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<small>[[Reference:submariner|Submariner]] → '''16618'''</small> | <small>[[Reference:submariner|Submariner]] → '''16618'''</small> | ||
[[File:Ref 16618 blue-dial. | [[File:Ref 16618 blue-dial.webp|thumb|right|300px|Rolex Submariner 16618 — 18k yellow gold with blue dial and bezel]] | ||
The 16618 is the full 18k yellow gold Submariner Date with caliber 3135 — the peak material expression of the 3135-era Submariner generation. It replaced the 16808 around 1988 and ran until the ceramic-bezel 116618 took over around 2008–2009, giving it a roughly twenty-year production window that mirrors the two-tone 16613 running alongside it. Every internal evolution the 16613 received, the 16618 also received: lume transitions, bracelet upgrades, and rehaut engraving all happened in both references across the same timeframe. Twenty years under one reference number meant steady refinement rather than revolution. | The 16618 is the full 18k yellow gold Submariner Date with caliber 3135 — the peak material expression of the 3135-era Submariner generation. It replaced the 16808 around 1988 and ran until the ceramic-bezel 116618 took over around 2008–2009, giving it a roughly twenty-year production window that mirrors the two-tone 16613 running alongside it. Every internal evolution the 16613 received, the 16618 also received: lume transitions, bracelet upgrades, and rehaut engraving all happened in both references across the same timeframe. Twenty years under one reference number meant steady refinement rather than revolution. | ||
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== Dial map == | == Dial map == | ||
[[File:Ref 16618 champagne-serti. | [[File:Ref 16618 champagne-serti.webp|thumb|right|250px|Champagne Serti dial variant with diamond hour markers and sapphire indices]] | ||
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