Rolex — Submariner (No Date)
Submariner 6538
“Big Crown / James Bond”
Produced 1956–1959. Submariner 6538 is a no-date Rolex Submariner reference in 38 mm Stainless steel with automatic Caliber 1030, 200 m water resistance, rotating 60-minute black dive bezel, Stainless-steel Oyster rivet bracelet or period…
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Reference6538
BrandRolex
FamilySubmariner (No Date)
Produced1956–1959
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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