Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Feb 26, 2012

LOT 341

ROLEX REF. 1680 TROPICAL RED SUBMARINER Rolex, ?Oyster, Perpetual Date, Submariner, 200m/660ft, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, case no. 2604686, Ref. 1680. Made in 1970. Accompanied by a Rolex box, wallet, numbered chronometer certificate, cigarette card and numbered guarantee dated 19/10/72. Very fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Ref.93150 Rolex Oyster Fliplock bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted Box and Warranty (Now Void).

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown, inner case stamped IV.70, graduated bi-directional revolving faded black bezel for the decompression times, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Dark brown with luminous round, triangular and baton indexes, aperture for the date, ?Submariner? written in red. 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, blued self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness: 14 mm. Approx. overall length 185 mm.