Rolex Cookie Monster (Submariner 126619LB): Super Clone Guide

The Rolex Cookie Monster is the Submariner Date reference 126619LB: a 41mm Submariner in 18ct white gold with a blue Cerachrom bezel over a gloss black dial, introduced in September 2020 and discontinued at Watches & Wonders 2026. It succeeded the all-blue Smurf (116619LB) as the white-gold Submariner and runs the calibre 3235 with a 70-hour power reserve.

Why is it called the Cookie Monster?

When the 126619LB launched, collectors expected the Smurf name to carry over to the new white-gold model — but the dial had changed from blue to black, and the old nickname no longer fitted. The combination of a bright blue bezel and a black dial instead recalled Cookie Monster, the blue-furred, black-mouthed puppet from Sesame Street, and that name won out within weeks of the 2020 launch. It is a strictly unofficial title: Rolex catalogues the watch simply as the Submariner Date 126619LB, with no reference to biscuits of any kind.

References

The Cookie Monster is the second generation of the white-gold Submariner line begun in 2008.

Reference Years Key spec Status
116619LB “Smurf” 2008–2020 18ct white gold, blue dial and blue bezel, 40mm, cal. 3135 Discontinued
126619LB “Cookie Monster” 2020–2026 18ct white gold, blue Cerachrom bezel, black dial, 41mm, cal. 3235 Discontinued 2026

At launch the genuine 126619LB retailed at roughly £30,000 — which makes the £904 Swiss-tier super clone around one-thirtieth of the price of the watch it copies.

Super clone availability

GrandWatch Club stocks 2 versions of the Cookie Monster, priced from £434 to £904. The £434 tier is built on a Japanese automatic movement and reproduces the 41mm case, blue ceramic bezel and gloss black dial; the £904 Swiss SuperClone tier adds a Swiss movement, a closer match to the bezel’s blue and finer bracelet finishing in the white-gold style. Both follow the genuine 126619LB configuration on an Oyster bracelet with a Glidelock-style clasp.