Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 17, 2013

LOT 490

ROLEX REF 1680 RED- BROWN DIAL STEEL Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Date?, Submariner, 200 m = 660 ft, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, case No.2229223, Ref. 1680. Made in 1969. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with red Submariner dial, date and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by fitted box and Cosc.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, graduated bi-directional revolving black bezel for the decompression times, screw down case back and crown, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Brown with Submariner in red letters, luminous round, triangular and baton indexes, outer minutes/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. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 40 mm. THICKNESS 14 mm. Approx overall length: 170mm