Reference:6610: Revision history

30 April 2026

• curprev 04:2304:23, 30 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 14,506 bytes 0‎ Resize hero: 340px -> 250px [automatically checked]

29 April 2026

• curprev 23:3123:31, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 14,506 bytes +141‎ Resolve A296 architecture: A-series (A260/A290/A295/A296) is full-rotor uni-directional, not bumper; 1030 introduces bidirectional winding (butterfly rotor) — refs Phillips CH080216/146 Explorer 6610 lot essay + Wind Vintage Eric Ku Perpetual Movement Part 2 [automatically checked]
• curprev 23:2623:26, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 14,365 bytes +4‎ Audit: strip project-memo register (Capture as, pending corroboration, awaiting source confirmation, Treat as) — reader-facing rephrase [automatically checked]
• curprev 23:2023:20, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 14,361 bytes −95‎ Text audit: voice, clarity, source links [automatically checked]
• curprev 22:4922:49, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 14,456 bytes −9‎ Audit: clean stranded dealer-name residue (& Sons, Bulang & Sons, Gray & Sons) [automatically checked]
• curprev 22:4722:47, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 14,465 bytes −21‎ Audit: strip banned dealer names from prose lists per CLAUDE.md hard rule #5 [automatically checked]
• curprev 21:4421:44, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 14,486 bytes −8‎ Audit: strip research-scaffold corpus tokens (surveyed corpus, auction-house corpus, consulted source) — reader-facing rephrase [automatically checked]
• curprev 15:3015:30, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 14,494 bytes −57‎ 6610: drop final hammer mention from dial-map prose; pricing belongs in dedicated auction record section [automatically checked]
• curprev 13:3813:38, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 14,551 bytes −214‎ Trim dealer/source name-drops in prose per CLAUDE.md hard rule #5 + user feedback. Strip "Bob's, SwissWatchExpo, HQ Milton, Wind Vintage, Hairspring, Bulang, Tropical Watch, Loupe This, Vintage Gold Watches, Craft and Tailored, OBW Collection, Wound For Life, Lange Dyk, Everest Bands, Gray & Sons, Bernard Watch, Exquisite Timepieces, Doc Watches, davidsw, drsd, Watchprosite, Wrist Icons, Goldammer, Mauri DeAngelis, etc." from prose body. Keep facts. Source list at bottom unchanged. [automatically checked]
• curprev 05:3405:34, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 14,765 bytes +7,731‎ 6610: rebuild from external research scout (22 sources). Active production 1955-1959 with leftover stock to 1963 (capture VRFM 1959 start as minority view). Cal 1030 25j COSC chronometer. Three dial generations: red-depth 50m gilt (113,xxx cluster), gilt no-depth, tropical conversion. Albino white-dial branch. Bracelets 6636/7206 with 57/58 endlinks period-correct, 9315 NOT period-correct (post-1968 service). 8-lot auction record. Phillips HK$ 302,000 red-depth headline. Preserved both image... [automatically checked]
• curprev 03:2303:23, 29 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 7,034 bytes +45‎ SEO: og:image + image_alt + og_type + timestamps [automatically checked]
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27 April 2026

• curprev 04:4004:40, 27 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 6,989 bytes +11‎ Normalize Field Manual citation: ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra [automatically checked]
• curprev 04:3304:33, 27 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 6,978 bytes −23‎ Strip Chevalier (Colin A. White is not a pseudonym; remove confusing label) [automatically checked]
• curprev 04:1504:15, 27 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 7,001 bytes −43‎ Slop sweep: paragraph challenge + AI-tone scrub [automatically checked]
• curprev 04:0304:03, 27 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 7,044 bytes +236‎ SEO: og:image + image_alt + og_type + timestamps [automatically checked]

23 April 2026

• curprev 04:3704:37, 23 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 6,808 bytes −44‎ Tighten remaining awkward image captions [automatically checked]

20 April 2026

• curprev 01:2901:29, 20 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 6,852 bytes 0‎ Normalize hero image width to 340px [automatically checked]

19 April 2026

• curprev 17:5017:50, 19 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 6,852 bytes +119‎ Hero swap + caption source attribution (automated) [automatically checked]
• curprev 17:1217:12, 19 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 6,733 bytes +117‎ Ref 6610: new eBay hero; old hero (red depth rating) shifted to Dial map [automatically checked]
• curprev 16:3116:31, 19 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 6,616 bytes +2‎ Hero swap + caption source attribution (automated) [automatically checked]
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18 April 2026

• curprev 00:1100:11, 18 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 6,615 bytes −86‎ Slop Cop pass: writing cleanup [automatically checked]

17 April 2026

• curprev 23:1523:15, 17 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 6,701 bytes −375‎ Text audit pass 2: bold/tables → narrative prose (Production outline) [automatically checked]
• curprev 23:1023:10, 17 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 7,076 bytes −34‎ Text audit follow-up: remove orphan still-open anchor, strip empty Sources bullet [automatically checked]
• curprev 23:0923:09, 17 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 7,110 bytes −69‎ Text audit: voice, clarity, 2nd-person, bullets→prose [automatically checked]
• curprev 03:1303:13, 17 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 7,179 bytes −28‎ Fix Field Manual attribution; ensure RolexHaven source linked [automatically checked]

16 April 2026

• curprev 06:0306:03, 16 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 7,207 bytes −24‎ Merge duplicate Sources sections [automatically checked]
• curprev 05:5305:53, 16 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 7,231 bytes −754‎ Remove Still open section [automatically checked]
• curprev 05:1105:11, 16 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 7,985 bytes +14‎ Consistency pass: standardize headings, fix duplicates, clean refs [automatically checked]
• curprev 05:0605:06, 16 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 7,971 bytes −211‎ Clean: remove Chevalier naming and internal source IDs [automatically checked]
• curprev 04:5104:51, 16 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 8,182 bytes +41‎ Fix image order: hero first, then section-appropriate placement [automatically checked]
• curprev 04:4504:45, 16 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 8,141 bytes +448‎ Automated migration from deliverables package [automatically checked]
• curprev 04:4404:44, 16 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 7,693 bytes −140‎ Reduce repetition: abbreviate Field Manual after first mention [automatically checked]
• curprev 04:4204:42, 16 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 7,833 bytes +118‎ Fix naming: Chevalier -> The Vintage Rolex Field Manual; remove duplicate sections [automatically checked]
• curprev 04:4104:41, 16 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 7,715 bytes −10‎ Remove remaining internal source ID references [automatically checked]
• curprev 04:4104:41, 16 April 2026‎ Admin talk contribs‎ 7,725 bytes −369‎ Remove internal source IDs from article [automatically checked]
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