Rolex 5513 Service Dial. Last week a new website popped up dedicated entirely to picking apart the history of the reference 5513 matte dial submariner. We ve spoken about the submariner 5513 but in talking about it it s almost impossible not to mention the 5512 submariner.
We ve spoken about the submariner 5513 but in talking about it it s almost impossible not to mention the 5512 submariner. Between the years of 1963 and 1964 rolex used the explorer dial for the submariner 5513 and after four years of using glossy gilt rolex changed to a matte dial in 1966. However like identifying the long e in rolex on the 1675 mk i matte gmt dial identifying the serif or lack of serif on the e of this 5513 matte dial may prove helpful.
And finally the so called maxi dials came on the scene in about 1977 and continued until roughly 1984 when new gloss dials with tritium hour markers inside white gold surrounds replaced them.
At first the humble 5513 without even a date feature did not seem appealing to me. Submariner 5513 and submariner 5512. At first the humble 5513 without even a date feature did not seem appealing to me. The smallest differences can separate a relatively common 5 000 watch from a rare 50 000 watch and learning about them is a never ending journey.