Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, The Grand Havana Room, Sep 20, 2006

LOT 86

"S.B.S. Submariner" Rolex. "Oyster Perpetual, Submariner, 660 ft=200 m", Ref. 5513. Made circa 1973 for the British Special Boat Service. British military issue number 0552/923-7697, 610/76 engraved on the case back. Very fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, stainless steel military diver's wristwatch with fixed bar lugs.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated bi-directional revolving black bezel for the decompression times, "Triplock" winding-crown protected by the ?crown guard?. D. Black with luminous round, triangular and bâton indexes. Luminous "skeleton" hands. M. Cal. 1520, rhodium-plated, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 14 mm.