Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 165

Sea-Dweller 2000 Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Date, Sea-Dweller, 2000 ft / 610 m, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, Ref. 1665. Made in the late 1970s. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant to 610 m, stainless steel wristwatch with helium escape valve, date and a stainless steel Oyster ?Fliplock? bracelet. Accompanied by a recent Rolex service invoice.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, first generation helium escape valve at 9, graduated revolving black bezel for the decompression times, Triplock winding crown protected by the Crown Guard, screw-down case back and crown. D. Black with luminous round, baton and triangular indexes, aperture for the date. Luminous steel skeleton hands. M. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 17 mm. Property of Various Owners