Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces.
Geneva, Nov 13, 2010
LOT 453
Rolex Ref. 1680, Sultan Qaboos Bin Said of Oman Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Date?, case No. 3566341, Ref. 1680. Made in 1973, on special order for the Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman, retailed by Asprey. Very fine and extraordinary rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date and an 18K yellow gold Oyster "Fliplock" bracelet.
CHF 60,000 - 88,000
USD 60,000 - 88,000 / EUR 45,000 - 65,000
Sold: CHF 62,500
C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated bi-directional revolving blu bezel for the decompression times, windingcrown protected by the crown guard, inside case back engraved with ?3566341?, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Blue with applied luminous yellow gold round, triangular and baton indexes, with the yellow signature of Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman, aperture for the date, outer minute/seconds divisions. Luminous yellow gold skeleton hands. M. Cal. 1570, 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 17 mm. Approx overall length 190 mm
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Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Notes
Qaboos bin Sa?id Al Sa?id (born November 18, 1940) is the Sultan of Oman. The only son of Sultan Sa?id bin Taymur, he rose to power in 1970. He received his primary and secondary education in Salalah and Pune, India, and attended a private educational establishment in England from the age of sixteen. At 20 he entered the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. After graduating from Sandhurst, he joined a British Infantry regiment, The Cameronians, and served in the 1st Battalion in Germany for one year. He also held a staff appointment with the British Army. For six years prior to Said bin Taymur's overthrow, Qaboos experienced virtual house arrest in the royal palace of Salalah. In July 1970, soldiers supporting Qaboos clashed with forces loyal to Said bin Taymur, and deposed him; Qaboos maintains that his father abdicated the throne. The British government helped to consolidate Qaboos' power. Qaboos acceded to the throne on 1970-07-23, moving to Muscat. There he declared that the country would no longer be known as Muscat and Oman, but would change its name to "the Sultanate of Oman" in order to better reflect its political unity. In 1998, Qaboos ibn Sa?id was presented with the International Peace Award by the National Council on US-Arab Relations. The Sultan's birthday, 18 November, is celebrated as Oman's national holiday.