Important Collector's Wristwatches,Po...

Grand Havana Room, Mar 24, 2004

LOT 219

Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, "Sea-Dweller", 2000 ft / 610 m, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 1665. Produced in the late 1970s.Fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman?s wristwatch with date and a Rolex stainless steel buckle.

C. three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, helium escape valve at 9, graduated revolving black bezel for the elapsed time, "Triplock" winding-crown protected by the "Crown Guard".D. black with tritium-coated round, triangular and bâton indexes, aperture for the date. Tritium-coated "skeleton" steel 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.