Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 274

?Steel and Gold "Submariner - Navy Blue Dial? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Date, Submariner, 1000ft/330m, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified", Ref. 16613. Made in the 1990s. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with a stainless steel and 18K yellow gold "Fliplock" Oyster bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, "Triplock" winding crown protected by the ?crown guard," graduated unidirectional revolving blue bezel for the decompression times, sapphire crystal with Cyclops lens. D. Blue with applied gold luminous round, baton and triangular indexes, aperture for the date. Luminous gold "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, shock absorber, selfcompensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.