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Blancpain: At the presentation in 1954, the Submariner model was presented as another innovation after the Turn-o-graph.
It has a special design for deep-sea swimming and, like the Turn-o-graph, is equipped with a bezel for recording time. This "like the Turn-o-graph" shows that for Rolex, the rotating bezel was of a wide profile, and was originally developed for civilian watches. As can be seen from the patents for t
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Blancpain: In the same issue of the magazine, on other pages, the same interview, but in different words. Instead of "submariner", the word "underwater".
Europa Star 1964, # 26 | 2/6 watchlibrary.org
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Blancpain: I would be glad if you (or someone) read the patents listed in Jose's article, the numbers of which I duplicated, and saw their different purposes.
Rolex adapted the bezel from Turn-o-Graph for the Submariner, whereas Rayville (Blancpain) conceived it specifically for diving.
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Blancpain: The Rolex patent for the bezel does not belong to the diver philosophy.
In February 1953, Rolex applied for a rotating bezel, the operation of which provided for a wider range than diving. In the patents CH312285 and CH305177 cited in the article, there are no lines about diving at all. This is due to the fact that initially this bezel was created for the Turn-o-Graph m
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