All good things must come to an end, and it is as true at Rolex as anywhere else. Over the years, certain pieces have disappeared from the portfolio, either replaced with an updated version or else retired completely. Rolex actually seems to make a habit of discontinuing many of their references with little or no warning, and for reasons only they understand. In some instances, the withdrawn watches are real fan favorites, and it leaves potential customers with just one option to get hold of them.Below, we take a look at five of Rolex’s most-loved discontinued models that are now only available on the pre-owned market.Rolex has a history of marking the key birthdays of a number of its icons with some kind of out-of-the-ordinary celebration, and in 2003, the Rolex Submariner celebrated its 50th anniversary. The world’s most famous luxury dive watch marked its half-century in style with the release of the ref. 16610LV, not only the first Submariner to be fitted with a black Maxi dial, but also the first to have a green bezel.Major departure that it was for the model, it became something of an opinion splitter. There had been variations on the traditional black bezeled pieces before – blue versions (although only on gold and two-tone pieces) being the most common; however, the emerald surround on this anniversary edition led to it picking up a nickname from both the ‘for’ and ‘against’ camps. Those who loved the new colorway called it the Kermit; those less keen christened it the Vomit Sub.
Replica Rolex Submariner 116613LN Two Tone Replica Rolex Submariner 116613LN Ceramic Bezel The first Rolex Submariner was released in 1954, until nowadays, it has been showed in several of the James Bond 007 films. And, it is also so popular among the famous sport players, tennis player had wore a Rolex watch during he attended Australian Open Tennis Championships, and that Rolex model became a hot item soon all over the world. Rolex released an updated version of 16613LN on Basel of 2009. It seems not much changes comparing to the previous edition but there are more changes in the details. Today I would like to introduce a top-grade replica Rolex Submariner. There are two editions of 116613LN from Noob factory, 18K wrap gold and gold-plating editions. Of course, wrap gold Rolex is much better than gold-plating one, because the percentage of gold is four times more than gold-plating edition, the color would never change, but price will be much higher too.Replica Rolex Submariner 116613LN Crown Replica Rolex Submariner 116613LN Case .One of the upgrade of the new Submariner 116613LN is the bezel, adopting the “Cerachrom” bezel which is made of ceramic. Compare the old edition, the new material is harder and bezel color is not easy to be scratched. Besides, the golden markers on the black bezel are also gold-cladding, the gold color matching black perfectly. Another outstanding point of Rolex Submariner watch is the easy-to-read dial, the new version has bigger markers and hands. The edge of markers and hands are gold-cladding, matching the bezel well. What’s more, they are super luminous, reading the time in a dark environment is not a problem. This model’s function is including hour, minute, second and date. It adopts a Swiss made 2836 movement will ensure these functions working well. There are characters in white on the black dial to indicate the model and other information, this is just as per original. New editions keeps its original 40mm size, and this size has wide costume group. The case material is solid 316L stainless steel, being great with the gold color.
The dial has a lot things worthy of talking. First it is about the high readability. White dial has thick black Arabic numeral hour markers, the minute markers are also in black color, it is very convenient for the wearer to catch time from the dial. The big triangle marker at 12 and hour markers at 3, 6 and 9 are applied with Swiss Superlume material, so in dark condition, you will find these four markers will emit a strong green light, this improves the dial readability. There are three working subdials, they are sunken from the main dial. Each small dial works well and features a blue hand. Among them, small seconds subdial is at 9 o’clock, 30-minute chronograph counter and 12-hour chronograph counter are positioned at 12 and 6 o’clock repectively. At 3 o’clock, next to the hour marker, there are two square windows, the left window is displaying current day, while the right window is showing date, both have black font. All hands on the white dial use blue color, not only eye-catching, but also give your eyes fresh outlook.
