For one thing, the Submariner boasts a raft of top-shelf features, like a 904L stainless steel (a.k.a. Oystersteel) case, Chromalight lume, and a Cerachrom (like ceramic, only better) bezel.

The Aquascape’s 39mm case is crafted in 316L stainless steel and is shorn up with a screw-down case-back and screw-down crown. A double-domed sapphire crystal covers the grained black dial ...

The Aquascape’s 39mm case is crafted in 316L stainless steel and is shorn up with a screw-down case-back and screw-down crown. A double-domed sapphire crystal covers the grained black dial ...

In 1953, as recreational SCUBA diving was taking hold in the public consciousness post-WWII, Rolex launched the Submariner, one of the world’s first dedicated diving watches. (The Zodiac Sea Wolf and ...

While Rolex has a ceramic bezel, and SPB143 uses a brushed steel alternative, the SPB143 also uses a gray sunburst dial without a date window, while the Submariner offers black, blue, or green ...

Aventurine is also used to replace the insert in the watch’s stainless steel rotating bezel and has been inlaid into the 18k white gold winding rotor of the watch’s heavily reworked Rolex 3135 ...

Measuring 40mm in stainless steel, the ‘Hulk’ differs from the earlier ‘Kermit’ model—released as a special 50th-anniversary Submariner Date in 2003—in that both its bezel and dial are ...