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Learn more about the Meters First Rolex Submariner in this episode of Inside Watches. Buy the watches in this video: https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-sub... NAVIGATE THIS VIDEO 00:00 INTRO 00:42 Rolex Submariner Meters-First Dial 00:56 History 02:13 Vintage Rolex Submariner 5513 02:33 Vintage Rolex Submariner 5512 03:04 Vintage Rolex Submariner 5513 03:59 Vintage Rolex Submariner 1680 04:41 OUTRO Are you interested in learning more about watch collecting and luxury watches in general? Follow along with our series Inside Watches, where Emily shares some of the industry's best-kept tips and secrets:    • Inside Watches   Today's episode focuses on a cult favorite, the Rolex meter's first dial. But first, what is a meter’s first dial? Looking at the Submariner dial, there will be a depth rating listing how much pressure the case can withstand while diving. On many of the earliest examples of the Submariner, the depth rating is listed as meters first, followed by feet. For example, these watches will read, "200 m = 660 ft." Conversely, feet-first dials will read, "660 ft = 200 m." For many Submariner watches, the fact that the dial has meters-first text can mean big bucks in terms of value. It can pay off big to pay attention to this seemingly small detail. Rolex kept the meters-first text until around the late 1960s when they switched all watches to read feet-first, which remains the standard today. It is widely believed that Rolex made this change to appeal to the growing American market. The Rolex portfolio underwent a lot of change during this time, which can confuse matters a bit more when looking at the meter’s first dial because, depending on the year produced, the same Submariner model can have either feet-first or meters-first text. Many Submariner watches will also have either 2-liner or 4-liner text. 2-liner watches have the Submariner logo and depth rating on the dial only, while 4-liner watches have the Submariner logo, depth rating, and COSC rating, which takes up two additional lines. How, exactly, does all of this affect collectability? Well, for starters, it’s been quite a few years since Rolex switched to the feet-first format, which means that only a handful of Submariner models were produced with meters-first dials in the first place. Next, we have to consider that many of those original meters-first dials were eventually replaced with feet-first dials during servicing. The amount of original meters-first Submariner watches are dwindling, making them increasingly rare and more valuable year after year. Rolex produced a few models during the transitional era from meters-first to feet-first dials. Those included the two dateless models references 5512 and 5513 and the Submariner date ref. 1680. References 5512 and 5513 are nearly identical, with the main difference between the two Subs being that ref. 5512 is chronometer rated, while ref. 5513 is not. To make things even more confusing, ref. 5512 did not initially have the COSC rating on the dial, so it is possible to find this model with both the 2-liner and 4-liner text. It's also important to note that the earliest examples of ref. 5512 had meters-first text, which was eventually replaced with feet-first text. That means that it's also possible for the Submariner 5512 to have a meters-first dial with 2 lines or 4 lines of text. On the other hand, ref. 5512s with feet-first text will only have 4 lines of text, never two. Reference 5513 was never chronometer rated and will only have two lines of text on the dial. Production for both Submariner models overlapped for a long time, with ref. 5513 staying in production for longer until around 1990. During its prosperous production, ref. 5513 had either a glossy or matte dial. While the glossy dials only ever had meters-first text, matte dial variations exist with both meters-first and feet-first text because Rolex swapped the glossy dials for matte before they had fully rolled out the feet-first dials. Lastly, we have the Submariner 1680, the Date variation of the vintage Sub produced during the meters-first/feet-first transition. It also has a lot of dial variations, which can be classified into two broad collections: red dials and white dials. Red dial Submariners feature a red logo, while white dials feature a white logo. Red Submariners have six widely accepted variations categorized into Marks 1 - 6. The first 3 Marks have meters-first text, while Marks 4, 5, and 6 have feet-first text. White Submariners will only ever have feet-first dials because they came to market after the transition. Shop Used Rolex: https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex/