Rolex

The Rolex anchor is a recognizable symbol almost as powerful as the Rolex crown itself. These trinkets, for lack of a better word, accompanied New Rolex Submariner watches since the mid 1950’s and carried on through to about the early 2000’s. My focus her...  

Great resource nice read

But the rest you have to build up based of the limited resources available. Hopefully additions and corrections can be made for a complete reference. Bill

Thats why I love the contributions of watch prosite , is very educating , and more then once they helped to indentify a watch or prevented mi of buying a a vintage rolex fake . All details matter in once consideration in purchasing a vintage Rolex

.....also the first time I have seen this type of research. A resource keeper. What i would give for a 6200 anchor!!

And we are only talking about anchors. But I think this covers the early anchors well enough for now. Bill I will keep my eye out for your anchor.

Curiously we almost never see them, nor discuss them, by the way. I never saw a copper Anchor! One of these goodies to find and get for any Submariner Fan. Best, Nicolas

A powerful message in all the advertisements. Yes the copper anchors are rare but I think the 100/330 is the most rare. Bill

Very much enjoyed these educationa linesl but also fascinating little ad-on pieces of our beloved Subs.. Thx a lot, Bill ! Best, hs

There is a lot of Rolex ephemera booklets, guarantee, boxes etc but the anchor is the one they fearured most for marketing. Bill

Very interesting article, I learned a lot. This one will definitely be the reference post about anchors for me. Best, Mike

But a fun one as there is always something new we can learn. Bill

Thank you Best Mally

You are indeed a walking Rolex encyclopedia ! ;-) so much I have learnt from you and I believe I have more to too ! Shall tap on your knowledge occasionally :)

There are somany people here on the forum like Jeff, Marcello, Baron, Nico etc etc that add so much to the discussion that is what make this place fun. Bill

... aspect of our beloved Submariners Bill! Cordial regards, Abel.

The sum of the parts is much bigger than we think. Each piece tells a story. Bill

Thanks for the education Bill. I didn't know that these anchors existed in different colors. I may have a good time just collecting various Rolex anchors!

Its appearance and brillance leaves me perplexed, the M and W ? ...  

I will have another look. The other thing is the string.

No message body

This is though my watches no longer had it in the set,I wanted to keep the last of the production,year 2005 near,Rolex and very rare Tudor,of course NOS. ...  

do you know what watch a gold 300-1000 anchor would go to ?

I have a plain unmarked anchor I received with the Submariner I purchased in 1973. I am unable to find any information about it. ...  

Question- do you know why the Anchor ( symbol ) was chosen?

But not sure how I got it. Perhaps just hanging out in watch shops. I certainly don’t have the watch it came with, sadly. I assume it’s authentic… ...  

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Thanks for taking the time to post this valuable information. I had a feeling the gold one for for the gold Sub 😉

Thank you. Any idea why Rolex stopped including these with their watches?

Cheers! 🍻

I recently found this anchor in a thrift store. But it has no text running up the length of the anchor. Is it legitimate? ...  

any clue about what’s the watch model & approx date it was coming with ? ...