Rolex Submariner 1680 Two Tone Nipple Dial

One of these things is not like the other. What you're looking at is a 100% Genuine Rolex Submariner Reference 1680, produced circa 1978. While Two-Tone Submariners are by no means a rarity, technically speaking this watch doesn't actually exist. Well, of course it exists - it just wasn't born this way.   That's right - in 1978, Rolex wasn't producing any Two-Tone Submariner models at the factory.  Their instantly-recognizable Two-Tone Oysters were limited to Datejusts, Thunderbirds, and GMT-Masters, and their Submariner line was only produced in solid gold or steel. But that didn't stop consumers from wanting one - a fact that clearly led to their "formal" introduction in subsequent generations a few years into the 1980s. So many buyers wanted one, in fact, that modifications became almost commonplace at the dealer level. Altering a steel model was actually fairly straightforward, and could be accomplished using genuine parts from the other models in the line. Starting with t