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	\| production		\| production
	\| ~~approximately~~ 1950–1953 (sources vary; 1953–1955 also documented)		\| about 1950–1953 (sources vary; 1953–1955 also documented)
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	\| case diameter		\| case diameter
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	\| crown		\| crown
	\| screw-down brevet, ~~“Rolex~~ + ~~Oyster”~~ cross-center		\| screw-down brevet, "Rolex + Oyster" cross-center
	\|-		\|-
	\| movement		\| movement
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	\| date complication		\| date complication
	\| yes — date at 3 ~~o’clock~~, gradual change around midnight		\| yes — date at 3 o'clock, gradual change around midnight
	\|-		\|-
	\| Cyclops		\| Cyclops
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	\| no (introduced with Cal. 1065 in refs 6604/6605, 1956–57)		\| no (introduced with Cal. 1065 in refs 6604/6605, 1956–57)
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~“Datejust”~~ text on dial		\| "Datejust" text on dial
	\| yes — first reference to carry it		\| yes — first reference to carry it
	\|-		\|-
	\| notable configurations		\| notable configurations
	\| left-handed ~~“destro”~~ crown-at-9 variant; Serpico y Laino co-signed; black gilt dial		\| left-handed "destro" crown-at-9 variant; Serpico y Laino co-signed; black gilt dial
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	== What the 6105 is ==		== What the 6105 is ==

	The 6105 is a continuation of the 6074 and 6075, not a redesign. It keeps the 36mm Ovettone case, the reeded coin-edge bezel, the domed screw-down back, the Jubilee option, and the date window at 3 ~~o’clock~~ without a magnifier. The movement steps from A.295 to A.296, but both are closely related Aegler automatics with the same gradual date change. The dial is where the real change lands: Rolex finally writes ''Datejust'' on the watch.		The 6105 is a continuation of the 6074 and 6075, not a redesign. It keeps the 36mm Ovettone case, the reeded coin-edge bezel, the domed screw-down back, the Jubilee option, and the date window at 3 o'clock without a magnifier. The movement steps from A.295 to A.296, but both are closely related Aegler automatics with the same gradual date change. The dial is where the real change lands: Rolex finally writes ''Datejust'' on the watch.

	What the 6105 really resolves is a naming problem. Earlier watches were Datejusts by catalog logic. The 6105 is the point where Rolex finally writes the name on the watch itself.		What the 6105 really resolves is a naming problem. Earlier watches were Datejusts by catalog logic. The 6105 is the point where Rolex finally writes the name on the watch itself.
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	== Placing the 6105 in the Ovettone sequence ==		== Placing the 6105 in the Ovettone sequence ==

	The reference sits in a specific slot within the Big Bubbleback family that preceded the modern Datejust. The full sequence, as the collector community reconstructs it, runs: 4467 (1945), 5028 / 5030 / 5031 (1946–48), 6030 / 6031 (1949), 6074 / 6075 (1950), 6105 (first "Datejust" text, ~~approximately~~ 1950–53), 6305 (first Cyclops, 1954), 6604 / 6605 (first instantaneous date via Cal. 1065, 1956–57). That arc takes the Datejust from anniversary commemorative to the mid-century dress watch Rolex still builds today.		The reference sits in a specific slot within the Big Bubbleback family that preceded the modern Datejust. The full sequence, as the collector community reconstructs it, runs: 4467 (1945), 5028 / 5030 / 5031 (1946–48), 6030 / 6031 (1949), 6074 / 6075 (1950), 6105 (first "Datejust" text, about 1950–53), 6305 (first Cyclops, 1954), 6604 / 6605 (first instantaneous date via Cal. 1065, 1956–57). That arc takes the Datejust from anniversary commemorative to the mid-century dress watch Rolex still builds today.

