Which Swiss luxury watch brand is known for its “Submariner”? Rolex is the answer. The Rolex Submariner is a professional diving-watch line introduced in the early 1950s and publicly presented at the 1954 Basel Watch Fair.
The model became famous for combining practical underwater equipment with a refined everyday design. Its defining features include a rotating bezel, which helps divers track elapsed immersion time, and a screw-down crown. Modern Submariner models are rated to 300 metres, or 1,000 feet, of water resistance. The watch is part of Rolex’s Professional series.
The Submariner is sometimes confused with other celebrated Swiss dive watches, especially the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, which also dates to the early 1950s. Rolex’s model is additionally embedded in popular culture: Sean Connery wore a Submariner in several early James Bond films. “Submariner” is therefore a Rolex model family, not the name of a separate brand.