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	[[File:Ref 116610LN hero.jpg\|thumb\|right\|~~340px~~\|alt=Rolex Submariner Ref. 116610LN\|Rolex Submariner Ref. 116610LN]]		[[File:Ref 116610LN hero.jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Rolex Submariner Ref. 116610LN\|Rolex Submariner Ref. 116610LN]]

	== Core facts ==		== Core facts ==

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	<small>[[Reference:submariner\|Submariner]] → '''116610LN'''</small>		<small>[[Reference:submariner\|Submariner]] -> '''116610LN'''</small>

	In 2010, the 116610LN became the first steel Submariner Date with a Cerachrom ceramic bezel insert, replacing the aluminum that had served every steel Submariner since the 1950s. Cerachrom is Rolex's proprietary ceramic, scratch- and fade-resistant and effectively UV-stable. The precious-metal 116619LB in white gold had introduced the material to the line two years earlier, but the 116610LN was the volume rollout, and for most buyers this reference was their first encounter with a ceramic-bezel Sub.		In 2010, the 116610LN became the first steel Submariner Date with a Cerachrom ceramic bezel insert, replacing the aluminum that had served every steel Submariner since the 1950s. Cerachrom is Rolex's proprietary ceramic, scratch- and fade-resistant and effectively UV-stable. The precious-metal 116619LB in white gold had introduced the material to the line two years earlier, but the 116610LN was the volume rollout, and for most buyers this reference was their first encounter with a ceramic-bezel Sub.
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	=== Case ===		=== Case ===

	The case is 40mm in 904L Oystersteel in the Maxi Case (or "Super Case") format — wider and more substantial lugs than the 16610, ~~approximately~~ 12.5mm thick, roughly 48mm lug-to-lug, no lug holes, and a solid fluted screw-down caseback. The wider lugs change visual proportions enough that collectors who prefer the slimmer five-digit aesthetic do not automatically migrate to the 116610LN.		The case is 40mm in 904L Oystersteel in the Maxi Case (or "Super Case") format — wider and more substantial lugs than the 16610, about 12.5mm thick, roughly 48mm lug-to-lug, no lug holes, and a solid fluted screw-down caseback. The wider lugs change visual proportions enough that collectors who prefer the slimmer five-digit aesthetic do not automatically migrate to the 116610LN.

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	* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/fine-watches-2/submariner-40-ans-du-gign-reference-116610ln Submariner 40 ans du GIGN Reference 116610LN] — Sotheby's		* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/fine-watches-2/submariner-40-ans-du-gign-reference-116610ln Submariner 40 ans du GIGN Reference 116610LN] — Sotheby's
	* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/watches-online-8/rolex-submariner-schlumberger-reference-116610ln Rolex Submariner Schlumberger Reference 116610LN] — Sotheby's		* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/watches-online-8/rolex-submariner-schlumberger-reference-116610ln Rolex Submariner Schlumberger Reference 116610LN] — Sotheby's
	* The Vintage Rolex Field Manual — Morning Tundra		* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra
	* [https://www.ablogtowatch.com/rolex-submariner-114060-116610-watch-review/ Rolex Submariner 114060 and 116610 Watch Review] — aBlogtoWatch		* [https://www.ablogtowatch.com/rolex-submariner-114060-116610-watch-review/ Rolex Submariner 114060 and 116610 Watch Review] — aBlogtoWatch
	* [https://www.fratellowatches.com/rolex-submariner-116610-ln-52mondayz-week-50-2019/ Rolex Submariner 116610LN 52Mondayz Week 50 2019] — Fratello		* [https://www.fratellowatches.com/rolex-submariner-116610-ln-52mondayz-week-50-2019/ Rolex Submariner 116610LN 52Mondayz Week 50 2019] — Fratello

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	[[File:Ref 116610LN hero.jpg\|thumb\|right\|340px\|alt=Rolex Submariner Ref. 116610LN\|Rolex Submariner Ref. 116610LN ~~(Bob's Watches)~~]]		[[File:Ref 116610LN hero.jpg\|thumb\|right\|340px\|alt=Rolex Submariner Ref. 116610LN\|Rolex Submariner Ref. 116610LN]]

