Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

Grand Havana Room, May 26, 2004

LOT 271

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

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, helium escape valve at 9, bi-directional elapsed time rotating black bezel for the decompression times,"Triplock" winding-crown protected by the "Crown Guard". D. Black with tritium-coated round, triangular and bâton indexes, aperture for the date. Tritium-coated steel "skeleton" hands. M. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated,"oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometllic balance adjusted to tempertures 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.