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03:48, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded 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/)
03:48, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded 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.)
03:48, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded 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.)
03:48, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded 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.)
03:48, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded 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.)
03:48, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded 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.)
03:48, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded 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.)
03:48, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded 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.)
03:48, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded 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.)
03:48, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded 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.)
03:48, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded 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.)
03:48, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded 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.)
03:48, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded 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.)
03:48, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded 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.)
03:41, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 6243 hero.webp (Reference 6243 hero image. Source: eBay listing (i.ebayimg.com). Sourced for documentary use on BezelBase reference wiki.)
03:35, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 5500 hero.webp (Rolex Air-King Reference 5500, silvered dial, c.1958, cal 1530. Source: Sotheby's 2020 Watches lot 169 catalogue photography. Used here as illustrative hero.)
03:34, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 6234 detail.webp (Reference 6234 — close-up. Source: Revolution (Tom Ng, 2017))
03:34, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 6234 sub-dial-layouts.webp (Reference 6234 — large versus small sub-dial configurations. Source: A Collected Man (Russell Sheldrake, 2020))
03:34, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 6234 japanese-no-lume.webp (Reference 6234 — Japanese-market T-SWISS-T variant with no lume. Photo courtesy of Teddy Dewitte, via A Collected Man (Russell Sheldrake, 2020))
03:34, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 6234 multi-colour-dial.webp (Reference 6234 — multi-coloured dial. Photo courtesy of Teddy Dewitte, via A Collected Man (Russell Sheldrake, 2020))
03:34, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 6234 generations.webp (Reference 6234 — pre-Daytona generations 6034, 6234, 6238 side by side. Source: A Collected Man (Russell Sheldrake, 2020))
03:34, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 6234 hero.webp (Reference 6234 — vintage Rolex advert showing the 6234 in the Oyster line. Source: A Collected Man (Russell Sheldrake, 2020))
03:25, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 5500 government-qatar-armed-forces.webp (5500 Air-King with Qatar Armed Forces crest dial. Christies lot photograph.)
03:25, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 5500 government-saudi-armed-forces-sultan.webp (5500 Air-King with Saudi Armed Forces emblem dial featuring the rarer Sultan script under the crest.)
03:25, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 5500 government-kuwait-army.webp (5500 Air-King with Kuwait Army crest dial, 1960s.)
03:25, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 5500 government-kuwait-al-jaber-signature.webp (5500 Air-King with Sheikh Mubarak Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah signature, c.1962. House of Sabah commission.)
03:25, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 1675 government-us-naval-academy.webp (1675 with US Naval Academy crest dial, presented to Captain James A. Lovell after his Gemini 7 flight; later worn during Apollo 8 and Apollo 13.)
03:25, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 1675 government-uae-maktoum-signature.webp (1675 with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum signature in red Arabic script. Christies Important Watches Dubai 2018; one of fewer than ten known.)
03:25, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 16750 government-oman-police.webp (16750 with Royal Oman Police emblem dial, c.1983. Phillips Hong Kong XI lot 1009; one of four known examples in the same 7.6M serial batch.)
03:25, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 1680 government-syria-assad-signature.webp (1680 with Hafez al-Assad signature dial in red Arabic script above 6 oclock; commissioned for the President of Syria.)
03:25, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 1680 government-oman-qaboos-signature.webp (1680 with Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said signature dial, ordered through Asprey London for the Sultanate of Oman.)
03:25, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 6265 government-oman-khanjar.webp (6265 with red Khanjar / Oman dial, retailed by Asprey London. Antiquorum lot photograph.)
03:25, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 16613 government-panama-canal.webp (16613 Panama Canal limited edition, 1999. Numbered 1/75 to 75/75 in two-tone steel and yellow gold.)
03:25, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 16610 government-panama-canal.webp (16610 Panama Canal limited edition, 1999. Numbered 1/75 to 75/75 in steel; commemorates the December 1999 canal handover.)
03:25, 30 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 16610 government-gspr.webp (16610 with GSPR (French presidential security) crest dial, c.2008. Antiquorum lot reference; one of 30 made.)
23:08, 29 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 16803 hero.webp (Rolex Submariner 16803 two-tone, black tritium dial. Source: Bob's Watches dealer listing photography (SKU 181191). Used here as illustrative hero.)
