The watch
Rolex designed the Submariner as a diver's tool in 1953, but by the mid-1980s it was also selling a version aimed at the office, with gold on the bezel, crown and bracelet centers. This 2023 Rolex Submariner Date, reference 126613LB, is the current form of that dressier Submariner, introduced in 2020 when the whole line was redesigned around a new case and a new generation of movement.
Measuring 41mm across, the case is two-tone gold and steel, the combination the brand calls Rolesor, with a yellow gold bezel ring and winding crown on a steel middle case. It is fitted with a matching two-tone Oyster bracelet, the flat three-link design that has been on the Submariner since the 1950s, and an automatic movement, the only type the reference was ever built with. The redesigned case on this generation is slimmer through the lugs than the 40mm reference it replaced.
Blue is the dial color here, paired on this reference with a blue ceramic bezel insert, a combination that gave the two-tone Submariner its nickname, the Bluesy. Hour markers and the Mercedes-pattern hands on this generation are set in yellow gold surrounds and filled with the brand's long-glow luminous material, with a date window and magnifying lens at three o'clock.
Offered as pre-owned, the watch comes with no specific flaws disclosed by the seller, so buyers should expect only the ordinary signs of light wear on a watch of this age. No service information was disclosed; at three years old, this example is well short of the age at which a routine service would normally be due.
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