I was reading Skeet and Urul's "Vintage Rolex Sports Models" last night and was fascinated by the section on the origins of the Submariner. So, it seems, there is a debate about which reference was actually first released by Rolex, and which therefore can...
Production of the Submariner model(s) started in 1953 The first produced was… one day we may find out! Till today I do not think there is any irrevocable evidence which proves which model was first ‘out’ between the two Submariner: Ref: 6205 and Ref 6204....
I agree, 6204 was released before 6200 which is only from '54 and not first. P.S. This is my "honest" 5510 ........... This message has been edited by Peppolalli on 2010-04-29 13:00:24...
So, there seems a general consensus that 6204 came before 6205. That would make sense given the reference sequence. But that 6200 definitely came after 6204. The pictures here are wonderful. A fabulous reference.....
I'd love to see more pictures of these fabuous submariners. Any more collectors out there with these references...better still, anyone out there with both?