sapphire from Sotheby's 2021 lot 8026
• 03:5103:51, 30 April 2026 diff hist +320‎ Reference:16613LN ‎ Add images: 16613LN black-dial hero, dial detail, caseback, packaging from Sotheby's 2022 lot 531
• 03:5003:50, 30 April 2026 diff hist +59‎ Reference:116505 ‎ Update hero caption to match the live image (Eric Clapton 116505, Sotheby's 2021).
• 03:5003:50, 30 April 2026 diff hist +238‎ Reference:116518 ‎ Add image: 116518 hero (Sotheby's Watches Online 2020 lot, white-dial yellow gold leather).
• 03:5003:50, 30 April 2026 diff hist +168‎ N File:Ref 16613LB serti-detail.webp ‎ Rolex 16613LB Serti dial close-up showing diamond and sapphire layout against silvered sunburst dial. Source: Sotheby's Fine Watches, Hong Kong, October 2021, lot 8026. current
• 03:5003:50, 30 April 2026 diff hist +255‎ N File:Ref 16613LB serti-silvered.webp ‎ Rolex Submariner Date Reference 16613LB factory Serti dial — silvered with eight diamond hour markers and two sapphire baguettes at 6 and 9 o'clock, blue bezel, case S196455, circa 1993. Source: Sotheby's Fine Watches, Hong Kong, October 2021, lot 8026. current
• 03:5003:50, 30 April 2026 diff hist +200‎ N File:Ref 16613LN packaging.webp ‎ Rolex 16613LN delivered with green Oyster presentation case, Submariner booklet, Rolex Geneve translation card, and outer packaging. Source: Sotheby's Important Watches Online, November 2022, lot 531. current
• 03:5003:50, 30 April 2026 diff hist +144‎ N File:Ref 16613LN caseback.webp ‎ Rolex 16613LN caseback with two-tone Oyster bracelet, factory configuration. Source: Sotheby's Important Watches Online, November 2022, lot 531. current
• 03:5003:50, 30 April 2026 diff hist +269‎ Reference:pre-daytona-chronographs ‎ Add image: family hub poster (Phillips Rolex Milestones 2016, lot 828).
• 03:5003:50, 30 April 2026 diff hist +160‎ N File:Ref 16613LN dial-detail.webp ‎ Rolex 16613LN black gloss dial close-up, applied gilt indices, gold-painted Submariner text. Source: Sotheby's Important Watches Online, November 2022, lot 531. current
• 03:5003:50, 30 April 2026 diff hist +201‎ N File:Ref 16613LN hero.webp ‎ Rolex Submariner Date Reference 16613LN, two-tone Rolesor with black gloss dial and black aluminum bezel, case N'228'106, circa 1992. Source: Sotheby's Important Watches Online, November 2022, lot 531.
• 03:4903:49, 30 April 2026 diff hist +696‎ Reference:6234 ‎ Add images: 6234 — silvered-dial (Sotheby's 2019 Capsule), tropical-gilt (Sotheby's Olmsted 2025 lot 65), and black-glossy (Phillips Geneva XV 2022 lot 192).
• 03:4903:49, 30 April 2026 diff hist +1,290‎ Reference:216570 ‎ Add images: 216570
• 03:4903:49, 30 April 2026 diff hist +247‎ N File:Ref 116518 hero.webp ‎ Reference 116518 Cosmograph Daytona in 18k yellow gold with white dial on leather strap, circa 2000, case P683900. Sotheby's Watches Online, March 2020. Sourced from Sotheby's public lot photography for documentary use on BezelBase reference wiki. current
• 03:4903:49, 30 April 2026 diff hist +288‎ N File:Ref 116506 hero.webp ‎ Reference 116506 Cosmograph Daytona "Platona" in 950 platinum with ice-blue dial and chestnut Cerachrom bezel, circa 2013. Phillips New York Watch Auction VI, June 2022, lot 147 (sold $176,400). Sourced from Phillips public lot photography for documentary use on BezelBase reference wiki.
