Help me identify my Rolex

[miles_wor]

ive got this one from my grandpa and i cant find any info about it so i wonder whats it model and whats it was made also price

[MonBK]

Why have you dotted out the model number?

[miles_wor]

this one the sn without dot

[MILGAUSS88]

I believe it is called the "Submarine".
NOT Submariner.

[MILGAUSS88]

Dial looks redone or replaced.

[MonBK]

Originally Posted by miles_wor

this one the sn without dot

Can't read it!

[miles_wor]

Originally Posted by MonBK

Can't read it!

this might be helpful

[MonBK]

That does not look like a Rolex model number!

[MILGAUSS88]

Originally Posted by MonBK

That does not look like a Rolex model number!

Early watches did not have reference number.
That is a case serial number.

[MILGAUSS88]

Here is an example found on internet.
Difficult to Google since submarine is so close to submariner.

[MonBK]

Originally Posted by MILGAUSS88

Early watches did not have reference number.
That is a cas serial number.

So it's a 1938 watch?

[miles_wor]

Originally Posted by MILGAUSS88

Here is an example found on internet.
Difficult to Google since submarine is so close to submariner.

Thank alot guys

[MILGAUSS88]

Originally Posted by MonBK

So it's a 1938 watch?

No, watch came out in 1922.

Google Rolex Hermetic watch, 1922, to learn more about it.

[crowncollection]

Originally Posted by miles_wor

ive got this one from my grandpa and i cant find any info about it so i wonder whats it model and whats it was made also price

It's Rolex submarine, most did not have the name printed in the dial. It's was Rolexes first attempt at a waterproof watch. These were sold to the old British empire particularly Singapore, Burma, India as in the humidity watches rusted in months and dials were damaged by water/humidity ingress constantly.

It came in silver, and yellow gold 9 ct, 14ct like yours and its rarest in 18ct case. The design was superseded as the waterproof crown invented and was more practice and long lasting. As the case was opened to wind it daily the soft metals used wore out the threads and the design failed. It's an interesting piece of Rolex history and quite rare. Not sure your dial is original but I can't be sure You don't see many of these around.. Here's my engine turned steel dial version.






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[Andad]

Originally Posted by MonBK

Why have you dotted out the model number?

Originally Posted by MonBK

Can't read it!

Originally Posted by MonBK

That does not look like a Rolex model number!

Originally Posted by MonBK

So it's a 1938 watch?

Tough crowd Mon.

[MonBK]

Originally Posted by directioneng

Tough crowd Mon.

Can't win them all.

I'm still not convinced that's a serial number!

[dysondiver]

like the idea ,,, nice as a curiosity

[MILGAUSS88]

Originally Posted by MonBK

I'm still not convinced that's a serial number!

Early Rolex cases were out sourced. I am not sure what year they started making them in house.
But I believe this case was still from the out sourced era. Meaning the case serial number had nothing to do with the Rolex production numbers.

I have a 1917 Rolex, with a screw back case and what appears to be an early version of the knurled case back that we are familiar with on today's watches. That case has a case makers mark and the W & D mark to show it was made for Rolex.
So, it looks like Rolex was thinking about the seal on the case very early on.

Screw back cases are very unusual on early wristwatches, and you will see alot of damaged cases, because jewelers assumed that they were snap back cases and tried to pry them open. So, it appears to me that it had to be a conscious decision to do this, rather than a happy accident.