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New York, Dec 11, 2008

LOT 473

Ref. 16600, ?Pro-Hunter? Sea-Dweller 4000 Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Date, Sea Dweller Pro-Hunter No. 053, 4000ft = 1220m., Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified,? Ref. 16600 T. Made in 2007. Very fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel PVD coated wristwatch with second generation gas escape valve and date.

USD 10,000 - 15,000

EUR 7,800 - 12,000 / CHF 12,000 - 18,000

Sold: USD 30,000

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down engraved case back, fixed bars, graduated unidirectional revolving bezel for the decompression times, Triplock winding crown protected by the Crown Guard, helium escape valve at 9, sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous steel round, triangular and baton indexes, outer minute/ seconds division, aperture for the date. Luminous steel skeleton hands. M. Cal. 3135, rhodium-plated, 27 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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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 1

As new
Movement: 1

As new
Dial: 1-01

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The Pro-Hunter was designed by Kamal Choraria, a London based vintage Rolex dealer and leading authority on vintage Rolex sport watches. The Pro-Hunter Double Red SeaDweller is coated in a Chemical Vapor Deposition with an anti-reflective coating on glass and fixed lugs (military style). Production of the Pro-Hunter Double Red SeaDweller was limited to 100 individually numbered and engraved watches.Production commenced in February 2008 and was immediately sold out.
The present watch comes from the collection of Brett Ratner. Brett Ratner, in a very short time, has established himself as one of Hollywood's most successful directors. Ratner's first five feature films have grossed nearly one billion dollars. Raised in Miami Beach, Ratner had dreamed of being a filmmaker since the age of eight. He enrolled in New York University's Tisch School of the Arts at age 16, becoming the department's youngest film major.