• 03:4903:49, 30 April 2026 diff hist +268‎ N File:Ref 116505 hero.webp ‎ Reference 116505 Cosmograph Daytona in brushed Everose gold, formerly in the collection of Eric Clapton CBE, circa 2013. Sotheby's Important Watches, October 2021, lot 2068. Sourced from Sotheby's public lot photography for documentary use on BezelBase reference wiki. current
• 03:4903:49, 30 April 2026 diff hist +250‎ N File:Pre-daytona chronographs vintage poster.webp ‎ Rolex pre-Daytona chronograph featured in Phillips "Rolex Milestones: 38 Legendary Watches That Shaped History" (Hong Kong, lot 828), labeled "Pre-Daytona". Sourced from Phillips public lot photography for documentary use on BezelBase reference wiki. current
• 03:4903:49, 30 April 2026 diff hist +256‎ N File:Ref 6234 tropical-gilt.webp ‎ Reference 6234 with tropical gilt dial, case 688717, circa 1961, from The Olmsted Complications Collection at Sotheby's Important Watches, December 2025, lot 65. Sourced from Sotheby's public lot photography for documentary use on BezelBase reference wiki. current
• 03:4903:49, 30 April 2026 diff hist +207‎ N File:Ref 6234 silvered-dial.webp ‎ Reference 6234 with silvered dial, circa 1959, from The Rolex Daytona Capsule Collection at Sotheby's, May 2019. Sourced from Sotheby's public lot photography for documentary use on BezelBase reference wiki. current
• 03:4903:49, 30 April 2026 diff hist +215‎ N File:Ref 6234 black-glossy.webp ‎ Reference 6234 with rare black glossy dial, case 1262289, sold for CHF403,200 at Phillips Geneva XV, 7 May 2022, lot 192. Sourced from Phillips public lot photography for documentary use on BezelBase reference wiki. current
• 03:4803:48, 30 April 2026 diff hist +387‎ N File:Ref 216570 sas-issued.webp ‎ Rolex Explorer II 216570 issued to 22 Special Air Service, circa 2010. Front view (black dial) and engraved caseback ('22 SPECIAL AIR SERVICE' with winged-dagger insignia and 'WHO DARES WINS' motto). Source: Sotheby's lot, November 2021. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/fine-watches-including-masterworks-of-time-collectors-watches/sas-explorer-ii-ref-216570-stainless-steel current
• 03:4803:48, 30 April 2026 diff hist +332‎ N File:Ref 216570 uk-apache.webp ‎ Rolex Explorer II 216570 UK Attack Helicopter Force, No. 2/48, circa 2015. Front view (Polar dial) and engraved caseback (Apache helicopter over Union Jack, 'UK ATTACK HELICOPTER FORCE'). Source: Sotheby's lot, December 2019. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/watches-online-8/rolex-explorer-ii-uk-attack-helicopter-force current
• 03:4803:48, 30 April 2026 diff hist +282‎ N File:Ref 216570 case-side.webp ‎ Rolex Explorer II 216570 case profile showing the 42mm Maxi case, screw-down Twinlock crown, crown guards, and engraved 24-hour bezel rehaut. Source: Sotheby's lot, June 2023. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/fine-watches-2/reference-216570-explorer-ii-a-stainless-steel current
• 03:4803:48, 30 April 2026 diff hist +228‎ N File:Ref 216570 caseback.webp ‎ Rolex Explorer II 216570 closed Oyster caseback (no display back; caliber 3187 sealed). Source: Sotheby's lot, June 2023. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/fine-watches-2/reference-216570-explorer-ii-a-stainless-steel current
• 03:4803:48, 30 April 2026 diff hist +211‎ N File:Ref 216570 dial-black.webp ‎ Rolex Explorer II 216570 black dial, top-down case and bracelet shot. Source: Sotheby's lot, April 2020. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/watches-online/rolex-ref-216570-explorer-ii-a-stainless-steel current
• 03:4803:48, 30 April 2026 diff hist +272‎ N File:Ref 216570 dial-polar-detail.webp ‎ Rolex Explorer II 216570 Polar dial, three-quarter close-up showing Maxi indices, Mercedes hands, and the half-orange 24-hour hand. Source: Sotheby's lot, June 2023. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/fine-watches-2/reference-216570-explorer-ii-a-stainless-steel current
• 03:4803:48, 30 April 2026 diff hist +244‎ N File:Ref 216570 hero.webp ‎ Rolex Explorer II 216570 Polar dial, press-style hero shot. Source: Monochrome editorial coverage of the 2021 226570 launch, used as Polar 216570 reference. https://monochrome-watches.com/2021-rolex-explorer-ii-226570-first-look-hands-on-price/ current
