Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Jun 14, 2007

LOT 260

"Red-Submariner" Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual Date, Submariner, 660 ft./200 m., Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified", Ref. 1680. Made in 1971. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with red "Submariner", date and a stainless steel Rolex "Fliplock" Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by the Chronometer Certificate.

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 "Submariner" in red writing, 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, 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 14 mm.