Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

Grand Havana Room, May 26, 2004

LOT 272

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

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, bi-directional elapsed time rotating black bezel for the decompression times,"Triplock" winding-crown protected by the "Crown Guard", crystal with "Cyclops" lens. D. Black with tritium-coated round, triangular and bâton indexes, aperture for the date, the word "Submariner" printed in red. Tritium-coated steel "skeleton" hands. M. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated,"oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, monometallic balance adjusted to temperaures 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.