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[[File:Ref 14060M hero.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Rolex Submariner Ref. 14060M]]

The 14060M is the last Rolex sport model with drilled lug holes, stamped bracelet clasp, stamped end links, and an aluminum bezel insert. When it was retired in 2012, it closed an era. Every Rolex sport watch that followed — the 114060, the 116610, the ceramic-bezel GMT and Explorer family — had already shed these features or was built without them. ~~The 14060M was the~~ last holdout~~. That~~ is the defining collector story for ~~this~~ reference.

The 14060M is the last Rolex sport model with drilled lug holes, stamped bracelet clasp, stamped end links, and an aluminum bezel insert. When it was retired in 2012, it closed an era. Every Rolex sport watch that followed — the 114060, the 116610, the ceramic-bezel GMT and Explorer family — had already shed these features or was built without them. That last-holdout status is the defining collector story for the reference.

The M suffix marks the movement upgrade from caliber 3000 (used in the predecessor 14060) to caliber 3130. Rolex introduced the 14060M around 2000 and kept it in production until 2012, when the ceramic-bezel 114060 took over. Across those twelve years, the reference split into two clearly distinct versions: the 2-line dial era (2000–mid-2007) and the 4-line COSC era (mid-2007 to 2012). Both share the defining characteristic — last Submariners in the old-school mold.

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When the 14060M was discontinued in 2012, Fratello’s retrospective (written by Mike Stockton, December 2016) called it “the last Rolex sport model to feature drilled through lug holes, a stamped bracelet clasp, stamped end links, and an aluminum bezel insert — all hallmarks of the original.”

~~Not~~ an accident of timing. The 16610, the date Submariner sibling, had already modernized in stages:

This was not an accident of timing. The 16610, the date Submariner sibling, had already modernized in stages. By 2001 the 16610 had lost its stamped end links, replaced by SEL (Super End Links), and in 2003 it lost its drilled lug holes.

By 2001 the 16610 had lost its stamped end links, replaced by SEL (Super End Links)~~. In~~ 2003 ~~the 16610~~ lost its drilled lug holes.

The 14060M kept all four old-line features until 2012. Collectors who want the last expression of the original Submariner specification, with modern caliber and sapphire crystal, have only one option.

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 [[File:Ref 14060M hero.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Rolex Submariner Ref. 14060M]]
-The 14060M is the last Rolex sport model with drilled lug holes, stamped bracelet clasp, stamped end links, and an aluminum bezel insert. When it was retired in 2012, it closed an era. Every Rolex sport watch that followed — the 114060, the 116610, the ceramic-bezel GMT and Explorer family — had already shed these features or was built without them. The 14060M was the last holdout. That is the defining collector story for this reference.
+The 14060M is the last Rolex sport model with drilled lug holes, stamped bracelet clasp, stamped end links, and an aluminum bezel insert. When it was retired in 2012, it closed an era. Every Rolex sport watch that followed — the 114060, the 116610, the ceramic-bezel GMT and Explorer family — had already shed these features or was built without them. That last-holdout status is the defining collector story for the reference.
 The M suffix marks the movement upgrade from caliber 3000 (used in the predecessor 14060) to caliber 3130. Rolex introduced the 14060M around 2000 and kept it in production until 2012, when the ceramic-bezel 114060 took over. Across those twelve years, the reference split into two clearly distinct versions: the 2-line dial era (2000–mid-2007) and the 4-line COSC era (mid-2007 to 2012). Both share the defining characteristic — last Submariners in the old-school mold.
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 When the 14060M was discontinued in 2012, Fratello’s retrospective (written by Mike Stockton, December 2016) called it “the last Rolex sport model to feature drilled through lug holes, a stamped bracelet clasp, stamped end links, and an aluminum bezel insert — all hallmarks of the original.”
-Not an accident of timing. The 16610, the date Submariner sibling, had already modernized in stages:
+This was not an accident of timing. The 16610, the date Submariner sibling, had already modernized in stages. By 2001 the 16610 had lost its stamped end links, replaced by SEL (Super End Links), and in 2003 it lost its drilled lug holes.
-By 2001 the 16610 had lost its stamped end links, replaced by SEL (Super End Links). In 2003 the 16610 lost its drilled lug holes.
 The 14060M kept all four old-line features until 2012. Collectors who want the last expression of the original Submariner specification, with modern caliber and sapphire crystal, have only one option.