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<small>[[Reference:submariner|Submariner]] › '''5510'''</small> | <small>[[Reference:submariner|Submariner]] › '''5510'''</small> | ||
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The 5510 is the final big-crown Submariner. It closes the no-crown-guard 6200/6538 lineage and is the first reference fitted with caliber 1530, the architecture that goes on to power early 5512 and 5513 production. The combination — 8mm Brevet crown and slim no-crown-guard case from the 6538 era, with the next generation's running gear underneath — is what makes a one-year reference one of the rarest steel Submariners. Auction-house catalogs converge on roughly 300 examples produced (Phillips, Sotheby's, Bonhams); Fratello reads the figure as 500 and dealer copy as up to 1000. The 300-figure dominates auction-house text without primary citation, and the higher numbers appear in editorial without one — a defensible band runs 300–600. | The 5510 is the final big-crown Submariner. It closes the no-crown-guard 6200/6538 lineage and is the first reference fitted with caliber 1530, the architecture that goes on to power early 5512 and 5513 production. The combination — 8mm Brevet crown and slim no-crown-guard case from the 6538 era, with the next generation's running gear underneath — is what makes a one-year reference one of the rarest steel Submariners. Auction-house catalogs converge on roughly 300 examples produced (Phillips, Sotheby's, Bonhams); Fratello reads the figure as 500 and dealer copy as up to 1000. The 300-figure dominates auction-house text without primary citation, and the higher numbers appear in editorial without one — a defensible band runs 300–600. | ||
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The 5510 carries the "James Bond big crown" nickname through family resemblance to the 6538. The on-screen Goldfinger (1964) watch is canonically the 6538, documented across Rolex Magazine and Hodinkee's million-dollar 6538 piece. Horologium's December 2010 5510 notes are direct: "there is no clear evidence that 007 (Sean Connery incarnation) wore the 5510 in his Bond films." Forum analysis kept the 5510 alternative alive for years; the surviving primary photographic evidence places the Goldfinger crown on the 6538. Dealers and auction copy still call the 5510 "James Bond big crown" by association. | The 5510 carries the "James Bond big crown" nickname through family resemblance to the 6538. The on-screen Goldfinger (1964) watch is canonically the 6538, documented across Rolex Magazine and Hodinkee's million-dollar 6538 piece. Horologium's December 2010 5510 notes are direct: "there is no clear evidence that 007 (Sean Connery incarnation) wore the 5510 in his Bond films." Forum analysis kept the 5510 alternative alive for years; the surviving primary photographic evidence places the Goldfinger crown on the 6538. Dealers and auction copy still call the 5510 "James Bond big crown" by association. | ||
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