Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket...

Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

LOT 711

Ref 1665, Sea-Dweller double red, Patent Pending Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Date, Sea-Dweller Submariner 2000, 2000ft = 610m, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified?, case No. 2128228, Ref. 1665. Made in 1967. Fine and very rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water- resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a stainless steel "Fliplock" Oyster bracelet engraved ?patent pending?.

C. Three-body, polished, screwed-down case back engraved ?Rolex Oyster Gas Escape Valve (Patent Pending) and crown, helium escape valve at 9, bi-directional graduated bezel for the decompression times, Triplock winding-crown protected by the Crown Guard. D. Black with luminous round, triangular and baton indexes, aperture for the date."Sea-Dweller Submariner 2000" printed in red above the 6. Luminous steel Skeleton hands. M. Cal.1570, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 26 jewels, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Height 16 mm. Approx. overall length 200 mm.