Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner "Hulk" 116610V Luxury Watch Review

Hands-on Rolex Hulk Submariner Review Watchuwant is now WatchBox! Subscribe for the best luxury watch content. The Rolex Submariner and The Incredible Hulk completed their unlikely 48-year collision course in 2010. While the renowned durability of each may have been their only common thread for a half-century, the Baselworld 2010 appearance of the Rolex Submariner 116610V “Incredible Hulk” forever bound the two icons from Rolex and Marvel. Let’s face it, this one’s pretty self-evident; it’s a big green Submariner. Combine the 2008 “Super Case”/”Maxi Dial” 116610 Sub with a green bezel and a green dial, and you’re one fateful nickname away from a gamma-burst of Rolex collector infatuation. It seems like all of five minutes passed between the “V’s” Basel ’10 reveal and its transformation from Bruce Banner decorum to raucous radioactive myth. Rolex debuted the 116610V “Hulk” as the heir to its well-loved 16610LV fiftieth anniversary model that debuted in 2003 to mark a half-century of the world’s favorite dive watch. Critically, the Hulk broke from the color scheme of its predecessor, which featured a green bezel in tandem with a black dial. Green is a long-running corporate signature of Rolex, and for 2010, the Geneva giant doubled-down with a second helping of verdure. The green dial, which Rolex described as “green gold” upon its launch, is a soleil pattern metallic finish that radiates from the junction of the hands and pulls one’s eyes toward the matching bezel. In di