Rolex Submariner Ref. 14060M — Steel, sapphire crystal, ca. 2002

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Identity

Rolex Submariner reference 14060M, ca. 2002. Rolex calibre 3130 automatic, no date. Oyster steel case, 40 mm diameter, Triplock screw-down crown, unidirectional rotating bezel with aluminium insert graduated to 60 minutes. Two-line black dial, luminescent indexes and hands. Sapphire crystal. Rolex Oyster steel bracelet, Oysterlock deployant clasp. Water resistance 300 metres.

Horological context

The Submariner was introduced by Rolex in 1954 with references 6204 and 6205, presented at the Basel Fair. It established the grammar that would define the model: Oyster case, screw-down crown, unidirectional rotating bezel graduated to 60 minutes, water resistance to 100 metres. The lineage developed along two branches. The no-date Submariner encompasses references 6536, 5508, 5512 and 5513, the latter produced from 1962 to 1989. The Submariner Date opened in 1966 with reference 1680, the first to incorporate a date window and cyclops. Technical evolutions followed: calibre 1520 then 3130 and 3135, the replacement of plexiglas with sapphire at the turn of the 1980s, and water resistance increased to 300 metres.

Character

Two-line black dial — configuration predating the later four-line marking. The 14060M represents the last generation of the no-date Submariner before the 114060 of 2012.

Serviced watch. Very good condition. Delivered with the brand box and the Contre-Temps 24-month warranty certificate.