Reference:16613 - Revision history

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	[[File:Ref 16613 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|~~340px~~\|alt=Rolex Submariner 16613 — two-tone Rolesor with blue dial and bezel\|Rolex Submariner 16613 — two-tone Rolesor with blue dial and bezel]]		[[File:Ref 16613 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Rolex Submariner 16613 — two-tone Rolesor with blue dial and bezel\|Rolex Submariner 16613 — two-tone Rolesor with blue dial and bezel]]

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

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 === Sultan dial — factory champagne gem-set ===
-The Sultan dial is a factory-original gem-set configuration in the Serti family — champagne base with diamond hour markers and sapphire accents (typically two baguette sapphires plus a triangular sapphire at twelve). The naming follows the collector convention used by Bulang & Sons, Della Rocca, and the wider specialist trade: silver-base gem-set is "Serti", champagne-base gem-set is "Sultan". The name has nothing to do with the Sultanate of Oman or the Khanjar emblem — that is a separate provenance line covered in Special branches below. Sultan dials are scarcer than silver Serti examples and command premiums when papers and serial fall inside a coherent run.
+The Sultan dial is a factory-original gem-set configuration in the Serti family — champagne base with diamond hour markers and sapphire accents (typically two baguette sapphires plus a triangular sapphire at twelve). The naming follows the collector convention adopted across the wider specialist trade: silver-base gem-set is "Serti", champagne-base gem-set is "Sultan". The name has nothing to do with the Sultanate of Oman or the Khanjar emblem; that is a separate provenance line covered in Special branches below. Sultan dials are scarcer than silver Serti examples and command premiums when papers and serial fall inside a coherent run.
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 The successor 116613LB retails at $18,900 USD under current Rolex pricing. The aluminum-insert 16613 trades at a substantial discount to that figure, but early tritium watches and the special-dial variants follow their own premium logic that does not track the retail reference.
 == Sources ==

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	== Special branches ==		== Special branches ==
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			=== Panama Canal limited edition ===

			[[File:Ref 16613 government-panama-canal.webp\|thumb\|right\|220px\|alt=16613 Panama Canal two-tone limited edition dial\|16613 Panama Canal — black dial with gilt canal emblem above 6 o'clock]]

			Seventy-five two-tone steel and yellow-gold 16613s were produced in 1999 to commemorate the December 1999 transfer of the Panama Canal from the United States to the Republic of Panama, retailed exclusively by Mercurio Joyero in Panama City. The dial carries a gilt Panama Canal emblem above six o'clock with the inscription "Panama Canal — Canal de Panamá"; the caseback is engraved with the limited-edition number around its periphery. A parallel run of seventy-five steel examples uses the same dial layout and circulates as the [[Reference:16610\|16610]] Panama Canal. Sotheby's Watches Online March 2020 lot 4 (c.1999, A946579, numbered 57/75, estimate CHF 25,000–40,000) is the strongest documented two-tone example.


	The 20-year run carries four documented branches beyond the standard blue and black configurations.		The 20-year run carries four documented branches beyond the standard blue and black configurations.

Admin: Audit: disambiguate Sultan (factory champagne gem-set Serti family) from Khanjar (caseback engraving via Khimji Ramdas, post-2000); expand Special branches with Tiffany Sotheby's 2021 lot 8, Khanjar Bukowskis lot 1023, Panama Canal LE Sotheby's 2020 lot 4

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Audit: disambiguate Sultan (factory champagne gem-set Serti family) from Khanjar (caseback engraving via Khimji Ramdas, post-2000); expand Special branches with Tiffany Sotheby's 2021 lot 8, Khanjar Bukowskis lot 1023, Panama Canal LE Sotheby's 2020 lot 4

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	=== Sultan dial — ~~collector~~-~~documented variant~~ ===		=== Sultan dial — factory champagne gem-set ===

	The Sultan dial is a ~~diamond~~-~~marker dial on a champagne~~-~~colored ground, documented~~ in collector ~~literature~~ and ~~often described as produced for certain markets or clients. It~~ is ~~scarcer than the~~ Serti. ~~Whether Sultan dials were factory-produced~~ or the ~~product of period customization has not been settled~~ in ~~published sources; until stronger evidence appears, these~~ are ~~best treated as a collector-documented variant rather~~ than ~~a confirmed factory configuration. Genuine~~ examples command ~~significant~~ premiums when ~~provenance holds up~~.		The Sultan dial is a factory-original gem-set configuration in the Serti family — champagne base with diamond hour markers and sapphire accents (typically two baguette sapphires plus a triangular sapphire at twelve). The naming follows the collector convention used by Bulang & Sons, Della Rocca, and the wider specialist trade: silver-base gem-set is "Serti", champagne-base gem-set is "Sultan". The name has nothing to do with the Sultanate of Oman or the Khanjar emblem — that is a separate provenance line covered in Special branches below. Sultan dials are scarcer than silver Serti examples and command premiums when papers and serial fall inside a coherent run.

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	== Special branches ==		== Special branches ==

	The ~~main special~~ branches ~~on the 16613 are~~ the factory Serti gem-set dial and the ~~collector~~-documented ~~Sultan champagne diamond~~-~~marker~~ dial. ~~Twenty years~~ of ~~production leaves room for additional factory specials~~, ~~but none beyond those two have surfaced~~ in the ~~published literature~~.		The 20-year run carries four documented branches beyond the standard blue and black configurations.