	The 6105 sits on the edge of the Ovettone family. Some writers fold it in without hesitation, others treat it as a late continuation rather than a core member. Either way, it is clearly part of the same 36mm Big Bubbleback Datejust story.		The 6105 sits on the edge of the Ovettone family. Some writers fold it in without hesitation, others treat it as a late continuation rather than a core member. Either way, it is clearly part of the same 36mm Big Bubbleback Datejust story.
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	== The 36mm Big Bubbleback case ==		== The 36mm Big Bubbleback case ==

	Case architecture on the 6105 is the Ovettone profile the 4467 established in 1945. Three-piece Oyster construction (bezel, mid-case, screw-down caseback) with a 36mm diameter tonneau form and the characteristic domed caseback that houses the rotor. The bezel is a thin reeded or milled coin-edge in matching gold, functionally identical to the ~~4467’s~~ and visually a direct precursor to the Datejust fluted bezel that crystallizes by the 1960s. The crystal is acrylic and domed, the crown a screw-down brevet marked ~~“Rolex~~ + ~~Oyster”~~ with cross-center. None of this is new.		Case architecture on the 6105 is the Ovettone profile the 4467 established in 1945. Three-piece Oyster construction (bezel, mid-case, screw-down caseback) with a 36mm diameter tonneau form and the characteristic domed caseback that houses the rotor. The bezel is a thin reeded or milled coin-edge in matching gold, functionally identical to the 4467's and visually a direct precursor to the Datejust fluted bezel that crystallizes by the 1960s. The crystal is acrylic and domed, the crown a screw-down brevet marked "Rolex + Oyster" with cross-center. None of this is new.

	The case shape is the one meaningful continuity from the 4467. A 36mm Ovettone reads differently on the wrist from a standard 32mm Bubbleback. It is still domed, still unmistakably an early automatic Rolex, but its proportions already point at the modern Datejust. The 6305 (1954) inherits this case profile almost unchanged, and the 1601 family of the 1960s refines it further. The ~~6105’s~~ contribution to that lineage is not the case, which it inherits, but the dial text that names what the case has been carrying for half a decade.		The case shape is the one meaningful continuity from the 4467. A 36mm Ovettone reads differently on the wrist from a standard 32mm Bubbleback. It is still domed, still unmistakably an early automatic Rolex, but its proportions already point at the modern Datejust. The 6305 (1954) inherits this case profile almost unchanged, and the 1601 family of the 1960s refines it further. The 6105's contribution to that lineage is not the case, which it inherits, but the dial text that names what the case has been carrying for half a decade.

	One variant sits on top of this otherwise conventional architecture: the left-handed destro case. It is rare enough to matter, and it puts the 6105 into the short list of early left-crown Rolex references.		One variant sits on top of this otherwise conventional architecture: the left-handed destro case. It is rare enough to matter, and it puts the 6105 into the short list of early left-crown Rolex references.
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	== Movement: Cal. A.296 ==		== Movement: Cal. A.296 ==

	The 6105 uses Cal. A.296, the next step up from the ~~4467’s~~ A.295 in the Aegler automatic family that powered the Ovettone references through the early 1950s. “A.~~296”~~ denotes the ~~movement’s~~ 29.6mm diameter. ~~Rolex’s~~ parts-catalog nomenclature lists the same movement within the 740/745 family, consistent with how the ~~4467’s~~ A.295 appears as Cal. 740/745 in the same catalogs. The naming conventions run in parallel; the movement is one movement.		The 6105 uses Cal. A.296, the next step up from the 4467's A.295 in the Aegler automatic family that powered the Ovettone references through the early 1950s. "A.296" denotes the movement's 29.6mm diameter. Rolex's parts-catalog nomenclature lists the same movement within the 740/745 family, consistent with how the 4467's A.295 appears as Cal. 740/745 in the same catalogs. The naming conventions run in parallel; the movement is one movement.