03:32, 29 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 3937 eaton-6222-successor.webp (Reference 6222 — the round automatic Oyster successor to the 3937 Prince in the Eaton 1/4 Century Club program. Recipient Reginald A. King 1929-1954. Same radial-letter Eaton dial layout adapted to the round Oyster case. Antiquorum HK 2005 lot 86/19. Documents Eaton program continuity beyond the rectangular Prince era. Source: Antiquorum)
03:32, 29 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 3937 eaton-dial.webp (Reference 3937 — Antiquorum sale 372 lot 464, 14K yellow gold 3937 with original 'Eaton 1/4 CENTURY CLUB' dial. The radial-letter dial layout spelling 'QUARTER CENTURY CLUB' around the dial face with 'Eaton' replacing the Rolex wordmark — the canonical Eaton presentation configuration. Inset shows dial detail. Source: Antiquorum)
03:32, 29 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 3937 hero.webp (Reference 3937 — Sotheby's NY 2020 lot 73, 14K yellow gold Rams Horn Prince with flowing scroll lugs. Eaton 1/4 Century Club presentation, recipient Sidnet Garbett 1926-1951. Dial here is Rolex-signed (post-service replacement); caseback carries the Eaton inscription. Source: Sotheby's)
02:44, 29 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 3361 asymmetric-profile.webp (Reference 3361 — Antiquorum NY December 2015 sale 296 lot 73, 18K yellow gold Aerodynamic Prince c.1940, movement T94122, hammer USD 16,250. Two-panel view showing the asymmetric wedge case profile (top half thicker than bottom). Source: Antiquorum)
02:44, 29 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 3361 pink-1952-mondani.webp (Reference 3361 — Antiquorum May 2006 Mondani Collection lot 108/209, 18K pink gold Aerodynamic Prince, case 899,677, dated 1952. Black dial 'ROLEX PRINCE / Officially Certified Chronometer' with relief escutcheon at six engraved with monogram 'MR'. Hammer CHF 21,240 — corpus high for 3361. Source: Antiquorum)
02:44, 29 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 3361 hero.webp (Reference 3361 — Antiquorum May 2006 Mondani Collection lot 108/210, 18K yellow gold Aerodynamic Prince, case 899,568, dated 1952. Silvered dial 'ROLEX PRINCE / Officially Certified Chronometer' with applied gold dart hour markers, relief escutcheon at six, centre seconds. Hammer CHF 18,880. Source: Antiquorum)
02:22, 29 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 1527 white-pink-1992.webp (Reference 1527 — Antiquorum Vicenza Oro lot 146/5, 18 ct white + pink gold stepped case with pink gold + stainless steel beads-of-rice bracelet, 1930s. Earliest documented 'Prince Railway' catalog use (1992). Source: Antiquorum 'The Art Of Rolex')
02:22, 29 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 1527 bamboo-bracelet-1931.webp (Reference 1527 — Antiquorum May 2006 Mondani Collection lot 108/33, 18K white + yellow gold stepped case with original bamboo bracelet, dated 1931. Hammer CHF 27,140 (corpus high for 1527). Source: Antiquorum)
02:22, 29 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 1527 hero.webp (Reference 1527 — Antiquorum Geneva 2005 lot 100/1, 18K white + yellow gold stepped case ('Railway' / 'Chemin de Fer'), silvered duo-dial 'ROLEX PRINCE / CHRONOMETER', sub-seconds at six. Source: Antiquorum)
14:47, 28 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 1491 18k-glasgow-1930.webp (Reference 1491 — Bonhams sale 29152 lot 23, 18K yellow gold jumping-hour Brancard, Glasgow Import mark for 1930. Source: Bonhams)
14:47, 28 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 1491 hero.webp (Reference 1491HS — Bonhams sale 29152 lot 6, two-color 18K gold (yellow + white) jumping-hour Brancard, c.1930. Jump-hour aperture at twelve, sub-seconds at six. Source: Bonhams)
13:24, 28 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 1862 1862a-18k.webp (Reference 1862A — Sotheby's NY Watches Online n09911 lot 53, 18K yellow gold, case 280,124, c.1930, 20×40mm with horns. Catalog uses '1862A' sub-reference suffix. Source: Sotheby's)
13:24, 28 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 1862 brancard-vs-classic.webp (Reference 1490 (left, flared Brancard, 42mm) and Reference 1862 (right, straight-sided Classic, 35mm) shown side-by-side at Christie's Geneva sale 1395 lot 307 group lot, both 18K c.1930-1938. Source: Christie's)
13:24, 28 April 2026 Admin talk contribs uploaded File:Ref 1862 caseback.webp (Reference 1862 — Christie's online lot 31 caseback view: 'MODÈLE DÉPOSÉ' enamel mark + engraved 'Das H. Valentine' + reference number '1862' + serial 16237 factory-stamped. Source: Christie's)