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|title=Rolex Submariner 114060 (2012–2020) — Production & Dial Guide | Rolexopedia

Caliber 3130 is an automatic no-date movement with COSC chronometer certification, running at 28,800 vph and storing about 48 hours of power reserve. The same caliber powered the late 14060M, so the movement is carryover rather than new. Regulation is handled by a Parachrom blue hairspring — Rolex's paramagnetic alloy spring, more resistant to magnetic fields, temperature change, and shock than a traditional spring — together with Microstella regulating nuts on the balance.

The 114060 was the last Submariner to run the 3130. Its successor, the 124060, moved to caliber 3230 with the 70-hour reserve and the Chronergy escapement, closing out the 3130 era in the no-date line.

The dial is glossy black with applied white-gold Maxi markers and larger Mercedes hands. "Maxi" in this context refers to marker and hand proportions — bigger lume plots and wider hands than the five-digit 14060 and 14060M carried, sized to match the wider Maxi Case.

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All markers and hands use Chromalight, Rolex's long-emission lume, which glows blue where the older Super-LumiNova glowed green. Owners posting on the Rolex forums put useful legibility at three to seven-plus hours in complete darkness, the spread depending on how much light the dial had taken beforehand. The "SWISS MADE" text sits at 6 o'clock.

The case is 40mm 904L stainless steel in the Maxi format — wider lugs and more pronounced crown guards than the slim five-digit case used on the 14060 and 14060M, about 12.5mm thick with a 48mm lug-to-lug span, and no drilled lug holes.

Finishing follows the modern Professional pattern, brushed across the top surfaces and mirror-polished on the flanks, so the wider lugs throw a hard line of light down each side.

A shared 40mm diameter does not mean a shared wrist feel. Set next to a 14060M, the Maxi case looks and weighs like the larger watch. Collectors split on it, some wanting the heft and presence, others missing the slimmer five-digit proportions, and that split is part of why the 114060 has become collectible. It is the last Submariner to offer the 40mm Maxi case before Rolex moved the line to 41mm.

The inner rehaut is engraved with repeating "ROLEX" text and the serial number at the 6 o'clock position — standard on all 114060 examples, matching the engraved rehaut introduced on the 4-liner 14060M from 2007.

The clasp date codes tabulated in the Field Manual stop at RS = 2010, which leaves every 114060 clasp past the end of the published chart. Whether the coding system carried on unchanged after that point is not recorded. An "S" stamp on any Rolex clasp denotes a service replacement.

A period-correct 114060 comes in the green Rolex box with its white or green outer sleeve, the green warranty card, booklets, and hang tags. Rolex changed the warranty card format somewhere inside this window, and the precise sequence of packaging variations across 2012 to 2020 has not been mapped.

Collectors sometimes call the 114060 the “last small Sub” because the 124060 moved to a 41mm case. That is a size comparison, not an official designation. The reference combines a 40mm case, ceramic bezel, four-line no-date dial and 3130 movement; preferences between it and the 124060 depend on case size, movement and individual condition.

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Ref 114060 dial.webp|Four-line no-date dial

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* [https://monochrome-watches.com/rolex-submariner-history-part-2-the-55xx-1680references/ History of the Rolex Submariner - Part 2, The 55XX References and 1680 Date] — Tom Mulraney, Monochrome

* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/how-to-start-collecting-the-rolex-submariner The Rolex Submariner: A Complete Collector's Guide] — Stephen Pulvirent, Sotheby's

* [https://timeandtidewatches.com/rolex-submariner-114060-review/ Rolex Submariner 114060 Review] — Andrew McUtchen, Time and Tide Watches

* [https://www.ablogtowatch.com/rolex-submariner-114060-review/ Rolex Submariner 114060 Review] — Ariel Adams, aBlogtoWatch

* [https://professionalwatches.com/rolex-submariner-reference-guide/ Rolex Submariner Reference Guide] — Professional Watches editorial, Professional Watches