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Reference library

Submariner

36 reference articles covering every generation from the first 6204 in 1953 to the current 126-series production. Four eras, three dozen variants, seventy years of production history.

Highlights:

• 6538 — the James Bond Submariner
• 5513 — 27-year production run, the broadest vintage reference
• 1680 — first Submariner Date, Red Sub and White Sub eras
• 16610 — the 23-year benchmark modern Submariner
• 116610LV — the "Hulk," now a modern collectible
• 114060 — the last 40mm no-date, "the last small Sub"

→ Full Submariner index