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1957 Rolex Small Crown, 1958 Tudor Big Crown, 1964 Rolex with Pointed Crown Guards ...

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I have just got this one in a trade. A nice 1964 Submariner with pointed crown guards, an amazing "swiss" glossy dial and an "underline"...the whole shebang ! ...

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Hi,   Calling all experts.   Can anyone tell me a little about this style crown which I am going to assume is called Triplock (sans exposed O-ring version) as per the Rolex doc below.  Now this version is one where, again looking at the Rolex doc does not have a rubber gasket/O-ring on the visible part of the crown stem.  The crown it self has the Rolex logo and three dots below again like in the Rolex doc below.   This question has me stumped as I thought the "Triplock" ...

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from the early 60's to the late 70's, the 5513 came wityh an optional "Explorer" 3-6-9 dial. There are several dial variations and many fakes around.... Here a strange "swiss" dial with outer chapter ring, "exclamation point" and a huge coronet: (photo Taimoor) This dial on a pointed crown guards 5513: (photo Mike Wood) Here another dial variation, more conventional: And Luc's watch, circa 1965: the outer chapter ring has gone and the dial has an "underline": If anyone can provide m...

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I hope you will like them... Submariner 5512: Explorer 1016: GMT Master 6542: Turn-o-Graph 6202: Cosmograph 6239: ...

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I hope you will like them... Submariner 5512: Explorer 1016: GMT Master 6542: Turn-o-Graph 6202: Cosmograph 6239: ...

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Thanks Lobo and Axel.   Watch Reference Date Of Purchase Box Ref     1603 xx/1979 10.00.01     1655 Jul-79 06.00.06     1680 May-70 67.00.3 Rolex Argentina 6263 Aug-82 06.00.06     6694 xx/1971 06.00.06     6694 Mar-87 10.00.01     4112 Oct-83 49.00.08   ...

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I´ve had made this one for a while ago and maybe it´s helpful. Start to find a Merto card. Then you have to use a springbar tool and if you don´thave that a toothpick or a paperclip will works great too. Then just press the springbar in at one side and pull outthe endlink a little. Then push the springbar at the otherside and pull out the endlink the whole way out from the case. Then put some masking tape at the backside of the lugs so you don´t scratch the lugs with the spri...

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This is a handy chart of serial numbers to corresponding year. Starting from 1927 to present....

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I have tried to summarize most of the important informations concerning the Submariner in one table. Some sources do not agree on the data concerning the 1950's/60's, so be careful. As always with Rolex, there might be exceptions (especially in the early days). ...

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Bill has asked me to do some research about Rolex bracelets, I imagine others will be interested... Sorry for the lack of credits, I can't remember who has built this table. ...

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a very interesting classification of the 5513's by V.Truong. Lots of informations here. It is in french, but quite understandable I think... Concerning the dials, of course there are several variations in each type !   ...

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      The production of the Submariner started in 1953 and the watch was first presented to the public at the Basel Fair in 1954 under reference 6204.     (Submariner ref. 6204 Photo: Ed Delgado)   It had a bi-directional bezel with no minute markers between 0 and 15, a straight minute hand and the luminous dot was located at the very end of the sweep second hand. There was no maximum depth on the dial and the watch was waterproof to 600ft. The very thin...

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