	== Core facts ==		== Core facts ==
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	== Case, bezel, crystal, and crown ==		== Case, bezel, crystal, and crown ==
	[[File:Ref 116610LN detail 2.jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Detail view\|Detail view ~~(Monochrome)~~]]		[[File:Ref 116610LN detail 2.jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Detail view\|Detail view]]

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
	[[File:Ref 116610LN hero 2.jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Rolex Submariner Ref. 116610LN\|Rolex Submariner Ref. 116610LN ~~(Monochrome)~~]]		[[File:Ref 116610LN hero 2.jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Rolex Submariner Ref. 116610LN\|Rolex Submariner Ref. 116610LN]]
	* [https://monochrome-watches.com/rolex-submariner-history-part-2-the-55xx-1680references/ History of the Rolex Submariner - Part 2, The 55XX References and 1680 Date] — Tom Mulraney, Monochrome		* [https://monochrome-watches.com/rolex-submariner-history-part-2-the-55xx-1680references/ History of the Rolex Submariner - Part 2, The 55XX References and 1680 Date] — Tom Mulraney, Monochrome
	* [https://monochrome-watches.com/rolex-submariner-history-part-4-modern-references/ History of the Rolex Submariner - Part 4, Modern Ceramic References] — Monochrome		* [https://monochrome-watches.com/rolex-submariner-history-part-4-modern-references/ History of the Rolex Submariner - Part 4, Modern Ceramic References] — Monochrome

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	Black gloss dial with applied white-gold Maxi markers — the triangle at 12, rectangles at 3/6/9, and round hour dots, all physically larger than the markers on the outgoing 16610. Chromalight lume glows blue in the dark rather than the green emission of the SuperLuminova on the late 16610. Rolex claims longer emission time for Chromalight, and in a dark room the two generations are trivially easy to tell apart — a 116610LN glows blue, a 16610 glows green.		Black gloss dial with applied white-gold Maxi markers — the triangle at 12, rectangles at 3/6/9, and round hour dots, all physically larger than the markers on the outgoing 16610. Chromalight lume glows blue in the dark rather than the green emission of the SuperLuminova on the late 16610. Rolex claims longer emission time for Chromalight, and in a dark room the two generations are trivially easy to tell apart — a 116610LN glows blue, a 16610 glows green.

	~~Published reference guides treat the~~ 116610LN ~~dial as~~ uniform ~~from 2010 to 2020~~, but ~~year-by-year photographic comparisons show that~~ is not ~~quite right~~. The capital "A" in "SUBMARINER" ~~appears in two forms~~: ~~earlier production carries an "A" with~~ a flat top~~; examples from approximately November 2016 onward show~~ a pointed "A." The change is subtle and only clear on side-by-side comparison, but enough forum threads with photographic evidence support the distinction for it to hold. More granular timelines catalogue additional printing shifts ~~across the run: a leaning "f"~~ in ~~the depth text~~, ~~oval-vs-circular zeros inside "1000" on the depth printing~~, spacing ~~changes in the ft/m notation, a slightly fatter font~~ across the ~~dial from roughly 2014, and bold-vs-thin printing differences within the 2018–2019 production~~. None of these ~~sits on~~ a clean cutoff, ~~and Rolex announced none of them. The accepted hypothesis among~~ collectors ~~is that printing pads were retooled several times across the decade, and the variation is what it looks like when a production run that long drifts through incremental supplier changes~~.		The 116610LN looks uniform at first glance, but the dial is not completely static. The clearest documented change is the capital "A" in "SUBMARINER": early watches show a flat-top A, later watches a pointed A. Forum research also tracks smaller shifts in font weight, numeral shape, and spacing across the decade. None of these changes has a clean factory cutoff, but they are real enough to matter to collectors who compare late examples closely.

	The lume material itself is also not as uniform as the literature suggests. Most references list Chromalight from launch, but early-production examples have been documented carrying Super-LumiNova without any official Rolex cutover date. A 2010 or early-2011 watch that glows bright green under a light rather than the longer blue of Chromalight is not automatically incorrect. The transition is real; the cutover date is not public.		The lume material itself is also not as uniform as the literature suggests. Most references list Chromalight from launch, but early-production examples have been documented carrying Super-LumiNova without any official Rolex cutover date. A 2010 or early-2011 watch that glows bright green under a light rather than the longer blue of Chromalight is not automatically incorrect. The transition is real; the cutover date is not public.