About this watch

The Rolex Submariner Date 41 Starbucks — black dial, green bezel, current generation The collector nickname tells the story: the Rolex Starbucks earned its name from the combination of a black dial and a green Cerachrom bezel, a colour pairing that reminded collectors of the coffee chain’s logo when the 126610LV launched in 2020. The name stuck. It is now the dominant search term for this reference. The 126610LV sits at the intersection of two lineages. It launched in August 2020 as the successor to the discontinued Hulk, returning a green Submariner Date to the catalogue but switching from the Hulk’s all-green dial-and-bezel configuration to a more versatile black dial with a green Cerachrom bezel. The black dial makes the 126610LV a more practical daily wear than the Hulk — green bezel presence, conventional legibility — and it connects directly to the original 2003 Kermit (16610LV), which was also a black dial and green bezel watch. The 2026 example in this listing is the MK2 bezel generation. In 2023, Rolex shifted the Starbucks bezel to a slightly warmer shade of green — less cool and blue-tinted than the original MK1, more vibrant in natural light. A 2026 production exampl…