Imho there are 3 versions of the 200 meter first Red's...Here some of my knowledge on the 200 first series where i see the serials now as....

- Closed 6 with longest F over FT and red over white Submariner..from serial 1.7? - 2.2xx.xxx
- Open 6 with long F touching the FT and red over white Submariner.. from 2.1 - 2.4xx.xxx
- Open 6 with smallest F and red Submariner directly on the dial.. 2.2 - 2.4xx.xxx

Here the bigger scan: http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...ub200m-660.jpg



Here a close up from a 'red over white' print..

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and here a scan of a red directly on the dial..





Off course there are also different ' dial confersion - serial numbers ' around. Last couple of years we know that serveral dials have been swapped making a box and paper example more rare and valuable by putting in a tropical dial for instance...Provenace is here the key word giving us some proof. And as always, everything is possible within Rolex. Rumour say that the first was a 1,7 million but untill now i have not seen an pre 2,1 million redsub yet....

Some thinking from my side especially when i compare the Redsubs with the Drsd. Early drsd mk1 & some mk2 had the red over white paint and later all mk3-4 etc seadwellers the red is directly on the dial. So logical these 2 versions in the 200 meter first with 'red over white' should be the early ones and the 200 meter first where the red goes directly would be more the transitional type going from 200/660 to 660/200 dials where red was always directly on the dial....Imho Rolex found a more clean way to print the red visible directly on the dial because the 'experimental' fase of red over white wasn't as nice and looking sometimes quite strange and messy..

Earlier this week and after being in a long battle for some time with a very nice collector, i finally got this amazing 2,29x xxx redsub that i can happily share with you... In my eye the most beautifull 1680 meters first with the red submariner printing directly on the dial..& pleasant detail for me, the perfect aging to a tropical brown dial ; - )

Rgrds.Philipp












Here the big scans:

- http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...edbrasil-1.jpg
- http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...edbrasil-2.jpg
-http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...0redbrasil.jpg[IMG]