Buy Rolex Submariner | New Arrivals 03/2023

Despite relatively high prices, the Submariner is a classic choice when looking for one’s “first watch”. This is not only due to the high quality and the unrivalled reputation of the “Sub”, but also to the promising price trend over the last decades: The price for a Submariner No-Date between 1965 and today has increased tenfold.

The value of some rare models have increased dramatically and have surpassed what can be considered an ordinary investment. The so-called MilSub – the Submariner references 5513 and 5517 that were manufactured in the 1970s for the British Ministry of Defence – regularly reels in record-breaking numbers when being resold.

Another collectors dream watch is the COMEX Submariner. Between 1967 and 2004, Rolex worked with the Compagnie maritime d’expertises, a company that produces diving equipment and submersibles and delivered diving watches with the corresponding “COMEX” writing on the dial. The robust Sea-Dweller was created some years later based on the first COMEX Submariner. The original COMEX Submariner watches are extremely rare and their prices climb above the €100,000-mark.

But it does not always have to be a rare vintage watch: Apart from these collector’s items, the Submariner second-hand market offers a broad choice of other timeless pieces and classic references. The Submariner Ref. 14060, as well as the latest Submariner Date (Ref. 116610) and the Submariner No-Date, are an investment in elegance as well as in financial value.