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	<small>[[Reference:submariner\|Submariner]] -> '''MilSub'''</small>		<small>[[Reference:submariner\|Submariner]] › '''MilSub'''</small>

	The MilSub is the British military Submariner: a Rolex Submariner 5513 or 5517 case configured to Ministry of Defence specification and issued, in batches between roughly 1971 and 1979, to Royal Navy divers (the 0552 / 923-7697 line) and to British Army units including the SAS and Army Air Corps (the W10 line). The name describes a configuration rather than a reference family. A Submariner earns it by carrying fixed bars in the lugs, a fully graduated 60-minute bezel, sword hands, a T SWISS T tritium dial, and the broad-arrow caseback engraving that marks British Crown property.		The MilSub is the British military Submariner: a Rolex Submariner 5513 or 5517 case configured to Ministry of Defence specification and issued, in batches between roughly 1971 and 1979, to Royal Navy divers (the 0552 / 923-7697 line) and to British Army units including the SAS and Army Air Corps (the W10 line). The name describes a configuration rather than a reference family. A Submariner earns it by carrying fixed bars in the lugs, a fully graduated 60-minute bezel, sword hands, a T SWISS T tritium dial, and the broad-arrow caseback engraving that marks British Crown property.
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	* [[Reference:6538\|Submariner 6538]] — the A/6538 Special Boat Service precursor		* [[Reference:6538\|Submariner 6538]] — the A/6538 Special Boat Service precursor

	==Sources==		== Sources ==

	* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra		* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra

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	Batch 1 5513-only MilSubs trade lower than the headline numbers because of the more frequent service-component drift on early examples and the difficulty of separating an honest Batch 1 from a converted retail 5513. The cleanest Batch 1 lots still pull six figures when the chain of custody and the configuration both hold up; the spread is wider than it is on Batch 3.		Batch 1 5513-only MilSubs trade lower than the headline numbers because of the more frequent service-component drift on early examples and the difficulty of separating an honest Batch 1 from a converted retail 5513. The cleanest Batch 1 lots still pull six figures when the chain of custody and the configuration both hold up; the spread is wider than it is on Batch 3.


			== Related references ==

			* [[Reference:submariner\|Submariner family index]]
			* [[Reference:5513\|Submariner 5513]] — the base reference for most MilSubs
			* [[Reference:5517\|Submariner 5517]] — the dedicated military-issue reference
			* [[Reference:5512\|Submariner 5512]] — early crown-guard MilSub base
			* [[Reference:6538\|Submariner 6538]] — the A/6538 Special Boat Service precursor

	==Sources==		==Sources==

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	[[Category:Submariner]]		[[Category:Submariner]]
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