ROLEX SUBMARINER MISLUB The Beggining

The ROLEX SUBMARINER MISLUB can be considered a historic watch with a fascinating story to tell. When the first series of ref. 6538 Submariners was given to the divers of the Royal Marines’ Special Boat Squadron (later renamed to Special Boat Service), the divers reported that it was  extremely difficult to rotate the bezel as they were wearing their diving gloves. Also they expressed the need for a watch with a solid strap that it would be more convenient to wear while diving. 

In order to fulfil this request Rolex decided to create a special model just for them with ROLEX SUBMARINER MISLUB.  This was the beginning of the very limited collection that counted only 21 watches and that would be the base of the amazing the Submariner Reference 6538. The watch was named therefore Mislub under the Reference A/6538.

ROLEX SUBMARINER MISLUB and Public

As  ROLEX SUBMARINER MISLUB was only produced for military reasons it was never available for the public, therefore from the beginning was considered a highly collectable watch.  As there was only 21 watches produced there were all produced at the same time therefore all the watches have the same  manufacturing date of the final quarter of 1957. 

ROLEX SUBMARINER MISLUB Characteristics

As the divers asked for a specific bezel that would be easy to rotate while wearing their diving gloves Rolex created a bezel that was more extended making it much more helpful for the divers. The new bezels were made of German Silver, the dials were kept the same the only difference was that Rolex decided to replace the 200m=660ft with the 200/660 and change the color lettering of the Submariner with red. 

Want to learn more about Rolex History? Check out our article that describes how everything started. 

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