Reference Guides
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80 references and counting.
Audemars Piguet
CODE 11.59 Selfwinding 41 Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 Selfwinding, reference 15210
Code 11.59 Selfwinding (the time-and-date Code 11.59)
Royal Oak Jumbo 15202ST.OO.1240ST.01
Royal Oak "Jumbo" Extra-Thin (steel, blue Petite Tapisserie)
Royal Oak Jumbo 16202ST
Royal Oak "Jumbo" Extra-Thin, 50th Anniversary
Royal Oak Selfwinding 15500ST
Royal Oak Selfwinding 41mm
Royal Oak Selfwinding 15510ST
Royal Oak Selfwinding 41 (50th Anniversary generation)
Royal Oak Selfwinding 34 77350ST.OO.1261ST.01
Royal Oak Selfwinding 34
Royal Oak Selfwinding 37 Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding 15450ST
The 37mm Royal Oak, the mid-size steel Selfwinding
Royal Oak Selfwinding Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding 15400ST
The 41mm Royal Oak, the one that took the collection from 39mm to full-size
Cartier
Grand Seiko
Omega
Patek Philippe
Annual Calendar Patek Philippe 5205G
The 5205G, most often the gradient-blue 5205G-013
Aquanaut 5167/1A-001
Aquanaut on the bracelet
Aquanaut Chronograph Patek Philippe Aquanaut Chronograph 5968A-001
Aquanaut Chrono, the steel 5968
Aquanaut Patek Philippe Aquanaut 5167A-001
Aquanaut, the steel one on the black strap
Aquanaut Travel Time 5164A-001
Aquanaut Travel Time (steel)
Calatrava Patek Philippe Calatrava 5119
The Hobnail Calatrava (Clous de Paris)
Calatrava Patek Philippe Calatrava 6119G-001
Clous de Paris
Nautilus 5711/1A-010
The Blue Nautilus, the steel 5711 that ended a 40-year run
Nautilus 5811/1G-001
The white gold Nautilus, the watch that replaced the 5711
Nautilus Annual Calendar 5726/1A-014
Nautilus Annual Calendar (steel, blue dial)
Nautilus Annual Calendar 5726A-001
Nautilus Annual Calendar
Nautilus Green 5711/1A-014
Olive Green Nautilus
Nautilus Moonphase Patek Philippe Nautilus 5712/1A-001
The steel Nautilus Moonphase, or just "the 5712"
Nautilus Travel Time Chronograph 5990/1A-001
Nautilus Travel Time Chronograph
Rolex
Air-King 126900
Air-King (2022)
Datejust 31 278274
Datejust 31 White Rolesor
Datejust 36 116234
Datejust 36 White Rolesor (fluted white gold bezel)
Datejust 36 126200
Datejust 36
Datejust 36 126233
Two-Tone Datejust 36 (Yellow Rolesor)
Datejust 36 126234
Datejust 36 (white Rolesor, fluted bezel)
Datejust 36 16233
Two-Tone Datejust 36 (steel and gold Rolesor)
Datejust 41 126300
Datejust 41
Datejust 41 126331
Datejust 41 Everose Rolesor (steel and rose gold two-tone)
Datejust 41 126333
Datejust 41 Yellow Rolesor
Datejust 41 126334
Datejust 41 White Rolesor (fluted white gold bezel); the grey-and-green Roman version is the "Wimbledon"
Datejust II 116334
Datejust II
Datejust II Rolex Datejust II 116300
Datejust II
Day-Date 40 228235
Day-Date 40 President, Everose gold
Day-Date 40 228238
Day-Date 40 President (yellow gold)
Day-Date 40 228239
The White Gold President, Day-Date 40
Daytona 116500LN
Ceramic Daytona
Daytona 116520
The steel Daytona, the first in-house Daytona, the last steel-bezel Daytona
Daytona 126500LN
Ceramic Daytona, and in white-dial form the "Panda"
Daytona Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 6263
Big Red / Oyster Sotto (early exotic examples)
Daytona Yellow Gold 116508
Yellow Gold Daytona; the green-dial version is the "John Mayer" Daytona
Daytona Zenith Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 16520
Zenith Daytona
Deepsea 126660
Deepsea (second generation); the D-Blue dial version is the James Cameron
Deepsea 136660
Deepsea (current generation); D-Blue variant known as the "James Cameron"
Explorer 124270
Explorer 36
Explorer II 16570
Explorer II (Polar / black dial), caliber 3185 and 3186 generation
Explorer II 226570
Explorer II (current generation), Polar in the white-dial version
Explorer II Rolex Explorer II 216570
Orange Hand Explorer II
Explorer Rolex Explorer 1016
The 1016
GMT-Master II 116710LN
The steel ceramic GMT, black bezel with the green GMT hand. Collectors call it the LN, short for Lunette Noire, French for black bezel.
GMT-Master II Batman 126710BLNR
Batman (on Oyster) / Batgirl (on Jubilee)
GMT-Master II Bruce Wayne 126710GRNR
Bruce Wayne
GMT-Master II Coke Rolex GMT-Master II 16710
Pepsi, Coke, or Black bezel depending on the insert; the last aluminum-bezel GMT-Master II
GMT-Master II Everose 126715CHNR
Root Beer
GMT-Master II Pepsi 126710BLRO
Pepsi
GMT-Master II Root Beer 126711CHNR
Root Beer
GMT-Master II Sprite 126720VTNR
Sprite (also called the Lefty or Destro)
GMT-Master Rolex GMT-Master 1675
The one most collectors mean when they say 'vintage GMT.' Early examples with pointed crown guards are called the PCG or 'Cornino.'
Milgauss 116400GV
Milgauss Green Crystal (GV = Glace Verte); the Z-Blue when fitted with the electric-blue dial
Oyster Perpetual 36 126000
Oyster Perpetual 36
Oyster Perpetual 39 114300
Oyster Perpetual 39
Oyster Perpetual 41 124300
Oyster Perpetual 41 (OP41)
Sea-Dweller 126600
Single Red Sea-Dweller
Sea-Dweller 16600
Sea-Dweller (aluminum-bezel, the last of its kind)
Sky-Dweller 336934
White Rolesor Sky-Dweller
Submariner Date 116610LN
No-date's cousin, but the collector shorthand is just "the ceramic Sub" or the "Maxi case" Submariner. LN stands for lunette noire, French for black bezel.
Submariner Date 126610LN
Submariner Date 41 ("no-date's dressier brother," the black-bezel Sub)
Submariner Date Hulk Rolex Submariner Date 116610LV
The Hulk
Submariner Date Rolex Submariner Date 16610
The five-digit Sub, or "16610LN" for the black-bezel version, to separate it from the green 16610LV "Kermit"
Submariner Date Starbucks 126610LV
Kermit (this generation), sometimes called the Starbucks. Collectors split on the name: the 2003 to 2010 reference 16610LV was the original Kermit with a green bezel and black dial, and when the 41mm 126610LV landed in 2020 with the same green bezel and black dial, a lot of people kept calling it Kermit while others started calling it Starbucks after the green mermaid logo. We hear both across the counter. The all-green 116610LV from 2010 to 2020 is the Hulk. Keep those three straight and you will not overpay.
Submariner No Date 124060
No-Date Submariner (41mm)
Submariner Red Rolex Submariner Reference 1680
The Red Sub (early red-text dials); the first date Submariner
Submariner Rolex Submariner 5513
The purist's Submariner; the no-date, non-chronometer Sub that ran nearly three decades
Yacht-Master 40 Rolesium 126622
Yacht-Master 40 Rolesium (Platinum Bezel)