Plate 618. Illustration generated from this record, not a photograph. No lettering or logos. Colours are approximate. Same scale on every plate.
- a Bezel
- rotating dive, black
- b Dial
- black, markers: batons
- c Case
- steel, round
- d Strap
- bracelet, steel
Rolex · Dive
Submariner
Ref. 6204
Machine translation pending human review. Figures and sources match the original.
The origin of the Submariner, made for barely 1953. It established the rotating bezel language Rolex still sells its divers with.
Price unconfirmed
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Why it matters
- First reference of the Submariner line
- Guaranteed to 100 m
- Very short production, followed by the 6205
Specifications
- Line
- Submariner
- Year
- 1953
- Status
- Discontinued
- Range
- Luxury
- Diameter
- 37 mm
- Thickness
- unconfirmed
- Material
- steel
- Shape
- round
- Dial
- black
- Markers
- batons
- Date
- No
- Bezel
- rotating dive, black
- Strap
- bracelet, steel
- Calibre
- A260
- Movement
- Automatic
- Power reserve
- unconfirmed
- Frequency
- unconfirmed
- Jewels
- unconfirmed
- Water resistance
- 100 m
- Complications
- hours, minutes, seconds
Across the Archive
Diameter37 mmAbove 11% of 650 watches with this figure
Thicknessunconfirmed
Power reserveunconfirmed
Frequencyunconfirmed
Water resistance100 mAbove 39% of 510 watches with this figure
Priceunconfirmed
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Sources
Record confidence: medium. Based on a secondary source. Anything unverified is shown as “unconfirmed”, never estimated.
