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Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

LOT 670

Double-Red Sea-Dweller Submariner Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Date, Sea-Dweller, Submariner 2000, 2000 ft./610 m., Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, case No. 4088580, Ref. 1665. Made in 1975. 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 ?Rolex Patent, Gas Escape Valve, Oyster? and Triplock crown, 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 190 mm. Property of the Original Owner