WatchdivesWD5513B
Homage to the Rolex Military Submariner (5513/5517)
about$239
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The Watchdives WD5513B is a homage to the Rolex Military Submariner (5513/5517), with a 40.7 mm case, 0.7 mm larger. It uses an automatic movement and is water resistant to 200 m. It costs about $239 at the official store.
Side by side with the original
Compared with reference 5513/5517. Values marked ≈ are estimates, such as a reviewer's measurement.
| Spec | WD5513B | Military Submariner (5513/5517) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case diameter | ≈ 40.7 mm | 40 mm | +0.7 mm |
| Lug-to-lug | 48 mm | Not published | Can't compare |
| Thickness | 12.5 mm | Not published | Can't compare |
| Lug width | 20 mm | Not published | Can't compare |
| Water resistance | 200 m | 200 m | |
| Movement | Automatic, PT5000 / PT5004 | Automatic, 1520 | |
| Power reserve | Not published | Not published | |
| Crystal | Sapphire, high clear AR coating | Acrylic | |
| Bezel | 120-click unidirectional rotating, Aluminum | Rotating, graduated for the full 60 minutes, Black anodised aluminium | |
| Case material | 316L stainless steel | Stainless steel | |
| Lume | Swiss Super Luminous BGW9 or C3, hands and markers | Tritium | |
| Bracelet | 316L stainless steel, 20 mm tapering to 16 mm | Nylon pass-through strap, fixed lug bars | |
| Weight | Not published | Not published |
The original
Rolex
Military Submariner
Reference 5513/5517, british ministry of defence issue, 40 mm (c. 1971-1979)
- Case
- 40 mm
- Lug-to-lug
- Not published
- Thickness
- Not published
- Water resistance
- 200 m
- Movement
- Automatic, 1520
- List price
- Not published
Why it scores as it does
Proportions and movement are computed from specs. Design details and functions are judged from the brand's official images. How we score
Lug-to-lug is neither published nor measured for one of the two watches, so there is not enough data to score.
Proportions— / 30
- Case diameter9.2 / 120.7 mm apart
- Lug-to-lug0 / 8Not published, left out
- Thickness0 / 6Not published, left out
- Lug width0 / 4Not published, left out
Design signatures— / 40
- Wide sword-shaped hour and minute hands with an arrow-tipped seconds hand12 / 12Wide sword-shaped hour and minute hands with an arrow-tipped seconds hand on every listed dial, in the official images.
- Rotating bezel with the 60-minute scale marked all the way round9 / 9Bezel marked with minute ticks all the way round, with numerals every ten minutes and a lume pip at 12.
- Single-piece nylon pass-through strap on fixed lug bars0 / 7Sold on a three-link steel bracelet; no nylon pass-through strap or fixed lug bars shown.
- Matte black dial with luminous hour markers and no date window8 / 8Matte black dial with round, triangle and bar luminous markers and no date window; the white version is a different dial colour.
- Domed acrylic crystal2 / 4Brand lists a raised top-hat sapphire crystal, not acrylic.
Functions and materials— / 20
- Complications8 / 8Time only, as on the original.
- Bezel action2 / 4Brand lists a 120-click unidirectional bezel. The original record gives a rotating 60-minute bezel without a click count or direction.
- Case and bezel materials4 / 4316L steel case with an aluminium bezel insert, as listed for the original.
- Crystal shape and date window2 / 4Top-hat sapphire crystal; the original record lists a domed acrylic crystal.
Movement type— / 10
- Movement type10 / 10Same movement type.
What reviewers and owners say
We haven't read enough independent reviews of this model to summarise them yet.
Good
- Top-hat sapphire crystal with AR coating gives the vintage profile
- Hi-beat 28,800 vph automatic movement listed by the brand
- 200 m water resistance with screw-down crown and case back
- Choice of BGW9 or C3 lume on the black dial
Less good
- Case diameter is not published: the figure shown is the brand's bezel size
- Brand lists a 48 mm lug-to-lug and 12.5 mm thickness; no independent measurement found
- No reviews of this exact version were found
Versions and colours
- Matte WhiteIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $239
- Matte Black/Sword Hands/BGW9Its own colourway, not on the originalabout $239
- Matte Black/Sword Hands/C3Its own colourway, not on the originalabout $239
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Sources
Checked 31 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page comes from one of these pages.