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Lot Essay
Reference 5513 was launched in 1962 and depth rated to 200 meters (660 feet). Manufactured in the first year of production for this model, the case back is stamped '1.62', providing information that it was in fact manufactured during the first quarter of the first year of the reference production.
The present model also features a gilt dial with silver two-line printing and "Exclamation Dial," making this watch a very rare and desirable timepiece. The “Exclamation Dial” nickname comes from the fact that there is an extra small luminous dot below the rectangular marker at 6 o’clock that allows the rectangle and dot to resemble an exclamation point.
Exclamation Dials were used by Rolex as a means to indicate that the radium used on the dial to make it luminous was within the norm approved by the Atomic Energy Commission in the U.S. These types of dials are found only on models from the late 1950s to early 1960s. The radioactive radium used on luminous watch dials in the first part of the 20th century was replaced in the middle of the century by less harmful tritium.
The present watch is preserved in excellent condition with no service marks to the back. It is truly an outstanding example of an early reference 5513.
The present model also features a gilt dial with silver two-line printing and "Exclamation Dial," making this watch a very rare and desirable timepiece. The “Exclamation Dial” nickname comes from the fact that there is an extra small luminous dot below the rectangular marker at 6 o’clock that allows the rectangle and dot to resemble an exclamation point.
Exclamation Dials were used by Rolex as a means to indicate that the radium used on the dial to make it luminous was within the norm approved by the Atomic Energy Commission in the U.S. These types of dials are found only on models from the late 1950s to early 1960s. The radioactive radium used on luminous watch dials in the first part of the 20th century was replaced in the middle of the century by less harmful tritium.
The present watch is preserved in excellent condition with no service marks to the back. It is truly an outstanding example of an early reference 5513.