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=== The 2-line question ===

The 114060 carries ~~a 2-line~~ dial: "SUBMARINER" ~~and~~ the depth rating. ~~There is~~ no ~~chronometer text~~, ~~a deliberate~~ return to the clean ~~layout~~ the ~~14060M had left behind with its 4-liner "Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified~~." The 114060 is COSC-certified but does not announce the fact on the dial. That places it in an unusual position in Submariner history: the original 14060 carried a 2-line dial because it was not COSC-certified; the late 14060M carried a 4-line dial because it was certified and Rolex wanted to say so; the 114060 carries a 2-line dial despite being certified. The layout is a design choice, not a specification limitation.

The 114060 carries four lines of lower dial text: "SUBMARINER," the depth rating, and "SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED." It keeps the symmetrical no-date layout, but it does not return to the sparse 2-line lower dial of the original 14060 or early 14060M. The clean look comes from the absence of a date window and Cyclops, not from the absence of chronometer text. The 114060 is COSC-certified but does not announce the fact on the dial. That places it in an unusual position in Submariner history: the original 14060 carried a 2-line dial because it was not COSC-certified; the late 14060M carried a 4-line dial because it was certified and Rolex wanted to say so; the 114060 carries a 2-line dial despite being certified. The layout is a design choice, not a specification limitation.

For collectors who care about dial typography, the 114060 is the modern reference that most closely echoes the spare look of the original 14060 — a COSC-grade movement sitting behind a visually uncluttered face.

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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.

The finishing leans modern: brushed top surfaces with mirror-polished case flanks, the polished sides catching light along the wider lugs.

The same 40mm diameter does not translate to the same wrist feel. The Maxi Case is larger and heavier; the wider lugs spread the visual footprint; the crown guards read as more substantial. Some collectors prefer the heft and presence. Others miss the slimmer five-digit proportions. That preference split is one reason the 114060 has become collectible — it is the last Submariner to offer this 40mm Maxi case before Rolex moved the line to 41mm.

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 === The 2-line question ===
-The 114060 carries a 2-line dial: "SUBMARINER" and the depth rating. There is no chronometer text, a deliberate return to the clean layout the 14060M had left behind with its 4-liner "Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified." The 114060 is COSC-certified but does not announce the fact on the dial. That places it in an unusual position in Submariner history: the original 14060 carried a 2-line dial because it was not COSC-certified; the late 14060M carried a 4-line dial because it was certified and Rolex wanted to say so; the 114060 carries a 2-line dial despite being certified. The layout is a design choice, not a specification limitation.
+The 114060 carries four lines of lower dial text: "SUBMARINER," the depth rating, and "SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED." It keeps the symmetrical no-date layout, but it does not return to the sparse 2-line lower dial of the original 14060 or early 14060M. The clean look comes from the absence of a date window and Cyclops, not from the absence of chronometer text. The 114060 is COSC-certified but does not announce the fact on the dial. That places it in an unusual position in Submariner history: the original 14060 carried a 2-line dial because it was not COSC-certified; the late 14060M carried a 4-line dial because it was certified and Rolex wanted to say so; the 114060 carries a 2-line dial despite being certified. The layout is a design choice, not a specification limitation.
 For collectors who care about dial typography, the 114060 is the modern reference that most closely echoes the spare look of the original 14060 — a COSC-grade movement sitting behind a visually uncluttered face.
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 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.
+The finishing leans modern: brushed top surfaces with mirror-polished case flanks, the polished sides catching light along the wider lugs.
 The same 40mm diameter does not translate to the same wrist feel. The Maxi Case is larger and heavier; the wider lugs spread the visual footprint; the crown guards read as more substantial. Some collectors prefer the heft and presence. Others miss the slimmer five-digit proportions. That preference split is one reason the 114060 has become collectible — it is the last Submariner to offer this 40mm Maxi case before Rolex moved the line to 41mm.