Anscheinend ist es gar nicht so bekannt, dass zur Submariner der Anker genau so gehört, wie die drehbare Lünette. Bis 2005 wurden alle Sub mit Anker ausgeliefert und aus meinerSicht ist der Anker ein Muss für die alke Sub Sammler.
Im nachfolgenden Bericht fehlen wahrscheinlich die Bilder. Kann sie aber nach liefern.
VG
Günter
HISTORY OF THE ROLEX ANCHOR
Sometime around 2005 Rolex decided no longer to issue the anchor with its submariners and sea-dwellers. However, if your AD still has them in stock, and some still have until this day even in 2012, you might be lucky. And that also explains why it is very difficult to combine an anchor with the correct sub. Always realise that the 2 do not come from the same factory. So it is up to your dealer if he has not been mixing up old anchors with new subs or the other way around. The following information is based on experience rather than hard science.
Personally I would have liked to see the deepsea with a correct anchor and all future subs as well....
The Submariner stainless steel
It all started in the early fifties with the introduction of the submariner. It is still debated whether the 6200, 6204 or the 6205 was the first submariner. Interestingly, the latter was certified to a depth of 200meters/660feet. However, the earliest anchor ever to accompany the submariner was rated to a depth of 100meters/330feet and was issued with the 6536 and later by the 5508. These anchors are so rare that when they do come up for sale the price exceeds a thousand us dollars easily. The following pics are from
Secondly came the anchor rating a depth of 200meters/660feet and was accompanied by a few more models than its predecessor. It came with the models 5510, 5512, 5513, 1680 and maybe even with the 5517. It is still a very collectible anchor and sells for as much as a few hundred dollars on ebay. This type of anchor was produced for a decade or two from the mid sixties to the eighties. Over the years a minor evolution was inevitable. The earliest ones have a much thicker font and crown than the later ones. Also the cord it is attached to consists of three threads rather than the multi-threads later on.
Just recently I learned that red submariners sometimes had a copper anchor instead of a steel one. It also seems only US red subs had this privilige.
A little later the font used for stamping the anchors got thinner. Also the cord changed to a multi-thread type.
Late eighties the only submariner left with plexi and a depth rating to 200m was the non date 5513. They were accompanied by the same anchor as below, but then with a chain instead of a string/cord and also came in a plastic pouch (with an embossed anchor on it. Only seen in combination with the 200m anchor, not the more common 300m and 1220m!)
We now jump to the early eighties when Rolex started using sapphire as opposed to plexi. Movements upgraded to quick set 3035 caliber and more importantly for the anchors, the depth rating was added with another 100 meters. First Rolex still used the matt dial with the big white hour markers, model 16800. The anchor to match the new depth rate probably wasn't ready. So Rolex used the old 200m/660ft anchors and put a green dot on top with the correct depth rating of 300m and 1000feet.