	A.296 is the expected movement here: 18 jewels, unidirectional winding, no shock protection, and the same gradual date change the earlier Big Bubblebacks used. The fast takeaway is that the 6105 still belongs mechanically to the Bubbleback world, even as the Datejust name finally appears.		A.296 is the expected movement here: 18 jewels, unidirectional winding, no shock protection, and the same gradual date change the earlier Big Bubblebacks used. The fast takeaway is that the 6105 still belongs mechanically to the Bubbleback world, even as the Datejust name finally appears.
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	== The dial text: what ~~“Datejust”~~ looks like on the 6105 ==		== The dial text: what "Datejust" looks like on the 6105 ==

	Dial layout on a 6105 is standard period Rolex, with one important change: Datejust appears where earlier watches still stopped at Oyster Perpetual and chronometer text. That is the whole dial-side break.		Dial layout on a 6105 is standard period Rolex, with one important change: Datejust appears where earlier watches still stopped at Oyster Perpetual and chronometer text. That is the whole dial-side break.
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	The addition sounds small, but it is the whole watch. The case, movement family, and overall look are already there in earlier references. The printed name is what turns the 6105 into the first true dial-signed Datejust.		The addition sounds small, but it is the whole watch. The case, movement family, and overall look are already there in earlier references. The printed name is what turns the 6105 into the first true dial-signed Datejust.

	The format also anchors what the word ~~“Datejust”~~ will look like on Rolex dials going forward. By the 1960s the script ~~“Datejust”~~ above six becomes a recognizable signature element, as specifically Datejust as the fluted bezel itself. Its first appearance is here, on the 6105.		The format also anchors what the word "Datejust" will look like on Rolex dials going forward. By the 1960s the script "Datejust" above six becomes a recognizable signature element, as specifically Datejust as the fluted bezel itself. Its first appearance is here, on the 6105.

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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://monochrome-watches.com/rolex-datejust-complete-history/ Monochrome Watches — The Evergreens: Complete History of the Rolex Datejust] — Monochrome		* [https://monochrome-watches.com/rolex-datejust-complete-history/ Monochrome Watches — The Evergreens: Complete History of the Rolex Datejust] — Monochrome
	* [https://le-monde-edmond.com/datejust-a-closer-look-at-a-rolex-icon-2/ Le Monde Edmond — Datejust: A Closer Look at a Rolex Icon] — Le Monde Edmond		* [https://le-monde-edmond.com/datejust-a-closer-look-at-a-rolex-icon-2/ Le Monde Edmond — Datejust: A Closer Look at a Rolex Icon] — Le Monde Edmond

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	<small>Datejust → '''6105'''</small>		<small>Datejust → '''6105'''</small>

	The 6105 is where the Datejust finally gets its name. The concept had existed since 1945. The 4467 invented it, the 5028 omitted it, and the 5030, 5031, 6030, 6031, 6074, and 6075 iterated on it. But through all of that the dials said “Oyster Perpetual” and nothing more. An owner of a 1946 Datejust owned a Datejust only by catalog reference; the watch itself did not say so. The 6105 ends that. Introduced at the turn of the 1950s in the same 36mm Big Bubbleback case the Ovettone family had been using for five years, it is the first Rolex reference to print ''Datejust'' on the dial. ~~Everything else about~~ the ~~watch (~~the ~~gradual date change~~, ~~the~~ reeded bezel, ~~the gold-only bias, the domed caseback) is inherited from its predecessors~~. What ~~is new~~ is the ~~word~~.		The 6105 is the first Rolex reference to print ''Datejust'' on the dial. Earlier Datejusts already existed as catalog references, but the dials still said "Oyster Perpetual." In case terms the 6105 is still an Ovettone: 36mm, domed back, reeded bezel, gradual date change. What changes here is the name.

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	== What the 6105 is ==		== What the 6105 is ==

	The 6105 is a ~~successor reference~~. ~~Everything architectural about it —~~ the 36mm Ovettone case, the reeded coin-edge bezel, the domed screw-down ~~caseback~~, the Jubilee ~~bracelet~~ option, the date window at 3 o’clock without a magnifier ~~— carries forward unchanged from the 6074 and 6075 that preceded it~~. The movement ~~evolves one increment,~~ from A.295 to A.296, but both are Aegler automatics ~~from~~ the same ~~family, sized by their diameter to the nearest tenth of a millimeter, and both drive the same slow-creep~~ date ~~mechanism~~. The ~~6105~~ is ~~a continuation rather than a redesign~~.		The 6105 is a continuation of the 6074 and 6075, not a redesign. It keeps the 36mm Ovettone case, the reeded coin-edge bezel, the domed screw-down back, the Jubilee option, and the date window at 3 o’clock without a magnifier. The movement steps from A.295 to A.296, but both are closely related Aegler automatics with the same gradual date change. The dial is where the real change lands: Rolex finally writes ''Datejust'' on the watch.

