Although all Rolex Submariner 6536 replica watches were originally equipped with gold-plated “gilt” hour and minute hands, there are surprising variations on the hands of the 6536. Furthermore, when Rolex created the Submariner 6536, the model’s now-iconic “Mercedes” hands had replaced the original “pencil” style. However, it wasn’t until the production of the Model 6536 that its Mercedes-style hour hand took on the appearance we know today.
Similar to the early red depth dials, some of the earliest examples of the Submariner 6536/8 and Submariner 6536-1 featured a “long-neck” hour hand that had a significantly longer section connecting the “Mercedes” logo to the base of the hand (similar to the Mercedes hour hand style on the older Submariner 6200). In addition, when Rolex updated the case for the reference 6536-1, the mute and seconds hands grew slightly to better accommodate the slightly different dial diameter.
Finally, the second hand itself has undergone some minor updates throughout the production of the Submariner 6536. In addition to the continued reduction in the size of the luminous zone, the finish of the hands has also changed. Some of the earliest examples had white painted seconds hands, while those produced near the end of the Submariner 6536’s production cycle would have a gold-plated finish to match the rest of the hands.
Like the dial and hands, the bezel inserts mounted on the Rolex Submariner replica watches come in a range of variations. While they are both made of black anodized aluminum and have a 60-minute scale, they can be found with or without individual minute markers for the first 15 minutes, as well as with or without the famous inverted red triangle at the zero markers.
The earliest versions originally came with an all-black “No-Hash” bezel insert, which largely followed the design of the earliest Submariner bezels and lacked separate minute markers for the first 15 minutes. From here, red triangles are added to the zero markers, although it is not until near the end of the production cycle of reference 6536 that the first 15 minutes of individual hash values are added to the bezel’s scale. With this in mind, not all of these later hash marks have inverted red triangles on the bezel, and you will sometimes encounter vintage fake Rolex Submariner 6536 bezels without red triangles.