Rolex · Family: Submariner
The Rolex Submariner Date 126610LV, nicknamed "Kermit" for its green bezel, is a 41mm dive watch in Oystersteel with a black lacquer dial and a green Cerachrom ceramic unidirectional bezel. It runs the in-house Caliber 3235 with 70 hours of power reserve and Superlative Chronometer certification. Cazador has no verified price observations yet (n=0). Its standout detail: this is the 2020, Caliber 3235 generation of the Submariner family, and it revives the black-dial/green-bezel combination of the original 2003 "Kermit," after the green-dial "Hulk" interlude (2010-2020).
Estimated range: €10,005 – €10,102
Based on 5 real observations (2022-05-18 – 2026-04-15), converted to EUR using the ECB historical rate for each date. Small sample — the range will narrow as more data arrives.
Official catalog price by year, captured in archive.org snapshots and matched to the exact reference in the brand's own data. Every row links to its snapshot so you can verify it.
| Year | List price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8,500 GBP | Mappin & Webb (AD Rolex) · view snapshot |
| 2023 | 10,800 USD | Rolex · view snapshot |
| 2024 | 10,800 USD | Rolex · view snapshot |
| 2025 | 11,200 USD | Rolex · view snapshot |
| 2026 | 11,900 USD | Rolex · view snapshot |
The "Kermit" nickname was born in 2003, when Rolex launched reference 16610LV to mark the Submariner's 50th anniversary: it kept the family's usual black dial but added, for the first time, a green bezel. That contrast between a dark dial and a bright green bezel reminded collectors of the Muppets' frog, and the nickname stuck in watch-collecting slang.
In 2010, Rolex replaced that reference with the 116610LV, which extended the green to the dial as well — matching dial and bezel — prompting a new nickname, "Hulk," to distinguish it from the black-dialed original Kermit. That 116610LV "Hulk" stayed in the catalog for a decade, until 2020.
That year, as part of the broader Submariner family overhaul with the new Caliber 3235 and a case slightly enlarged to 41mm in Oystersteel, Rolex introduced two references simultaneously: the 126610LN (black bezel) and this 126610LV, which revives the original black-dial/green-bezel combination. That's why much of the collector community refers to the 126610LV as the "new Kermit," even though Rolex has never formally used that name in its official communication — just as it has never used "Hulk"; both are nicknames coined by the secondary market and specialist press.
This is the first green-bezel Submariner reference Cazador adds to its catalog, alongside the black- and blue-bezel ("Bluesy") variants already present.
Cazador has no verified price observations for this reference (n=0 as of today). We do not publish estimates without our own sourced market data.
Because it pairs a black dial with a green bezel, the same palette introduced by reference 16610LV in 2003, evoking the Muppets' frog. Rolex has never used this nickname officially.
No. The "Hulk" (116610LV, 2010-2020) has both a green dial and a green bezel. The "Kermit" — the original from 2003 and this 126610LV from 2020 — pairs a black dial with a green bezel.
The in-house Caliber 3235, with a Chronergy escapement, 70 hours of power reserve, and Superlative Chronometer certification.
300 meters (30 bar), the standard for the Submariner Date family since its origin.
A unidirectional rotating bezel with a green Cerachrom ceramic insert, resistant to scratches and UV fading.