Post by rw16610 on Sept 4, 2013 17:35:28 GMT -6
After doing further research online and looking through my collection I decided to post some pictures, giving a closer look.
In the late 1980's / Early 1990's the anchors no longer had the string like the other hang tags and was fitted with a chain. The earlier ones / first generation had a "flat 3" like this:
And also, the number one on the other side to show 1,000 feet was just a stick, like this:
The later models / second generation as you can see in the pictures below have the round number 3 in 300 and the 1 in 1,000 is no longer just a stick and now has the little part at the top sort of like it does on computers:
Although I only have 1 4,000 ft Sea-Dweller anchor it would appear that the "second generation" from the 1990's has the same thing done to the number one:
Now around the Submariner's actual 50th Anniversary in 2003 they made the third and final generation of these anchors. They were a bit bigger, not as shiny, had the flat 3 in 300, the chain was thicker and also had a bar at the end:
In this picture here it shows the first generation that has a thinner chain without the bar just like the second generation anchors:
While I was going through all of these items I decided to take some pictures of the Sea-Dweller tool kit and some of it's contents:
One still sealed from Rolex
In the late 1980's / Early 1990's the anchors no longer had the string like the other hang tags and was fitted with a chain. The earlier ones / first generation had a "flat 3" like this:
And also, the number one on the other side to show 1,000 feet was just a stick, like this:
The later models / second generation as you can see in the pictures below have the round number 3 in 300 and the 1 in 1,000 is no longer just a stick and now has the little part at the top sort of like it does on computers:
Although I only have 1 4,000 ft Sea-Dweller anchor it would appear that the "second generation" from the 1990's has the same thing done to the number one:
Now around the Submariner's actual 50th Anniversary in 2003 they made the third and final generation of these anchors. They were a bit bigger, not as shiny, had the flat 3 in 300, the chain was thicker and also had a bar at the end:
In this picture here it shows the first generation that has a thinner chain without the bar just like the second generation anchors:
While I was going through all of these items I decided to take some pictures of the Sea-Dweller tool kit and some of it's contents:
One still sealed from Rolex
They certainly are tough to come by as a lot of enthusiasts are hanging onto them. The anchors and Sea-Dweller tool kit's are pretty much my favourite items in my collection. The Flat 3 on the anniversary anchors seems to go hand in hand with the fact the first edition 16610LV Submariner's had a flat 4 on the bezel insert as one of the ways to distinguish it from the very similar inserts from the following years. Here is a closeup of the anniversary bezel:
