Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 99

"Submariner" Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, "Submariner, 1000 ft./ 300 m." Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 16800. Made in 1986, sold on November 29, 1986. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Rolex "Fliplock" Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated unidirectional revolving black 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 steel indexes, aperture for the date. Luminous steel "skeleton" hands. M. Cal. 3035, rhodium-plated, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness: 13 mm.