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<small>[[Reference:submariner|Submariner]] → '''14060M'''</small> | <small>[[Reference:submariner|Submariner]] → '''14060M'''</small> | ||
[[File:Ref 14060M hero.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Rolex Submariner Ref. 14060M]] | [[File:Ref 14060M hero.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Rolex Submariner Ref. 14060M (Bob's Watches)]] | ||
The 14060M is the last Rolex sport model with drilled lug holes, a stamped bracelet clasp, stamped end links, and an aluminum bezel insert. When Rolex retired it in 2012, every successor — the 114060, the 116610, the ceramic-bezel GMT and Explorer family — had already shed those features or had never carried them. That last-holdout status is the reference’s defining collector story. | The 14060M is the last Rolex sport model with drilled lug holes, a stamped bracelet clasp, stamped end links, and an aluminum bezel insert. When Rolex retired it in 2012, every successor — the 114060, the 116610, the ceramic-bezel GMT and Explorer family — had already shed those features or had never carried them. That last-holdout status is the reference’s defining collector story. | ||
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== Case, bezel, crystal, and crown == | == Case, bezel, crystal, and crown == | ||
[[File:Ref 14060M detail.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Detail view]] | [[File:Ref 14060M detail.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Detail view (Bob's Watches)]] | ||
The case is 40mm 904L stainless steel with crown guards. Slimmer and more tapered than the later 114060 Maxi case, this profile is itself part of what connects the 14060M to its predecessors. Lug holes are present on early examples and were removed around 2003. | The case is 40mm 904L stainless steel with crown guards. Slimmer and more tapered than the later 114060 Maxi case, this profile is itself part of what connects the 14060M to its predecessors. Lug holes are present on early examples and were removed around 2003. | ||
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== Special branches == | == Special branches == | ||
[[File:Ref 14060M hero 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Rolex Submariner Ref. 14060M]] | [[File:Ref 14060M hero 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Rolex Submariner Ref. 14060M (Monochrome)]] | ||
No military or retailer-specific variants are known for the 14060M. The main collector split is the 2-liner versus 4-liner, which functions as two distinct sub-references within one reference number, further subdivided by the presence or absence of lug holes. | No military or retailer-specific variants are known for the 14060M. The main collector split is the 2-liner versus 4-liner, which functions as two distinct sub-references within one reference number, further subdivided by the presence or absence of lug holes. | ||