Reference:114060

Submariner -> 114060

The 114060 is the last 40mm no-date Submariner. Rolex introduced it at Baselworld 2012 and kept it in production until around 2020, when the 124060 arrived with caliber 3230 and a 41mm case. Ceramic bezel technology, the Maxi case, and the Glidelock bracelet all arrived in the no-date line with this reference, pulling the watch into the same modern construction that had reached the date models two years earlier.

Caliber 3130 sits inside, the same COSC-certified movement that powered the late 14060M. The carryover makes the mechanical story look simple on paper; on the wrist the change is harder to miss. The Maxi Case — Rolex's term for the wider-lugged, heavier-crowned case architecture that arrived on the ceramic-era Submariner — measures 40mm across but wears larger than a five-digit Sub because the lugs are broader, the crown guards more substantial, and the mass higher. At roughly 12.5mm thick and 48mm lug-to-lug, the 114060 takes up more wrist real estate than its 40mm number suggests.

Where the 14060M broke into 2-liner and 4-liner generations, the 114060 looks the same from 2012 to 2020. No known mid-run specification changes exist. Collectors who overlooked the watch during its production run now call it "the last small Sub," and interest has climbed steadily since the 41mm 124060 replaced it. One era, one configuration.

Rolex Submariner Ref. 114060

Core facts

detail	value
reference	114060
family	Submariner (no date)
production	2012 to about 2020
movement	caliber 3130, COSC, 28,800 vph, 48hr power reserve
case	40mm, 904L steel, Maxi case, no lug holes, ~12.5mm thick, ~48mm lug-to-lug
crystal	sapphire, flat, no Cyclops
water resistance	300m / 1000ft
crown	Triplock screw-down
bezel	Cerachrom ceramic, unidirectional, platinum PVD numerals, scratch-resistant
bracelet	Oyster ref.97200, solid links, Oysterlock with Glidelock (20mm micro-adjust)
dial	2-line ("Submariner" + depth rating), white gold Maxi markers
lume	Chromalight blue
rehaut	engraved "ROLEX" repeating + serial at 6
case back	solid steel, screw-down
successor	124060

Where it sits in the line

The 114060 runs alongside the date-equipped 116610LN on a black Cerachrom bezel and caliber 3135, and the green-bezel 116610LV — the "Hulk" — on the same caliber. Together the three make up the six-digit Submariner family of 2010 to 2020, the date watches sharing the 3135 and the no-date 114060 carrying the 3130. All three share black or green Cerachrom and COSC certification.

The 114060 replaced the 14060M and was itself succeeded by the 124060, which brought the 3230 caliber with its 70-hour power reserve and moved the case to 41mm. As the last no-date Submariner at 40mm, it wears differently on the wrist from current production, and that difference is at the center of why the reference has held collector attention.

The Vintage Rolex Field Manual notes the 114060 as the introduction of the engraved rehaut to the no-date Submariner line, though the feature had already appeared on the 4-liner 14060M from 2007.

Production outline

The 114060 ran unchanged. Rolex launched it in 2012 at the full modern specification and kept it that way to discontinuation in 2020 — no known mid-run dial, bracelet, or case changes. The full modern package was there from day one: Cerachrom ceramic bezel, Maxi Case, Glidelock bracelet, Chromalight lume, engraved rehaut, and random serial numbers (Rolex had already switched from sequential to random numbering by 2010).

The consistency makes the 114060 one of the simpler modern Submariners to buy on the secondary market. There is no 2-liner versus 4-liner split, no bracelet upgrade window, and no lug-hole question. A 2013 example should look identical to a 2019 example.

Whether any minor internal changes occurred — clasp refinements, hairspring variants within the 3130 — is not documented in the current evidence set.

Movement notes

Caliber 3130 is an automatic no-date movement with COSC chronometer certification, running at 28,800 vph and storing about 48 hours of power reserve. The same caliber powered the late 14060M, so the movement is carryover rather than new. Regulation is handled by a Parachrom blue hairspring — Rolex's paramagnetic alloy spring, more resistant to magnetic fields, temperature change, and shock than a traditional spring — together with Microstella regulating nuts on the balance.