			The factory Serti gem-set dial (silver base, diamond markers, sapphire indices) is the established gem-set configuration. The Sultan dial (champagne base, same gem-set architecture) is the rarer factory sibling.

			A Tiffany & Co. retailer-signed 16613 is documented at Sotheby's London (Fine Watches Including Masterworks of Time, 14 April 2021, lot 8, c.1991, serial X723491, black dial, signed case, dial, and movement). The lot text notes Tiffany 16613 examples are rare and that the consigning party was the original purchaser with the signature also present on the original guarantee. Cartier-signed and Bucherer-signed dial examples are not documented for 16613 — the New York Cartier-retailing window had largely closed by 1988, and Bucherer 16613s typically circulate as non-double-signed certified pre-owned inventory.

			A Khanjar 16613 is documented as a caseback engraving rather than as a dial signature. By the late 1990s the Sultanate of Oman commissions had moved off the dial and onto the caseback, fulfilled through Khimji Ramdas, the Omani retailer. Bukowskis lot 1023 (c.1998, serial U365470, Khanjar caseback engraving, Khimji Ramdas warranty card, Khanjar-stamped outer box; 140,000 SEK against 130,000–180,000 estimate) anchors the caseback-Khanjar 16613 in the late-1990s. ItalianWatchSpotter places the dial-to-caseback shift at the start of the 2000s. Khanjar dial 16613 examples are not documented; treat any claimed example as misidentified.

			A Panama Canal limited edition (75 pieces, c.1999) was retailed by Mercurio Joyero in Panama to commemorate the December 1999 transfer of canal sovereignty. Black dial with a gilt Panama Canal emblem at six o'clock and "Panama Canal — Canal de Panamá" inscription. Sotheby's Watches Online March 2020 lot 4 (c.1999, A946579, numbered 57/75, estimate CHF 25,000–40,000) is the strongest documented example.

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
	* [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/ Tom Mulraney, "History of the Rolex Submariner - Part 2, The 55XX References and 1680 Date", Monochrome, 2020-08-19]
	* [https://www.~~bobswatches~~.com/~~rolex-blog~~/rolex-~~info/rolex~~-~~two~~-~~tone~~-~~submariner.html Bob's Watches two~~-~~tone Submariner history~~] ~~— Bob's Watches editorial staff, Bob's Watches~~		* [https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/rolex-submariner-reference-points Stephen Pulvirent, "Reference Points: Understanding The Rolex Submariner", Hodinkee, 2019-07-18]
	* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/how-to-start-collecting-the-rolex-submariner The Rolex Submariner: A Complete Collector's Guide] — ~~Stephen Pulvirent~~, ~~Sotheby~~'s		* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/how-to-start-collecting-the-rolex-submariner Stephen Pulvirent, "The Rolex Submariner: A Complete Collector's Guide", Sotheby's, 2025-03-07]
	* [https://www.grayandsons.com/blog/rolex-submariner-date-history/ Gray & Sons Submariner Date history~~] — Gray & Sons editorial~~, Gray & Sons		* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra
	* [https://professionalwatches.com/rolex-submariner-reference-guide/ Rolex Submariner Reference Guide~~] — Professional Watches editorial~~, Professional Watches		* ''Submariner'' — Nicholas Foulkes, Rolex, 2024
			* [https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/five-things-i-learned-from-the-first-ever-rolex-authorized-submariner-book Rich Fordon, "Five Things I Learned From The First Ever Rolex-Authorized Submariner Book", Hodinkee, 2024-09-25]
			* [https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-blog/rolex-info/rolex-two-tone-submariner.html "Bob's Watches two-tone Submariner history", Bob's Watches]
			* [https://www.grayandsons.com/blog/rolex-submariner-date-history/ "Gray & Sons Submariner Date history", Gray & Sons]
			* [https://professionalwatches.com/rolex-submariner-reference-guide/ "Rolex Submariner Reference Guide", Professional Watches]


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	== Special branches ==		== Special branches ==

	The main special branches are the Serti and Sultan dial ~~variants covered under the dial map above~~. Twenty years of production leaves room for additional factory specials, but none ~~are documented~~ in the ~~evidence currently on file~~.		The main special branches on the 16613 are the factory Serti gem-set dial and the collector-documented Sultan champagne diamond-marker dial. Twenty years of production leaves room for additional factory specials, but none beyond those two have surfaced in the published literature.

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	The successor 116613LB retails at $18,900 USD under current Rolex pricing. The aluminum-insert 16613 trades at a substantial discount to that figure, but early tritium watches and the special-dial variants follow their own premium logic that does not track the retail reference.		The successor 116613LB retails at $18,900 USD under current Rolex pricing. The aluminum-insert 16613 trades at a substantial discount to that figure, but early tritium watches and the special-dial variants follow their own premium logic that does not track the retail reference.

	~~Specific lot-level auction data with hammer prices has not been captured for this reference. A targeted pass at Christie's, Phillips, and Sotheby's lot archives is the priority next step.~~

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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