Model family · Rolex
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7 references21 variants1953–1982
Rolex’s first series-made watch with a rotating 60-minute bezel (1953), a precursor of the Submariner. From 1954 it became a Datejust with an all-metal graduated bezel, sold in North America as the “Thunderbird” after the US Air Force demonstration team; made until 2011.
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7 references in production order. Overlapping bars show overlapping recorded dates.
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Dates are those recorded in the catalog. Faint bars mark approximate dates; a dashed point marks a single known endpoint. Undated references remain visible. Chronological order does not establish a predecessor or successor relationship.