Rolex — Submariner Date
Submariner Date 16803
“Yellow Rolesor transitional Submariner Date”
Produced 1984–1988. Submariner Date 16803 is the first two-tone Rolesor Submariner, adding yellow-gold bezel hardware and Oyster bracelet center links to the transitional 300 m, sapphire-crystal, Caliber 3035 platform. Blue and black…
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Reference16803
BrandRolex
FamilySubmariner Date
Produced1984–1988
StatusDiscontinued
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Rolex — 10 min readRolex Submariner: The Dive Watch That Became the TemplateA connected history of the Submariner, from early waterproof tool watch to no-date purist icon, Submariner Date mainstay, COMEX and MilSub lore, green-bezel collector language, and the current 41 mm generation.
Rolex nicknames — 9 min readPepsi, Batman and the Names Rolex Will Never PrintRolex says bleu/rouge; everyone else says Pepsi. A field guide to the soda cans, superheroes and Muppets collectors have named their watches after, and to the handful of names the purists still won't say out loud.
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