Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 08, 2010

LOT 56

Rolex - Color Change - Yellow Gold - Ref. 1680 Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Date, Submariner, 660ft./ 200m, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified,? case No. 5909231, Ref. 1680. Made in 1979. Very fine and very rare, center seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K yellow gold diver?s wristwatch with date and blue bezel.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated bidirectional revolving blue bezel for the decompression times, Twinlock winding-crown protected by the crown guard, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Purple with applied yellow gold luminous round, triangular and baton indexes, outer minute/seconds track, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold skeleton hands. m. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating freesprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 14 mm.