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5512 Radial Dial ?
I have always been interested at early Submariners, and one of the specific variant I love the most is Underline dial 5512 & 5513
And recently I've noticed an interesting phenomenon on this specific 5512 underline with that some called it "flat bottom" coronet.
I started to notice that the hash marks on this watch are longer than the common 5512/5513 gilt (non underline) I've seen.
This particular example is a property of a dear friend and has a 1,00x,xxx serial number
And this picture below seems to confirm so.. I hope my eyes are not playing tricks on me for seeing too many watches the past couple of months.
And this picture below seems to confirm so.. I hope my eyes are not playing tricks on me for seeing too many watches the past couple of months.
But I'm pretty sure everyone can notice from this picture that the hashmarks on the left looks longer than the one on the right.. and the lume indexes has smaller gap to the hashmark compared to the one on the right..
And I start to make a comparison with a GMT "radial" underline, that is for sure has a longer hashmark than a normal gilt GMT..
If I see it correctly the hashmark seems pretty similar in length, but the lumes are placed more inwards for the GMT.. and makes it more noticeable that it is different to a common gilt GMT..
And I start to make a comparison with a GMT "radial" underline, that is for sure has a longer hashmark than a normal gilt GMT..
If I see it correctly the hashmark seems pretty similar in length, but the lumes are placed more inwards for the GMT.. and makes it more noticeable that it is different to a common gilt GMT..
I'm still wondering if this phenomenon (longer hashmark Submariners) is specific to this type coronet dial or it is the same with other underline Submariner with different coronet.
I hope I can see more example or more side by side picture comparison from the forum members here
I hope I can see more example or more side by side picture comparison from the forum members here
Have a great weekend!
Sam
P.S. I would like to thank my friend P & N for sending me side by side picture comparison of the 5512 underline and 5512 gilt and 1675 GMT underline
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5512 Radial Dial ?
I have always been interested at early Submariners, and one of the specific variant I love the most is Underline dial 5512 & 5513 And recently I've noticed an interesting phenomenon on this specific 5512 underline with that some called it "flat bottom...
Here is a pair of 5512 one upper and one lower underline for comparison.
There is always a question of image distortion from the cyrstal. But your Rolex coronet is long and skinny and could be a variant. Yours also has the swiss at the very bottom vs the ones I am showing have it in the swiss in the middle. For me the radial i...
The 5512 gilt skinny Coronet "appears" to have slightly longer index markers.
A couple of comparisons. First your agsinsts a know example with a skinny coronet from 1963 and the second also unpper underline but not skinney coronrt. The both have the same color sequence but they differ on the crown and swiss position. So it seems th...
Hi Bill..
First of all... Thank you for your responses.. I was looking forward for your response as you're very knowledgable especially in this 5512/5513 topic. And secondly.. I start to really think there are way more variant of 5512 & 5513 around more than I have...
There is always room for discovery when it comes to vintage Rolex
It appears these skinney coronet do have slightly longer but as you said some side by side will help things along. Thanks for all your contributions that help us navigate the wonderful hobby. Best Bill
Hello Sam - this is a known variant:
You find it here: As mentioned there, the pics come from the web archive of sheartime - while you find the best close-ups for Rolex Sports watches on Jacek's site HQMilton, sheartime is the largest source for "dial only" shots (and shows also the most re...
