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	The 4467 is the first Datejust: first automatic wristwatch with a date window, first Jubilee bracelet, and the watch that gives the whole line its starting point.		The 4467 is the first Datejust: first automatic wristwatch with a date window, first Jubilee bracelet, and the watch that gives the whole line its starting point.

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
	* The Vintage Rolex Field Manual~~, Chevalier Edition~~ — ~~unknown~~, Morning Tundra		* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra
	* [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/CH080118/222 Phillips Geneva Watch Auction VII Lot 222 — Rolex ref 4467 18K YG roulette date c.1945] — Phillips		* [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/CH080118/222 Phillips Geneva Watch Auction VII Lot 222 — Rolex ref 4467 18K YG roulette date c.1945] — Phillips
	* [https://www.bonhams.com/auction/30160/lot/116/rolex-a-rare-18k-gold-automatic-calendar-bracelet-watch-pre-datejust-oyster-perpetual-ref-4467-purchased-6th-august-1948/ Bonhams Lot 116 — Rolex ref 4467 18K YG purchased Aug 6 1948 with Bucherer receipt and COSC certificate] — Bonhams		* [https://www.bonhams.com/auction/30160/lot/116/rolex-a-rare-18k-gold-automatic-calendar-bracelet-watch-pre-datejust-oyster-perpetual-ref-4467-purchased-6th-august-1948/ Bonhams Lot 116 — Rolex ref 4467 18K YG purchased Aug 6 1948 with Bucherer receipt and COSC certificate] — Bonhams

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	<small>[[Reference:bubbleback\|Bubbleback]] → '''4467'''</small>		<small>[[Reference:bubbleback\|Bubbleback]] → '''4467'''</small>

	The 4467 is the first Datejust~~, launched in 1945 for Rolex’s 40th anniversary and the~~ first automatic wristwatch with a date window~~. Every mechanical Rolex with a calendar~~, ~~from the 6305 through the current 126234, descends from it. The 4467 debuts the~~ Jubilee bracelet~~, introduces a reeded coin-edge bezel that becomes the Datejust’s fluted signature~~, and sells its first hundred units by newspaper subscription to buyers who did not yet know what a Datejust was. None of the later Datejust language is here. No Cyclops, no “Datejust” text on the dial, no instantaneous midnight jump. What exists is the ~~concept, executed in 18K gold, in a 36mm Big Bubbleback case~~ that ~~Italian auction houses call~~ the ~~''Ovettone''~~.		The 4467 is the first Datejust: first automatic wristwatch with a date window, first Jubilee bracelet, and the watch that gives the whole line its starting point.

	[[File:Ref 4467 hero.jpg\|thumb\|right\|340px\|alt=Rolex 4467 Datejust hero\|Rolex 4467 Datejust]]		[[File:Ref 4467 hero.jpg\|thumb\|right\|340px\|alt=Rolex 4467 Datejust hero\|Rolex 4467 Datejust]]
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	Every design decision reflected the anniversary framing. The metal is 18K gold, never steel, never two-tone. The bracelet is new: the Jubilee, whose name references the Ruby Jubilee, the traditional 40th anniversary marker. The bezel is reeded and coin-edged, a direct visual precursor to the fluted bezel that becomes a Datejust signature by the 1960s. And the first hundred pieces are sold by subscription, through a Swiss newspaper, numbered 1 through 100 between the lugs.		Every design decision reflected the anniversary framing. The metal is 18K gold, never steel, never two-tone. The bracelet is new: the Jubilee, whose name references the Ruby Jubilee, the traditional 40th anniversary marker. The bezel is reeded and coin-edged, a direct visual precursor to the fluted bezel that becomes a Datejust signature by the 1960s. And the first hundred pieces are sold by subscription, through a Swiss newspaper, numbered 1 through 100 between the lugs.

	Underneath the anniversary framing was a ~~working~~ design problem~~. Automatic date complications had no established architecture in the mid-1940s~~. Rolex ~~and Aegler (the exclusive movement supplier)~~ had to ~~design~~ an automatic ~~with enough torque to drive both a winding rotor and a~~ date ~~wheel, fit it into~~ a waterproof Oyster case~~, and find a visual language for the date window that did not disrupt~~ the ~~Oyster Perpetual’s identity~~. The ~~answer~~ is imperfect~~. The date changes gradually~~, ~~there is no quickset, there is no magnifier, and every one of those limits~~ is ~~resolved in successor references. But~~ the template ~~exists here, and everything that follows in the~~ Datejust ~~line is iteration on it~~.		Underneath the anniversary framing was a real design problem. Rolex had to make an automatic date watch work inside a waterproof Oyster case before anyone had settled the format. The 4467 is imperfect, but it is the template every later Datejust builds from.

