Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Jun 14, 2007

LOT 327

Ref. 16600 Comex, former property of Theo Mavrostomos, Hydra X team member, world's deepest dive record holder Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, COMEX, Sea Dweller 4000ft=1220m, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, Ref. 16600.Made in the late 1990?s, sold in 1998. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant to 4000 ft, stainless steel diver's wristwatch with date, heliumescape valve and a stainless steel Fliplock Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by the original box, Guarantee Certificate (now void), anchor, 2 instruction booklets, bracelet tool, diver?s timetable and Rolex documentation.

USD 75,000 - 95,000

EUR 60,000 - 75,000

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down engraved case back, graduated unidirectional revolving black bezel for the decompression times, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown-guard, helium escape valve at 9, sapphire crystal, case back engraved with Comex number. D. Black with luminous round, triangular and baton indexes, aperture for the date. Luminous steel skeleton hands. M. Cal. 3135, rhodium-plated, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 15 mm


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Theo Mavrostomos is one of Comex's most renowned divers. He was known as a master underwater welder and was happy to share his expertise with young divers. His greatest accomplishment came when in November of 1992, under hyperbaric chamber conditions, he broke the world diving saturation record, reaching an incredible depth of 701 meters during the Hydra 10 experiments carried out by Comex. That dive, which took him a total of 43 days to complete, made him the world's deepest diver.