	What the 6105 really resolves is a naming problem. Earlier watches were Datejusts by catalog logic. The 6105 is the point where Rolex finally writes the name on the watch itself.		What the 6105 really resolves is a naming problem. Earlier watches were Datejusts by catalog logic. The 6105 is the point where Rolex finally writes the name on the watch itself.

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	Dial layout on a 6105 is standard period Rolex, with one important change: Datejust appears where earlier watches still stopped at Oyster Perpetual and chronometer text. That is the whole dial-side break.		Dial layout on a 6105 is standard period Rolex, with one important change: Datejust appears where earlier watches still stopped at Oyster Perpetual and chronometer text. That is the whole dial-side break.

	The addition sounds small~~. On the wrist and in photographs~~ it is the ~~single feature that distinguishes a 6105 from a 6075 at a glance~~. The ~~prior reference~~, ~~in otherwise nearly identical gold Ovettone form~~, ~~has everything the 6105 has except the word. Collectors who encounter a 6075~~ and ~~a 6105 side by side will find the difference lives entirely~~ in ~~that one script line above six~~. The ~~case~~ is the ~~same. The movement is the same family. The bracelet, the bezel, the hands,~~ the ~~markers are all the same. The~~ dial ~~text is the change, and it is what the reference is remembered for~~.		The addition sounds small, but it is the whole watch. The case, movement family, and overall look are already there in earlier references. The printed name is what turns the 6105 into the first true dial-signed Datejust.

	The format also anchors what the word “Datejust” will look like on Rolex dials going forward. By the 1960s the script “Datejust” above six becomes a recognizable signature element, as specifically Datejust as the fluted bezel itself. Its first appearance is here, on the 6105.		The format also anchors what the word “Datejust” will look like on Rolex dials going forward. By the 1960s the script “Datejust” above six becomes a recognizable signature element, as specifically Datejust as the fluted bezel itself. Its first appearance is here, on the 6105.

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	== The dial text: what “Datejust” looks like on the 6105 ==		== The dial text: what “Datejust” looks like on the 6105 ==

	Dial layout on a 6105 ~~follows the~~ standard Rolex ~~Oyster Perpetual arrangement of the period: “ROLEX” centered under the coronet at twelve, “Oyster Perpetual” in a line below it, the date window at three~~, with one ~~addition. Above six o’clock,~~ where earlier ~~references printed “Chronometer” or “Certified Chronometer”~~ and ~~nothing else, the 6105 adds “Datejust” as a second line of~~ text. ~~The word~~ is ~~rendered in script on most examples, consistent with~~ the dial ~~script that carries forward into the 6305 and 6604/6605 successors and, from there, into the entire modern Datejust line~~.		Dial layout on a 6105 is standard period Rolex, with one important change: Datejust appears where earlier watches still stopped at Oyster Perpetual and chronometer text. That is the whole dial-side break.

	The addition sounds small. On the wrist and in photographs it is the single feature that distinguishes a 6105 from a 6075 at a glance. The prior reference, in otherwise nearly identical gold Ovettone form, has everything the 6105 has except the word. Collectors who encounter a 6075 and a 6105 side by side will find the difference lives entirely in that one script line above six. The case is the same. The movement is the same family. The bracelet, the bezel, the hands, the markers are all the same. The dial text is the change, and it is what the reference is remembered for.		The addition sounds small. On the wrist and in photographs it is the single feature that distinguishes a 6105 from a 6075 at a glance. The prior reference, in otherwise nearly identical gold Ovettone form, has everything the 6105 has except the word. Collectors who encounter a 6075 and a 6105 side by side will find the difference lives entirely in that one script line above six. The case is the same. The movement is the same family. The bracelet, the bezel, the hands, the markers are all the same. The dial text is the change, and it is what the reference is remembered for.