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Rolex Submariner Date Hulk 116610LV The “Hulk” — A Discontinued Rolex with a Story When Rolex replaced the 116610LV with the new 126610LV in September 2020, something was quietly retired that had never existed before: a Submariner in which both the dial and the ceramic bezel were finished in the same deep green. The successor — the 126610LV, now nicknamed the “Starbucks” by collectors — retained the green bezel but introduced a black dial. The all-green combination that defined the 116610LV was gone. That change cemented the 116610LV’s place in Rolex collector culture. The “Hulk” is now a closed chapter in Rolex’s production history — a 10-year run, September 2010 to September 2020, that produced a watch collectors immediately recognised as distinctive. A well-preserved 2016 example with full set documentation is not simply a used watch; it is a complete record of a specific moment in Rolex’s design history. Green on Green — Dial and Bezel The defining visual characteristic of the 116610LV is the combination of its deep green sunburst dial and its green Cerachrom ceramic bezel insert. On earlier Submariners, the green bezel was aluminium; the 116610LV was the first Submariner…