Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 354

Ref. 1680, Stainless Steel ?Submariner? for Cartier Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Date, Submariner, 660ft = 200 m, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, case No. 2794290, Ref. 1680. Made in 1971. Retailed by Cartier. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman`s wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Oyster Oyster ?Fliplock? bracelet. Accompanied by a guarantee and a service certificate from Rolex, New York.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, srewed-down case back and crown, graduated bidirectional revolving blue bezel for the decompression times, ?Triplock? winding crown protected by the crown guard, sapphire crystal with Cyclops lens. D. Black with luminous round, triangular and baton indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous ?skeleton? hands. M. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39.5 mm. Thickness 14.7 mm.