Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Jun 12, 2012

LOT 165

ROLEX, REF. 1680 RED SUBMARINER STEEL Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, Submariner, 660 ft = 200 m, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, case No. 2869004, Ref. 1680. Made in 1970. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel diver?s chronometer wristwatch with red Submariner dial, date and a stainless steel Rolex buckle.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screw down case back and crown, graduated bi-directional revolving black bezel for the decompression times, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Black with Submariner in red letters, luminous round, triangular and baton indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions, 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, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 14 mm.