Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 537

Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, "Submariner", 660 ft/200 m., Superlative Chrono-meter, Officially Certified, Ref. 1680. Produced in the 1970s. Fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch, Submariner logo in red with a stain-less steel Rolex "Fliplock" Oyster bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case backand crown, graduated revolving bezel for the decompressiontimes, "Triplock" winding-crown protected by the "CrownGuard", crystal with "Cyclops" lens.D. Black with tritium-coatedround, triangular and bâton indexes, aperture for the date, theword "Submariner" in red writing. "Skeleton" tritium-coatedsteel hands.M. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix"decoration, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement,monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions,self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring,Microstella regulating screws.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 40 mm.