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	[[File:Ref 16618 blue-dial.webp\|thumb\|right\|~~340px~~\|alt=Rolex Submariner 16618 — 18k yellow gold with blue dial and bezel\|Rolex Submariner 16618 — 18k yellow gold with blue dial and bezel]]		[[File:Ref 16618 blue-dial.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Rolex Submariner 16618 — 18k yellow gold with blue dial and bezel\|Rolex Submariner 16618 — 18k yellow gold with blue dial and bezel]]

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

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	The 16618 is the full 18k yellow-gold Submariner Date of the cal. 3135 era. It runs in parallel with the two-tone 16613 and changes gradually rather than through one major break.		The 16618 is the full 18k yellow-gold Submariner Date of the cal. 3135 era. It runs in parallel with the two-tone 16613 and changes gradually rather than through one major break.

	The 16618 sits in the middle of the gold Submariner lineage that begins with the first gold Submariner in 1969 and continues to the present: 1680/8 (1969) → [[Reference:16808\|16808]] → ~~'''~~[[Reference:16618\|16618]]~~'''~~ → 126618. It is the second-longest chapter in that line, and it covers the gold Submariner at its most mature technically — Microstella regulation, solid end links, sapphire crystal — while still wearing an aluminum bezel insert that ties it to the pre-ceramic era.		The 16618 sits in the middle of the gold Submariner lineage that begins with the first gold Submariner in 1969 and continues to the present: 1680/8 (1969) → [[Reference:16808\|16808]] → [[Reference:16618\|16618]] → 126618. It is the second-longest chapter in that line, and it covers the gold Submariner at its most mature technically — Microstella regulation, solid end links, sapphire crystal — while still wearing an aluminum bezel insert that ties it to the pre-ceramic era.

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

	No documented military or institutional special branches exist for the 16618 ~~in the current evidence set~~. Given the twenty-year run, factory Serti or gem-set variants beyond the lapis lazuli and Tiffany-signed dials ~~documented~~ above may exist but have not been systematically catalogued.		No documented military or institutional special branches exist for the 16618. Given the twenty-year run, factory Serti or gem-set variants beyond the lapis lazuli and Tiffany-signed dials covered above may exist but have not been systematically catalogued in the published literature.

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	The current-generation 126618LB retails at $48,600 USD at Rolex authorized dealers — 41mm case, caliber 3235, ceramic bezel. That figure is the relevant benchmark for placing the 16618 on the gold-Submariner value continuum. The aluminum-insert 16618 trades at a significant discount to its modern successor, reflecting the older movement, the aluminum bezel, and the smaller case, but the retail price on the 126618LB frames the category the 16618 sits directly beneath.		The current-generation 126618LB retails at $48,600 USD at Rolex authorized dealers — 41mm case, caliber 3235, ceramic bezel. That figure is the relevant benchmark for placing the 16618 on the gold-Submariner value continuum. The aluminum-insert 16618 trades at a significant discount to its modern successor, reflecting the older movement, the aluminum bezel, and the smaller case, but the retail price on the 126618LB frames the category the 16618 sits directly beneath.

	~~No specific hammer prices for 16618 lots have been captured in this corpus. A targeted auction pass is the priority next step.~~

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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