It wasn't long before TAG Heuers lost their pride of place on the wrists of the SAS, and the Rolex Submariner took over.

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You really need to know enough about watches in order to perform the Rolex Submariner test, so in a larger sense, you need to know about watches a bit before people able to compare them.

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The steel Rolex Submariner family is just such a watch.

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The most modern iterations of the steel-cased Rolex Submariner are the references 116610 and the less expensive 114060 (no date model).

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With the new Submariner watches by Rolex with the ceramic bezel the older models such as Sea-Dweller or just Submariner are worth to be kept ten years or more.

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