有關RED SUB年份似乎也有不同看法, 請看此Rolex 1979年的 Red Sub 的 Booklet (請看右上方年份為1979年, 是否可合理猜測其5xxxxxx 序號之前, 仍有可能生產過 Red Sub ?? 這個red printing 與一般須短於 660ft=200m 好像也不同 ( 似乎是等長? ) .. 如何證實 有或沒有生產 ?? 許多爭議 往往連ROLEX自己都不給答案的 ?? )

以下摘錄網路資料…參考參考.... One of the many questions that are asked about the Red Submariner has to do with the length of its production run. The general school of thought is that production for the 1680 submariner was approximately 1966 to 1980 when it was superseded by the first sapphire crystal equipped Submariner, 16800. Within this 12 year period the Red Submariner is widely believed to be produced for the first 6 years, ?6-73. Although this would seem equal in length to the later White Submariner, ie 73 - 80, it must be remembered that many original Red Submariners have now been serviced and as such, many would have had their original red dials replaced with the standard white dials. Although it has been said that it was between 66-73, this cannot be certain. There are at least two issues that throw some doubt on this statement. The first being the existence of various publicity photos of this watch being used to publicise the Submariner as late as 1979, 6 years after the supposed white Submariner had been introduced. For example a Bucherer catalogue (a leading Swiss seller of Rolexes) dated January 1974 show the Red variety of Submariner and National Geographic magazines carrying Rolex adverts again show the Red variety and are dated November 1975. I believe that these photos do not represent the actual watch being produced at the time. Rolex, or their advertising agencies, were simply using stock photographs to show the Submariner and whether the writing was in red or white was academic, at the end of the day the picture was of a 1680 Submariner, the watch being produced and sold at the time. This argument is strengthened by an even more potentially damaging piece of advertising. Most watches supplied by Rolex have a booklet included to show and explain the function of a particular watch. One of these booklets for the Submariner/Sea-Dweller range clearly shows the Red Submariner, yet its publication date is IX 1979.