Rolex | Submariner, Reference 5513, A stainless steel wristwatch with pointed crown guards and underline gilt dial, Retailed by Serpico Y Laino, Circa 1963 | 勞力士 | Submariner 型號5513 精鋼鏈帶腕錶，備尖形錶冠護橋及漆製錶盤，由 Serpico Y Laino 發行，約1962年製

Year 1962 was a transitional year for Rolex and the Submariner as Rolex introduced the less expensive reference 5513. The reference 5513 was a non chronometer tested movement therefore more commercial. Like with all chronometer tested watches, Rolex signs the dial accordingly to confirm the testing. There is anomaly, however, with the reference 5512. Examples can be found with the COSC signature and without the COSC signature. Meaning there are 2 liner 5512 and 4 liner 5512. It was also common in this transitional period to find early 5513s with a 4 liner dial, where it should only have 2 lines.

The present watch is one of these anomalies, as we have a 5512 with chronometer tested movement, caliber 1560 but with only 2 lines of text and no COSC signature. It is possible that Rolex omitted the text in order to make room for the retail signature, which renders the watch even rarer as it is signed Serpico Y Laino, the famous retailer in Venezuela, Caracas.

Furthermore, as expected for a watch made in 1963, the dial has an underline to indicate the use of tritium rather than radium. In addition with a Coronet that is more broad and more wide at the bottom.

Consigned by an astute private collector, the present watch is an incredibly rare variant with a pointed crown guard and rarest still, a retailer's signature on the dial.