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A. Lange & Söhne70
Audemars Piguet239
Blancpain2
Breguet3
Breitling274
Bulgari6
Cartier580

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405 references1950s

Rolex1957–1959
Day-Date 36 6612B
Rolex1952–1953
Explorer 6150
2 variants

Credor

2

Franck Muller10

Jaeger-LeCoultre228

Nomos Glashütte1

Patek Philippe537

Philippe Dufour13

Universal Genève8

Vacheron Constantin141

Vianney Halter1

Decade

1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s

Dial

Gilt
Matte
Glossy

Precision Dial1952–1953

Explorer Dialc. 1953

Explorer 6298

Pre-Explorer

1 variant

Explorer Dial1953–?

Rolex1953–1955

Explorer 6350

2 variants

Glossy Gilt DialGilt1953–?
Honeycomb DialWaffle dialMatte1953–?

Rolex1955–1959

Explorer 6610

5 variants

Red Depth RatingGilt1955–1956
Gilt Depth RatingGiltc. 1956
Large Lollipop SecondsGiltc. 1957
Small Lollipop SecondsGiltc. 1959
Albino (White Dial)Albinoc. 1957–c. 1958

Rolex1960–1989

Explorer 1016

1 variant

Gilt Type 0 (OCC)Giltc. 1959–c. 1960

Explorer 6098

Pre-Explorer

1 variant

Everest Expedition Issue1953

Rolex1955–1959

GMT-Master 6542

Pussy Galore

4 variants

Small Lume PlotsGilt1955–1959
Pink GMT-Masterc. 1955–c. 1956
Big Lume PlotsMaxiGiltc. 1958
18k Yellow Gold1958–1959

Rolex1959–c. 1980

GMT-Master 1675

2 variants

Gilt DialGilt1959–c. 1967
OCC Dial1959–1960

Rolex1956–1960

Milgauss 6541

1 variant

Honeycomb Dial, Rotating Bezel1956–1960

Oyster Perpetual 1005

1 variant

Steel, White-Gold Bezel, Pink-Gold Accentsc. 1959

Oyster Perpetual 6084

Semi-Bubbleback

3 variants

Red Officially · Honeycomb Dialc. 1953
14K Gold, Super Oyster Crownc. 1951
Bombay, Black Gilt DialGilt1952

Oyster Perpetual 6564

1 variant

Sector Dial1956

Oyster Perpetual 6567

1 variant

Steelc. 1958

Submariner 6204

3 variants

Split LogoGilt1953
StandardGilt1953
Sub-AquaGilt1953

Rolex1954–1956

Submariner 6200

King Sub

2 variants

Explorer Dial, Small Logo1954–1956
Explorer Dial, Large Logo1954–1956

Submariner 6205

2 variants

Clean Dial, Pencil HandsGilt1954
Signature, Mercedes Hands1954

Rolexc. 1955–?

Submariner 6536

1 variant

Red Depth Ratingc. 1955

Rolex1956–1958

Submariner 6536/1

6 variants

Red Depth RatingGiltc. 1955–c. 1956
Earliest VersionGilt1956–1957
Gilt Depth RatingGiltc. 1956
Intermediate VersionGilt1957
Final VersionGilt1957–1958
OCC Chronometerc. 1958

Rolex1956–1959

Submariner 6538

James Bond

4 variants

Four LineGilt1956–1959
One-Colour Print1956
Two Line1956–1959
Explorer Dial, Red Depth Ratingc. 1956

Rolex1958–1962

Submariner 5508

2 variants

Red Triangle Bezel1958–c. 1962
Silver Triangle Bezelc. 1958–1962

Submariner 5510

1 variant

Two Line1958

Rolex1959–1980

Submariner 5512

9 variants

Square Crown GuardsGilt1959
Eagle Beak Crown GuardsGilt1959
Tulip Coronet, Chapter RingGilt1959
Mk 1 Old Font CoronetGilt1959–1960
OCC Four Linec. 1959–c. 1960
Pointed Crown GuardsPCGGilt1959–1963
Gilt Chapter Ring, Two Line1959–1963
Gilt Chapter Ring, Four Line1959–1963
MilSubc. 1959–c. 1963

Rolex1953–1954

Turn-O-Graph 6202

3 variants

Monometer SignatureMonometer1953
Black Gilt DialGilt1953–1954
Red Depth Text1953

Vacheron Constantin?–1957

Cioccolatone 4764

1 variant

Platinumc. 1957–c. 1958

Vacheron Constantinc. 1942–?

Vintage chronographs 4178

1 variant

Yellow gold, tachymeter and telemeter dialc. 1952

Breitlingc. 1940–c. 1957

Chronomat 769

Breitlingc. 1945–c. 1950

Chronomat 734

Breitlingc. 1948–c. 1952

Chronomat 217012

Breitlingc. 1945–c. 1964

Navitimer 178

Breitlingc. 1956–?

Navitimer 806

Breitlingc. 1940–c. 1950

1191

Breitlingc. 1945–c. 1960

777

Breitlingc. 1945–c. 1951

785

Breitlingc. 1945–c. 1956

789

Breitlingc. 1945–c. 1950

790

Breitlingc. 1946–c. 1950

1188

Breitlingc. 1953–c. 1954

1192

Breitlingc. 1953–c. 1965

765

Cartierc. 1950–?

Tank Louis Cartier W1529756

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