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<small>[[Reference:submariner|Submariner]] › '''5514'''</small> | <small>[[Reference:submariner|Submariner]] › '''5514'''</small> | ||
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The 5514 is the COMEX Submariner: a 5513-derived case fitted with a helium escape valve (HEV) and supplied to Compagnie Maritime d'Expertises, the Marseille saturation-diving outfit that supplied divers to the offshore oil and gas industry. The dedicated 5514 reference exists from circa 1972, codifying the Submariner-HEV-COMEX product after a 1970–71 prototype run on modified 5513 cases. Production ran roughly 1972 to 1978. Total program output is genuinely contested across the auction record — the often-repeated "approximately 154 pieces" figure is challenged by Corrado Mattarelli, who documents at least three production batches with distinct caseback engraving sizes and argues the true number is materially higher. | The 5514 is the COMEX Submariner: a 5513-derived case fitted with a helium escape valve (HEV) and supplied to Compagnie Maritime d'Expertises, the Marseille saturation-diving outfit that supplied divers to the offshore oil and gas industry. The dedicated 5514 reference exists from circa 1972, codifying the Submariner-HEV-COMEX product after a 1970–71 prototype run on modified 5513 cases. Production ran roughly 1972 to 1978. Total program output is genuinely contested across the auction record — the often-repeated "approximately 154 pieces" figure is challenged by Corrado Mattarelli, who documents at least three production batches with distinct caseback engraving sizes and argues the true number is materially higher. | ||
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== Historical market and auction record == | == Historical market and auction record == | ||
[[File:Ref 5514 full.jpg|thumb|right|250px|alt=COMEX dive watch, diver numbered|COMEX dive watch, diver numbered]] | [[File:Ref 5514 full.jpg|thumb|right|250px|alt=COMEX dive watch, diver numbered|COMEX dive watch, diver numbered]] | ||