Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 236

"50th Anniversary" Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Date, Submariner 1000ft =300m. Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified?, Ref. 16610T with green bezel. Especially made in 2003 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Submariner model, sold on November 10, 2003. Fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant to 300 m, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with a stainless steel Rolex "Fliplock" Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box, a Rolex anchor, and a certificate (now void).

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated unidirectional revolving green 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 bâton indexes, aperture for the date. Luminous "skeleton" hands. M. Cal. 3135, rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness: 13 mm.