Early Oyster-Perpetual, Alpha or Dauphine Hands
Oyster Perpetual 1018 — Early Oyster-Perpetual, Alpha or Dauphine Hands
Early dial with hyphenated “Oyster-Perpetual”, “SWISS”-only signature and luminous alpha or dauphine (sword) hands instead of batons; two known examples also carry the underline. Serials around 1.0M (1964).
Strictly Vintage Watches gives production from at least 1960 to marketing material of 1988 at the latest. Dated examples: case 670,439 circa 1960; 675,731 made 1961; 1.02M 1964; 1.27M and 1.45M circa 1966; 2.09M and 2.12M circa 1969; case 1,740,007 with caseback IV.67 offered as circa 1976.
Identifying details
- Underline
Printed underline in the dial text; understood to mark low-radiation tritium lume, c. 1962–64.
Variants of 1018
Reference overview →| Variant | Production |
|---|---|
| Early Oyster-Perpetual, Alpha or Dauphine HandsCurrent | c. 1963–c. 1965 |
| Baton Hands, Silver or Grey Soleil Dial | Undated |
| Black Dial | Undated |
| Serpico y Laino | 1964 |
Case & movement
- Reference
- 1018
- Production
- c. 1963–c. 1965
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case diameter
- 36 mm
- Movement
- Automatic
- Chronometer
- Yes
- Caliber
- Rolex 1560
Dial, bezel & hands
Unknown attributes are left out rather than guessed.
Movement
Rolex 1560
Added KIF shock protection and a free-sprung hairspring. The Submariner chronometer caliber through the late gilt and early era.