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Rolex Submariner 16613 – Blue Dial

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Here's a Rolex Submariner reference 16613 automatic with a blue patina dial and 40mm two tone case from 1993 (S serial) Fits up to a 7 inch wrist. Case and lugs are in great shape. The dial aged to a lighter blue color. Ready to wear. All parts including the crown, dial, movement, and caseback are original.

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History

The Submariner arrived in 1953 as the first wristwatch water-resistant to 100 meters, purpose-built for diving. A rotating bezel calibrated for dive timing, luminous indices and hands, a screw-down crown, and a bracelet that wore comfortably over a wetsuit: every detail solved a specific problem.

What nobody planned was what happened next. James Bond wore one on screen. Explorers wore them on expeditions. Architects wore them to meetings. The Submariner became the reference point for the modern sports watch — the watch every other sports watch has been measured against ever since.

References 14060 (no date, cleaner dial), 16610 (with date and cyclops), and 168000 (an earlier transitional reference) in our inventory span the mid-1980s through early 2000s. At 40mm with a 300-meter water resistance rating, these are not compromised vintage watches — they are fully functional, extraordinarily robust instruments that also happen to be some of the most beautiful watches ever made.