My Rolex Submariner ref:1680 with Mk1 dial, from 1979.

Being picky, I spent quite a while looking for one of these. Good examples at the time were few and far between. This example just ticks all the boxes for me in terms of patina and condition. It’s a cracker.

Ordinarily I don’t like Subs with a date window, but this is the only reference which I make an exception for. Rolex just nailed the design here. So many good details to take in. And that plexi….