Rolex Oyster Perpetual "Red" Submariner 1680 Vintage Rolex Review

Watchuwant is now WatchBox! Subscribe for the best luxury watch content. The Rolex "Red" Submariner 1680. To some, it represents an outright grail. To others, it's the gateway to hardcore vintage Rolex. But regardless of viewpoint, there's no denying that enough words - including superlatives - have been written about this single series of classic Rolex divers to overload even wikipedia's servers. The legend of the Rolex "Red" Submariner starts in the mid-1960s with the debut of the Rolex Submariner 1680. As the first Rolex Submariner to feature a date window, the 1680 was a major landmark in the model's development. But it was a red-letter day (ten red letters, to be precise) for future collectors of vintage Rolex. From roughly 1966 to 1974, the "Submariner" dial print of each steel 1680 bore the scarlet color that spawned the most memorable nickname in classic Subs. Comparatively scarce when compared to the later "white" 1680, the Red Submariner dial is avidly collected and widely-sought among vintage Rolex and antique dive watch aficionados. Naturally, for every Rolex dial, there's a suite of variations, and the Red Submariner is no exception. No fewer than six regular production variants plus a seventh luminova service dial have been identified by collectors. This Rolex Submariner 1680 features a serial number in the 3,7XX,XXX range and a Mk VI dial. Examples of this dial are characterized by red ink printed directly onto the black substrate of the dial, "closed" loo