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Old 30 April 2022, 04:33 AM   #1
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Every "Dustproof" reference

It seems like "Dustproof" was a marketing experiment for Rolex from 1957-1963 or so. Dustproofs never say "Oyster" on the dial, even though they almost all have Oyster cases. All Dustproofs are manual-wind, so perhaps they were thinking of distancing manual models from the Oyster brand? Who knows!

The Dustproof references I was able to find are 4444, 4499, 6422, 6424, 8010, and 9708 (the only one with a non-Oyster case). Pics below:


4444


4499


6422


6424


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Old 30 April 2022, 08:51 AM   #2
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Very cool, Rob, thank you. Not sure I've even seen one before.
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Old 30 April 2022, 11:20 AM   #3
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Very cool, Rob, thank you. Not sure I've even seen one before.
My pleasure! They definitely don't come up for sale often.
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Old 7 June 2022, 09:08 AM   #4
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Cool! My first time seeing these.
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