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Post 2 - Originally by Jedly1
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the serial puts it at 60 IMHO, and there plenty of 1016's from around that period of introduction, the 1560 was in existence at that point and was used in that and other non sports models also.. i vaguely remember discussions over the chart/parts book you refer to and i think one possibility for it strangely claiming 65 was a reworking of the movement and something to do with the micro stella and rotor.. so techincally it was sort of introudced in 65.
quick google search...
http://www.mwrforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=30964
http://robertmaron.com/product.php?p...65&page=1&sold
http://www.chrono24.com/en/dealer/wa...CH_ADTYPE_ID=U
the problem with a lot of the reference material especially online is that it's often built on misconceptions in the first place, or is just rehashing of urban myths read elsewhere., half the serial number charts you see out there are so far off its unbelieveable, but for 15 years people used them, and took dates from them, and hence articles were written as a starting point with wrong dates etc...the explorer artciles you'll see are msotly edits from dowling & hess book, which is a great intro but is off on quite a few points though it was forward thinking when it came out, it also sites the 6610 as 59, though that was 56/7. its only really the last five years and the net explosion that has allowed collective researching and bringing together various bit of information in things like the VRF serial number project which forms the basis of most of the up to date charting and undertanding. 3/4 of what people said ten years ago is utter nonsense.
so 1960 1016, 1560 movt, (with a chapter ring dial) not a problem.