The 6200 is a reference produced about 1954. The final date's are not sure yet. There was only a small number of production in a tied serial range 31.9xx - 32.2xx. With 3 different dial versions. It was the first big crown (8 mm winding crown) and is the mother of all Submariners and Seadweller to me! The movement was the cal. A296/775 bubbleback. It has a great 'super domed' plexi and was the first Sub with 200 mtr's water-resistant. Smallcrowns are 100 mtr.
Later it was followed by the ref 6538 and 5510 with 1030 movement. Before end of the '50th Rolex came up with the ref. 5512 with crown guards as they still have today (in different shape so).
What we often see on the 6200 is that they many surface in the USA. And that a lot of them have military provenance. Like this one.
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