We kept falling into the same problem: good information scattered across forum threads, auction archives, out-of-print books, and dealer sites that come and go. So we started putting it in one place. Every claim here traces to a named source. Where sources contradict each other — and they do, constantly — both sides are shown. Where nobody actually knows the answer, we say so instead of picking one and pretending. How this is built →
Reference library
Submariner
Thirty-nine references across seventy years. The 6204 showed up in 1953 and nothing in the lineup has stopped being argued about since. We have 36 articles live so far — each one covers specs, movements, dial variants, bracelets, and whatever the auction record actually says. The rabbit hole goes deep. Start anywhere.
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"