WatchdivesWD5513P
Homage to the Rolex Military Submariner (5513/5517)
about$179
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The Watchdives WD5513P 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 $179 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 | WD5513P | 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 | 12.4 mm | Not published | Can't compare |
| Lug width | 20 mm | Not published | Can't compare |
| Water resistance | 200 m | 200 m | |
| Movement | Automatic, PT5000 | Automatic, 1520 | |
| Power reserve | Not published | Not published | |
| Crystal | Sapphire, high clear AR coating | Acrylic | |
| Bezel | 120-click unidirectional rotating, Aluminium | Rotating, graduated for the full 60 minutes, Black anodised aluminium | |
| Case material | 316L stainless steel | Stainless steel | |
| Lume | Swiss Super-LumiNova BGW9 or C3, by variant | Tritium | |
| Bracelet | 316L stainless steel three-link, 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 hand6 / 12The black version has broad sword-shaped hour and minute hands with lume and a seconds hand that ends in a lume arrow-style tip, as on the original. The tropical brown version has Mercedes-style hands instead, so only one of the two versions follows the original.
- Rotating bezel with the 60-minute scale marked all the way round9 / 9On the black version the bezel insert has minute markings all the way round, with numerals at the 10-minute points, in the official images. The brown version's grey insert shows a sparser scale.
- Single-piece nylon pass-through strap on fixed lug bars0 / 7Shown on a steel three-link bracelet with drilled lugs for spring bars, not on a nylon strap with fixed bars.
- Matte black dial with luminous hour markers and no date window8 / 8Black version: matte black dial with round lume plots, a triangle at 12 and bars at 3, 6 and 9, and no date window. The brown version has an aged brown dial instead. A circled L is printed above the text.
- Domed acrylic crystal2 / 4Domed crystal and no date window, but it is sapphire, not acrylic.
Functions and materials— / 20
- Complications8 / 8Time only on the dial with no date window, as on the original.
- Bezel action2 / 4Unidirectional 120-click bezel. The original record does not give a bezel direction or click count.
- Case and bezel materials4 / 4316L steel case with an aluminium bezel insert; the original is steel with a black anodised aluminium insert.
- Crystal shape and date window2 / 4Domed sapphire with AR coating; the original has 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
- Short 48 mm lug-to-lug and 20 mm lug width
- Sword-hand black version follows the Military Submariner layout, including a bezel marked for the full 60 minutes
- Sapphire crystal and 200 m water resistance
- Screw-down crown and case back, with a 5-hole micro-adjustment clasp on the bracelet
Less good
- Domed sapphire, not acrylic, so it looks less vintage than the original
- Bracelet only on this listing, no nylon strap
- Case width is not published, only the 40.7 mm bezel
Versions and colours
- Black / sword hands / BGW9 lumeFollows the Military Submariner 5513/5517 (british ministry of defence issue, 40 mm (c. 1971-1979))about $179
- Tropical brown / Mercedes-style hands / C3 lumeIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $179
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Sources
Checked 31 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page comes from one of these pages.