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	The 4467 is the first Datejust, launched in 1945 for Rolex’s 40th anniversary and the first automatic wristwatch with a date window. Every mechanical Rolex with a calendar, from the 6305 through the current 126234, descends from it. The 4467 debuts the Jubilee bracelet, introduces a reeded coin-edge bezel that becomes the Datejust’s fluted signature, and sells its first hundred units by newspaper subscription to buyers who did not yet know what a Datejust was. None of the later Datejust language is here. No Cyclops, no “Datejust” text on the dial, no instantaneous midnight jump. What exists is the concept, executed in 18K gold, in a 36mm Big Bubbleback case that Italian auction houses call the ''Ovettone''.		The 4467 is the first Datejust, launched in 1945 for Rolex’s 40th anniversary and the first automatic wristwatch with a date window. Every mechanical Rolex with a calendar, from the 6305 through the current 126234, descends from it. The 4467 debuts the Jubilee bracelet, introduces a reeded coin-edge bezel that becomes the Datejust’s fluted signature, and sells its first hundred units by newspaper subscription to buyers who did not yet know what a Datejust was. None of the later Datejust language is here. No Cyclops, no “Datejust” text on the dial, no instantaneous midnight jump. What exists is the concept, executed in 18K gold, in a 36mm Big Bubbleback case that Italian auction houses call the ''Ovettone''.

	[[File:Ref 4467 hero.jpg\|thumb\|right\|340px\|alt=Rolex 4467 Datejust hero\|Rolex 4467 Datejust ~~(EveryWatch)~~]]		[[File:Ref 4467 hero.jpg\|thumb\|right\|340px\|alt=Rolex 4467 Datejust hero\|Rolex 4467 Datejust]]

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	=== Date wheel evolution ===		=== Date wheel evolution ===
	[[File:Ref4467_phillips_roulette_518506.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|alt=Rolex 4467 in 18K yellow gold with roulette date wheel ~~(Phillips 2018)~~\|Rolex 4467, 18K yellow gold, roulette date wheel, case 518506 ~~(Phillips 2018)~~]]		[[File:Ref4467_phillips_roulette_518506.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|alt=Rolex 4467 in 18K yellow gold with roulette date wheel\|Rolex 4467, 18K yellow gold, roulette date wheel, case 518506]]


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	== Auction record ==		== Auction record ==

	[[File:Ref4467_bonhams_bucherer_1948.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|alt=An 18K yellow gold 4467 purchased 6 August 1948, with original Bucherer receipt and COSC certificate ~~(Bonhams)~~.\|An 18K yellow gold 4467 purchased 6 August 1948, with original Bucherer receipt and COSC certificate ~~(Bonhams)~~.]]		[[File:Ref4467_bonhams_bucherer_1948.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|alt=An 18K yellow gold 4467 purchased 6 August 1948, with original Bucherer receipt and COSC certificate.\|An 18K yellow gold 4467 purchased 6 August 1948, with original Bucherer receipt and COSC certificate.]]

	Four lots cover most of the 4467 configuration space collectors care about: yellow gold with standard dial, pink gold with rare dial, numbered souscription provenance, and original-paperwork provenance. The 4467 anchors the gold-Bubbleback segment, though no result approaches the upper-tier numbers gilt-era Submariners or Daytonas have set. That is the shape of the market for a gold-only Big Bubbleback, where steel sport watches have moved faster than gold dress references.		Four lots cover most of the 4467 configuration space collectors care about: yellow gold with standard dial, pink gold with rare dial, numbered souscription provenance, and original-paperwork provenance. The 4467 anchors the gold-Bubbleback segment, though no result approaches the upper-tier numbers gilt-era Submariners or Daytonas have set. That is the shape of the market for a gold-only Big Bubbleback, where steel sport watches have moved faster than gold dress references.

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	~~Three distinct~~ date-wheel ~~configurations are documented across the production run~~. ~~The earliest 4467 dials, circa 1945 and into the first year or two, carry date wheels with~~ black numerals on a ~~white or off-white~~ background~~, consistent with the dial’s palette~~. ~~Sometime in the mid~~-1940s ~~Rolex introduced an all-red date wheel with every date from 1 through 31 printed in red; documented on~~ examples ~~from roughly 1945 through 1947, this is the “Red Datejust” of collector literature. The Antiquorum pink gold example above carries~~ the ~~red wheel, and~~ all-red ~~4467 dials command a premium over~~ the ~~standard black-numeral version~~. ~~The~~ roulette ~~wheel (~~alternating red and black numerals, typically odd in one colour and even in the other) appears on 4467 dials from approximately 1947 through the end of production around 1953, and is the version most collectors picture when they picture a 4467. The Phillips 2018 example carries a roulette. ~~These three configurations~~ are tendencies ~~rather than rules. Production overlap is the norm in vintage Rolex~~, and ~~examples exist where the date wheel~~ is ~~not the version expected for the case serial range~~.		The 4467 is easiest to place by date wheel. Early watches use black numerals on a light background. Mid-1940s examples can carry the all-red wheel that gives the branch its "Red Datejust" appeal. Later watches move into roulette wheels with alternating red and black numerals. Those are tendencies, not hard cutovers, and overlap is normal.

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