Important Collector's Watches, Pocket...

Geneva, Nov 11, 2007

LOT 259

Double-Red Sea-Dweller Submariner, Patent Pending 1665 Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Date, Sea-Dweller, Submariner 2000, 2000 ft./610 m., Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, movement No. D397445, case No. 2117410, Ref. 1665. Made in 1967. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with ?Sea-Dweller, Submariner 2000? in red, gas escape valve, date and a stainless steel Oyster "Fliplock" bracelet with deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back with engraved ?Oyster Escape Valve Patent Pending? and Triplock crown, first generation helium escape valve at 9, graduated bi-directional revolving black bezel for the decompression times, winding-crown protected by the crown guard. D. Black with luminous round, triangular and baton indexes, outer white minute track, aperture for the date. Luminous steel skeleton hands. M. Cal. 1570/ 1575, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and five positions, shock absorber, self compensating free sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 16 mm. Approx. overall length 18 cm. From ?The Collection? From ?The Collection?