Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Jun 14, 2007

LOT 182

"Submariner" Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual Date, Submariner, 660 ft./200 m., Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified", Ref. 1680. Made in the late 1970s. Fine and rare, center seconds, selfwinding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Rolex "Fliplock" Oyster bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated bidirectional revolving black bezel for the decompression times, "Triplock" winding crown protected by the "crown guard", crystal with "cyclops" lens. D. Black with luminous round, triangular and baton indexes, outer minute/ seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous steel "skeleton" hands. M. Cal. 1575, rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 14 mm.