Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 10, 2010

LOT 308

Patent pending double red Sea-Dweller MK I albino Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual Date, Sea-Dweller, Submariner 2000, 2000 ft. = 610 m., Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified," Case No. 2128309, Ref. 1665. Made in 1967. Fine and very rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel diver's wristwatch with helium escape valve, date and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster Fliplock bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, case back engraved: ?Rolex Patent Pending, Oyster, Gas Escape valve? and last 3 digits of case serial number inside, helium escape valve at 9, graduated bi-directional revolving black 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. Luminous steel skeleton hands. M. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 17 mm.