Reference:16618: Difference between revisions

<small>[[Reference:submariner|Submariner]] → '''16618'''</small>

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.