Description: Pharaohs buried within gold, Queens crowned beneath it, weapons and otherwise made immortal in honeyed skin.

Hercules and his fruit, golden apples of the Hesperides, hiding between the rind of a forever youth. Throughout all humanity, aureate practice is celebration – things venerated and accomplished, be it tool or title, are entrenched beneath sunset recital and, being moored, made more. Submariners, by rigorous trial, soon became template to excursion – more than an accessory, a necessity; to see, to time, to survive. Rolex recognized in their marquee a Titan, and, in forging the Submariner of gold, crowned their Poseidon. One-thousand foot waterstop, bi-directional bezel, tritium lume, classic case shape – everything loved about vintage Subs…

Only gold. Only better.

Our 16618 Submariner is a beautiful example whose blue dial transforms purple beneath indirect light. The case appears unpolished, its sloping chamfers taper softly toward lug’s end. Yellow gold dial furniture adorning the hands and indices remains untarnished and very fine.

Case: 18k Yellow Gold, unpolished

Insert: Aluminum Blue

Dial: Direct sunlight – Blue, Indirect – Purple

Bracelet: 18k Yellow Gold, unpolished, tightly linked