The Iconic Rolex Ref.6200with "Submariner" that found me..

[Philipp]

Directly from the original owners family this iconic Rolex Ref 6200 found me. As usual when somebody starts googling around after discovering a potential vintage Rolex treasure, they find my informative RPR website. Not only because I tried to explain a lot about each important Rolex reference but also the reports of the auctions and shows I attent. I always like to explain and help in all necessary details even without knowing if the watch is for sale or not. If it end up with me I think is karma…



Many of those that have send me an email asking for more information will never sell their possession, they rather give it to their sons / daughters. Some want it to get restored and bring back to original specs, others just want to have an idea of the possible value. In all cases I tried to help as much as possible, even if the family decides to sell it by auction, I still recommend friends that are working there to contact. Back to the Ref 6200, here are some pictures and explanation for you to enjoy!…



The naked dial, full of radium that turned almost a bit brownish… Below, depends on how you handle it in the sun, the dials color changes as you see below…

The glow of the sun is making the dial look gold…. Goldfinger 😉



Just after the most important exploration Rolex conquered, the ascent of the Mt Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary & Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and the first deepest dives by Jacques Piccard Rolex understood the (marketing) importance of their “tool – expedition watches”.



Up fron again the 3 – 6 – 9 dial with long hour hand and big lollipop secondhand has become a new tropic. We see the ref 6200 without Submariner and with the added Submarine text at 6 o’clock on the dial. Some think, logically, that the later ones are always the ones added with Submariner. This because the word submariner was still being registered by Rolex in the beginning from 1953 when it was made. Hand Wilsdorf decided not to showcase it in the same year ’53 at Basel but wanted to wait a year and then come with the 200 meter version big crown.



In 1953 he introduced the ref 6204 & 6205, both 100 meter waterproof, what by then already was revolutionary. In 1953 the big brother, the ref 6200 was logically. Then in 1954 Rolex started to market their 200 meter waterproof ref 6200 and as most probably the already finished cases where lying in a drawer, the watchmaker just picked one to start assembling. Randomly different cases where taken as they where not stored on serial number. Who really cared back then, the watchmaker for sure not. Then while Rolex decided to pick the by now legendary “Submariner” name for this model, others like Skin-diver & Frogman as you see below, where canceled. Once Submariner was officially registered by Rolex USA, it got printed on the dial in 1954.





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