The 114060 was the last Submariner to run the 3130. Its successor, the 124060, moved to caliber 3230, bringing the 70-hour reserve and the Chronergy escapement. That closed out the 3130 era in the no-date line.

Dial map

The dial is glossy black with applied white-gold Maxi markers and larger Mercedes hands. "Maxi" in this context refers to marker and hand proportions — bigger lume plots and wider hands than the five-digit 14060 and 14060M carried, sized to match the wider Maxi Case.

The 2-line question

The 114060 carries a 2-line dial: "SUBMARINER" and the depth rating. There is no chronometer text, a deliberate return to the clean layout the 14060M had left behind with its 4-liner "Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified." The 114060 is COSC-certified but does not announce the fact on the dial. That places it in an unusual position in Submariner history: the original 14060 carried a 2-line dial because it was not COSC-certified; the late 14060M carried a 4-line dial because it was certified and Rolex wanted to say so; the 114060 carries a 2-line dial despite being certified. The layout is a design choice, not a specification limitation.

For collectors who care about dial typography, the 114060 is the modern reference that most closely echoes the spare look of the original 14060 — a COSC-grade movement sitting behind a visually uncluttered face.

All markers and hands use Chromalight, Rolex's long-emission lume that glows blue rather than the older Super-Luminova green. Rolex Forum owners report useful legibility for anywhere from three to seven-plus hours in complete darkness, with variation driven by prior light exposure and individual perception. The "SWISS MADE" text sits at 6 o'clock.

Case, bezel, crystal, and crown

Maxi case

The case is 40mm 904L stainless steel in the Maxi format — wider lugs and more pronounced crown guards than the slim five-digit case used on the 14060 and 14060M, about 12.5mm thick with a 48mm lug-to-lug span, and no drilled lug holes.

The same 40mm diameter does not translate to the same wrist feel. The Maxi Case is larger and heavier; the wider lugs spread the visual footprint; the crown guards read as more substantial. Some collectors prefer the heft and presence. Others miss the slimmer five-digit proportions. That preference split is one reason the 114060 has become collectible — it is the last Submariner to offer this 40mm Maxi case before Rolex moved the line to 41mm.

Cerachrom bezel

Unidirectional bezel with a black Cerachrom ceramic insert — Cerachrom being Rolex's proprietary ceramic, scratch-resistant, fade-resistant, and UV-stable, meaning the bezel will look the same in twenty years as it does today. The numerals and graduation marks are filled with platinum by PVD coating, giving them a silver-grey appearance that catches light cleanly against the black.

Cerachrom is the most visible difference between the 114060 and the 14060M. Aluminum bezels on older Subs scratch, fade, and develop patina; ceramic does neither. Collectors split on which they prefer — aluminum for character and age, ceramic for durability and consistency.

Crystal and crown

Flat sapphire crystal, no Cyclops — the defining visual difference between the no-date 114060 and the date-equipped 116610LN. The flat crystal gives the 114060 a symmetrical face with no magnifier bump at 3 o'clock. The crown is the Triplock screw-down, carried over from the 14060M and rated to 300m.

Rehaut

The inner rehaut is engraved with repeating "ROLEX" text and the serial number at the 6 o'clock position — standard on all 114060 examples, matching the engraved rehaut introduced on the 4-liner 14060M from 2007.

The case back is solid steel, screw-down, with no display window.

Bracelets, end links, clasps, and packaging notes

Bracelet

The 114060 ships on bracelet ref.97200: an Oyster bracelet with solid links and an Oysterlock clasp fitted with the Glidelock extension system. The Oysterlock is the locking clasp Rolex uses across the modern Professional line — a folding safety catch that prevents accidental opening.

