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<small>[[Reference:submariner|Submariner]] → '''116610LN'''</small>
<small>[[Reference:submariner|Submariner]] → '''116610LN'''</small>
 
[[File:Ref 116610LN hero.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Rolex Submariner Ref. 116610LN]]
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In 2010, the 116610LN became the first steel Submariner Date with a Cerachrom ceramic bezel insert, replacing the aluminum that had served every steel Submariner since the 1950s. The precious-metal 116619LB had introduced Cerachrom two years earlier, but the 116610LN was the mass-market rollout — and for most buyers, their first encounter with a ceramic-bezel Submariner.
In 2010, the 116610LN became the first steel Submariner Date with a Cerachrom ceramic bezel insert, replacing the aluminum that had served every steel Submariner since the 1950s. The precious-metal 116619LB had introduced Cerachrom two years earlier, but the 116610LN was the mass-market rollout — and for most buyers, their first encounter with a ceramic-bezel Submariner.
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== Case, bezel, crystal, and crown notes ==
== Case, bezel, crystal, and crown notes ==
[[File:Ref 116610LN detail 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Detail view]]


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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
[[File:Ref 116610LN hero 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Rolex Submariner Ref. 116610LN]]
* [https://monochrome-watches.com/rolex-submariner-history-part-2-the-55xx-1680references/ History of the Rolex Submariner - Part 2, The 55XX References and 1680 Date] — Tom Mulraney, Monochrome
* [https://monochrome-watches.com/rolex-submariner-history-part-2-the-55xx-1680references/ History of the Rolex Submariner - Part 2, The 55XX References and 1680 Date] — Tom Mulraney, Monochrome
* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/how-to-start-collecting-the-rolex-submariner The Rolex Submariner: A Complete Collector's Guide] — Stephen Pulvirent, Sotheby's
* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/how-to-start-collecting-the-rolex-submariner The Rolex Submariner: A Complete Collector's Guide] — Stephen Pulvirent, Sotheby's