Rolex Submariner

Rolex introduced the Submariner in 1953 as a divers' watch waterproof to 100 metres, and it has stayed close to that brief since: a rotating timing bezel with a luminous pearl at 12, broad hands and markers, and a dial meant to be read in one look. The bezel turns one way only, so a knock can make the dive read longer than it is but never shorter. Cerachrom ceramic inserts reached the Submariner Date in 2010 and the no-date model two years later, the depth rating stands at 300 metres, and the case moved to 41 mm in 2020 with revised proportions and a bracelet of sleeker lines. Both the Submariner Date, with the Cyclops lens over the date, and the plain no-date model are made, in Oystersteel, Rolesor and solid gold.