• 03:4803:48, 30 April 2026 diff hist +211‎ N File:Comex 5514 bessard-papers.webp ‎ Rolex 5514 COMEX accessories: COMEX identity card for agent Maurice Bessard (no. 16.0554) and Rolex France service receipt signed by Bessard. Source: Sotheby's Important Watches, Hong Kong, April 2021, lot 2140. current
• 03:4803:48, 30 April 2026 diff hist +184‎ N File:Comex 5514 dial-print-detail.webp ‎ Rolex 5514 COMEX dial close-up, showing white "comex" print between hands (660ft = 200m, no-date Submariner dial). Source: Sotheby's Important Watches, Hong Kong, April 2021, lot 2140. current
• 03:4803:48, 30 April 2026 diff hist +127‎ N File:Comex 5514 caseback-detail.webp ‎ Rolex 5514 COMEX caseback engraving close-up (COMEX 850). Source: Sotheby's Important Watches, Hong Kong, April 2021, lot 2140. current
• 03:4803:48, 30 April 2026 diff hist +162‎ N File:Comex 5514 caseback-engraving.webp ‎ Rolex 5514 COMEX caseback engraving "ROLEX / COMEX 850" wrap-around format (case 4,462,758). Source: Sotheby's Important Watches, Hong Kong, April 2021, lot 2140. current
• 03:4803:48, 30 April 2026 diff hist +176‎ N File:Comex 5514 helium-valve-profile.webp ‎ Rolex 5514 COMEX Submariner profile, showing helium escape valve at 9 o'clock (case 4,462,758, COMEX 850). Source: Sotheby's Important Watches, Hong Kong, April 2021, lot 2140. current
• 03:4803:48, 30 April 2026 diff hist +210‎ N File:Comex 5514 hero.webp ‎ Rolex Submariner "COMEX" Reference 5514, formerly the property of COMEX agent Maurice Bessard (case 4,462,758, COMEX issue 850), circa 1977. Source: Sotheby's Important Watches, Hong Kong, April 2021, lot 2140. current
• 03:4803:48, 30 April 2026 diff hist +196‎ N File:Milsub 5517 dial-T-circle-detail.webp ‎ Rolex 5517 Military Submariner — Maxi Mk I dial close-up, showing encircled T below 6 o'clock for low-radiation tritium. Source: Sotheby's Important Watches Part I, Geneva, November 2023, lot 3. current
• 03:4803:48, 30 April 2026 diff hist +158‎ N File:Milsub 5517 bezel-60-minute-detail.webp ‎ Rolex 5517 Military Submariner — full 60-minute calibrated bezel insert, MoD-spec. Source: Sotheby's Important Watches Part I, Geneva, November 2023, lot 3. current
• 03:4803:48, 30 April 2026 diff hist +166‎ N File:Milsub 5513-5517 fixed-bars-profile.webp ‎ Rolex 5513/5517 Military Submariner side profile, showing fixed-bar lugs (welded spring-bar replacements). Source: Sotheby's Important Watches, December 2023, lot 64. current
• 03:4803:48, 30 April 2026 diff hist +213‎ N File:Milsub 5517 sword-hands-detail.webp ‎ Rolex 5517 Military Submariner — sword hands, Maxi Mk I dial with encircled T, full 60-minute calibrated bezel close-up (case 5,339,705). Source: Sotheby's Important Watches Part I, Geneva, November 2023, lot 3. current
• 03:4803:48, 30 April 2026 diff hist +202‎ N File:Milsub 5513-5517 dial-detail.webp ‎ Rolex 5513/5517 double-reference Military Submariner (case 3,926,898, circa 1973), showing maxi Mk I dial with encircled T and pumpkin patina. Source: Sotheby's Important Watches, December 2023, lot 64. current
• 03:4803:48, 30 April 2026 diff hist +199‎ N File:Milsub 5517 caseback-movement.webp ‎ Rolex 5517 Military Submariner caseback removed, showing inside caseback stamping (case 5,339,705) and caliber 1520 movement. Source: Sotheby's Important Watches Part I, Geneva, November 2023, lot 3. current
• 03:4803:48, 30 April 2026 diff hist +190‎ N File:Milsub 5517 batch3-hero.webp ‎ Rolex Submariner Reference 5517 "Full Spec" Military Submariner, Batch 3 (case 5,339,705, issue 853/78), circa 1978. Source: Sotheby's Important Watches Part I, Geneva, November 2023, lot 3. current
• 03:4703:47, 30 April 2026 diff hist +1,272‎ Reference:6265 ‎ Audit fix: verify 6265 government-dial attribution
• 03:4203:42, 30 April 2026 diff hist +24‎ Reference:5500 ‎ Fix markdown-bold residue: convert **bold** to wikitext '''bold''' across 11 spots (Caliber 1530/1520, 1957-1989, bracelet headings, Domino weekly target); also convert *italic* book titles to ''italic''
• 03:4203:42, 30 April 2026 diff hist +844‎ Reference:16610 ‎ Audit fix: verify Italian State Police variant
• 03:4103:41, 30 April 2026 diff hist +121‎ N File:Ref 6243 hero.webp ‎ Reference 6243 hero image. Source: eBay listing (i.ebayimg.com). Sourced for documentary use on BezelBase reference wiki. current
• 03:4003:40, 30 April 2026 diff hist +18,487‎ N Reference:116508 ‎ Import reference 116508 article
• 03:4003:40, 30 April 2026 diff hist +19,238‎ N Reference:116515LN ‎ Import reference 116515LN article