How to know this 60-year-old anchor is authentic?

Mar 14, 2020,04:21 AM
 

Its appearance and brillance leaves me perplexed, the M and W ?





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Rolex Submariner Anchor A Brief History

 
 By: Bill : April 25th, 2015-16:39
The Rolex anchor is a recognizable symbol almost as powerful as the Rolex crown itself. These trinkets, for lack of a better word, accompanied New Rolex Submariner watches since the mid 1950’s and carried on through to about the early 2000’s. My focus her...  

interesting contribution thank you

 
 By: americano : April 25th, 2015-17:12
Great resource nice read

It is nice to have some of the elements at hand

 
 By: Bill : April 25th, 2015-17:18
But the rest you have to build up based of the limited resources available. Hopefully additions and corrections can be made for a complete reference. Bill

One forgets other details in the history of rolex

 
 By: americano : April 25th, 2015-17:29
Thats why I love the contributions of watch prosite , is very educating , and more then once they helped to indentify a watch or prevented mi of buying a a vintage rolex fake . All details matter in once consideration in purchasing a vintage Rolex

Fascinating stuff, Bill....

 
 By: Baron - Mr Red : April 26th, 2015-09:04
.....also the first time I have seen this type of research. A resource keeper. What i would give for a 6200 anchor!!

Just a little slice of the vast history

 
 By: Bill : April 26th, 2015-10:17
And we are only talking about anchors. But I think this covers the early anchors well enough for now. Bill I will keep my eye out for your anchor.

Very interesting, Bill. I learned a lot of things about these anchors.

 
 By: amanico : April 25th, 2015-22:37
Curiously we almost never see them, nor discuss them, by the way. I never saw a copper Anchor! One of these goodies to find and get for any Submariner Fan. Best, Nicolas

The Anchors are a nice piece of the rolex history

 
 By: Bill : April 26th, 2015-08:20
A powerful message in all the advertisements. Yes the copper anchors are rare but I think the 100/330 is the most rare. Bill

What an interesting read & pictorial !.. Never had heard, nor known, that there were anchors at certain times.. :))

 
 By: hs111 : April 26th, 2015-00:13
Very much enjoyed these educationa linesl but also fascinating little ad-on pieces of our beloved Subs.. Thx a lot, Bill ! Best, hs

A strong Rolex marketing message.

 
 By: Bill : April 26th, 2015-08:21
There is a lot of Rolex ephemera booklets, guarantee, boxes etc but the anchor is the one they fearured most for marketing. Bill

Many thanks Bill, that's a keeper !

 
 By: Mike H : April 26th, 2015-02:49
Very interesting article, I learned a lot. This one will definitely be the reference post about anchors for me. Best, Mike

The Rolex journey is a long one

 
 By: Bill : April 26th, 2015-08:23
But a fun one as there is always something new we can learn. Bill

Very Interesting read

 
 By: Mally : April 27th, 2015-03:32
Thank you Best Mally

Thanks Bill once again for sharing

 
 By: shou.biao.kuang : April 27th, 2015-10:41
You are indeed a walking Rolex encyclopedia ! ;-) so much I have learnt from you and I believe I have more to too ! Shall tap on your knowledge occasionally :)

It is always a pleaseure to share.

 
 By: Bill : April 27th, 2015-10:49
There are somany people here on the forum like Jeff, Marcello, Baron, Nico etc etc that add so much to the discussion that is what make this place fun. Bill

Thank you for a most informative post about a little known...

 
 By: Subexplorer : April 27th, 2015-12:54
... aspect of our beloved Submariners Bill! Cordial regards, Abel.

Just one more thing to love

 
 By: Bill : April 27th, 2015-15:08
The sum of the parts is much bigger than we think. Each piece tells a story. Bill

Fascinating...

 
 By: patrick_y : April 29th, 2015-23:29
Thanks for the education Bill. I didn't know that these anchors existed in different colors. I may have a good time just collecting various Rolex anchors!

How to know this 60-year-old anchor is authentic?

 
 By: ninolitaliano : March 14th, 2020-04:21
Its appearance and brillance leaves me perplexed, the M and W ? ...  

The M and W seem to be different than mine.

 
 By: Bill : March 14th, 2020-14:47
I will have another look. The other thing is the string.

I agree with you, Bill. [nt]

 
 By: ninolitaliano : March 15th, 2020-06:18
No message body

if you have pics, Aperna [nt]

 
 By: ninolitaliano : March 14th, 2020-07:34

Stunning...

 
 By: alexxelor : March 18th, 2020-06:09
This is though my watches no longer had it in the set,I wanted to keep the last of the production,year 2005 near,Rolex and very rare Tudor,of course NOS. ...  

gold 300-100 anchor

 
 By: thesubshop : March 21st, 2021-09:37
do you know what watch a gold 300-1000 anchor would go to ?