grandmasterP "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Vancouver Canada Watch: datejust Posts: 104 55 and 555 end pieces hello, I have a 1986 datejust all stainless steel with jubilee bracelet. the end pieces on my bracelet are stamped 55.... I've seen other all stainless steel jubilee bracelets on datejusts with end pieces stamped 555.... can anyone tell me the difference?? as I understand....B after numbers is for non lug holes 4XX is for two tone 36mm datejust 5XX is for all stainless 36mm datejust 455/555 (B) is for jubilee bracelet for 36mm datejust 458/558 (B) is for oyster bracelet for 36mm datejust am I correct?? Alpino "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Paris Posts: 2,549 Quote: Originally Posted by grandmasterP hello, I have a 1986 datejust all stainless steel with jubilee bracelet. the end pieces on my bracelet are stamped 55.... I've seen other all stainless steel jubilee bracelets on datejusts with end pieces stamped 555.... can anyone tell me the difference?? On a DateJust, EL 555 are for Jubile model 62510 , 55 for jubile model 6251 (which is older, from 1956 to 1975) : grandmasterP "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Vancouver Canada Watch: datejust Posts: 104 thanks for the info....still a little confused since I have a 62510 H jubilee bracelet with I9 stamped above that number.....and the end links are 55 Quote: Originally Posted by Alpino On a DateJust, EL 555 are for Jubile model 62510 , 55 for jubile model 6251 (which is older) : padi56 "TRF" Life Patron Join Date: Jun 2005 Real Name: Peter Location: Llanfairpwllgwyng Watch: ing you. Posts: 52,635 Clasp could have been changed quite possible at service __________________ All posts are my own opinion and my opinion only. "The clock of life is wound but once, and no man has the power to tell just when the hands will stop. Now is the only time you actually own the time, Place no faith in time, for the clock may soon be still for ever." Second in command CEO and left handed watch winder grandmasterP "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Vancouver Canada Watch: datejust Posts: 104 thanks....I didn't think about that Quote: Originally Posted by padi56 Clasp could have been changed quite possible at service Alpino "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Paris Posts: 2,549 _ Maybe your 16030 was initially on oyster and somebody changed it for a "used" jubile, a 6251 with a 62510 clasp or a 62510 with 6251 endlinks. To determine if your jubile is a 6251 or 62510, look how it is build. A 62510 is made of 2 multi-links parts (one on each side) and multiple mono-link parts also called removable links (with a screw), as on the following picture. A 6251 is made of only mono-links (A , B , C , D , E , F on my previous pictures). grandmasterP "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Vancouver Canada Watch: datejust Posts: 104 mine is a 62510....a 6251 has folded links, mine are D shaped I searched the net and found most 62510 bracelets have 555 end links and most 6251 have 55 end links grandmasterP "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Vancouver Canada Watch: datejust Posts: 104 B is for non lug holes? with notch in the end pieces?? B is for non lug holes? with notch in the end pieces?? I'm a little confused with all the endlink numbers, why are some endlinks stamped 555 B and have no notch in them? why do some endlinks have no stampings at all? out of these 4 pictures I can see that two are correct.....the other two?? is the oval link bracelet endlinks supposed to be so sloppy looking?? Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us Alpino "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Paris Posts: 2,549 _ To be historically correct, in 1986 there were probably only 555 without notches. The last picture seem to show a fake. The third I am not sure. I have a 16220 without lug holes and jubile 62510H. It have EL 555B with notches . I bought it new in 2001 in that configuration. «Previous Thread|Next Thread» You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Forum RulesRolex Forums - Rolex Watch Forum > > Rolex General Discussion 55 and 555 end pieces Register FAQ Calendar Thread Tools Display Modes 
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Notches or not doesn't matter for your 16030. You have lug holes so you can use 555 EL with or without notches.
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