Glidelock is the in-clasp micro-adjustment that lets the wearer change bracelet length in roughly 2mm increments across a 20mm range without tools, by sliding a notched mechanism inside the clasp body. Useful for fitting the watch over a wetsuit or accommodating heat-driven wrist swelling without swapping spring bars. The system was new to the no-date Submariner with the 114060.

The 97200 is a meaningful upgrade on the 93150 and 93250 that came on the 14060 and 14060M — heavier, more solid, and fitted with what is arguably the most practical bracelet adjustment Rolex has ever introduced.

Clasp date codes

Rolex clasp date codes documented in the Vintage Rolex Field Manual run through RS = 2010. Clasp coding systems across the 114060 era (2012–2020) may have shifted. An "S" stamp on any Rolex clasp denotes a service replacement.

Packaging

The 114060 era corresponds to the green Rolex box with the outer white or green cardboard sleeve, the green warranty card, booklets, and hang tags. Rolex moved to a new warranty card format during this window. Exact packaging variations across the 2012–2020 run are not well documented.

Special branches

Rolex Submariner Ref. 114060

No special branches are known. The 114060 was a standard commercial reference — no military, retailer, or regional variants — and stayed uniform across its entire run. The absence of mid-run changes means there is no variant hierarchy to rank inside the reference. Collector preferences fall instead on condition and completeness (box, papers, warranty card) rather than on production year.

Collector perspective: "the last small Sub"

The 114060 was not always the collector favorite it has become. During its production run it lived in the shadow of the 116610LN and 116610LV, because the Glidelock and Cerachrom were bigger news on the date line, and because the 116610LV's green dial was a conversation piece. The 114060 registered as the quiet one in the family.

Discontinuation in 2020 reframed the reference. When the 124060 grew to 41mm, collectors understood that the 40mm no-date Submariner was gone — the size that had defined the Submariner for decades now lived only in discontinued references. The 114060 became the last small Sub. Wrists that found the 124060 slightly too large turned back to the 114060 and found exactly the proportions they wanted.

The reappraisal is still running. The 114060 is not a vintage collectible and may never command vintage-tier premiums. But it occupies a specific niche — a modern, hard-wearing ceramic-bezel Submariner in the classic 40mm case, with a clean 2-line dial, no date window, no Cyclops, and no chronometer text. For a certain kind of buyer, nothing else on the current market does this.

Production volume estimates

Industry estimates from the early 2010s put no-date Submariner production at roughly 15,000 units per year. If those figures held steady across the 114060's eight-year run, total production would land somewhere around 120,000 units — a rough envelope, since Rolex does not publish production numbers and the estimate circulates among dealers and collectors rather than from any factory source.

Historical market and auction record

The 114060 sits in the strongest part of the modern no-date Submariner market. It was discontinued recently enough that examples are abundant, and demand has stayed firm because it is the last 40mm no-date Sub.

Sotheby's maintains a dedicated buying category for the reference, with examples listed at prices that reflect its position as a mainstream modern collectible. Christie's has also handled 114060 lots, though specific hammer prices have not been extracted in the current evidence set.

On the secondary market the 114060 trades above both the 14060 and the 14060M. The ceramic bezel, Glidelock bracelet, and Maxi Case are a clear step up in build quality and finishing, and the clean 2-line dial appeals to collectors who want the no-date layout without chronometer text on the face.

Comparison with the 124060 successor focuses on two changes: the movement (3130 versus 3230, 48-hour versus 70-hour reserve) and the case (40mm versus 41mm). Some collectors prefer the 114060 for the 40mm case and take the older movement in the trade.

Sources

• History of the Rolex Submariner - Part 2, The 55XX References and 1680 Date — Tom Mulraney, Monochrome
• The Rolex Submariner: A Complete Collector's Guide — Stephen Pulvirent, Sotheby's
• Rolex Submariner 114060 Review — Andrew McUtchen, Time and Tide Watches
• Rolex Submariner 114060 Review — Ariel Adams, aBlogtoWatch
• Rolex Submariner Reference Guide — Professional Watches editorial, Professional Watches