Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

Grand Havana Room, May 26, 2004

LOT 73

Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date,"Submariner", 660 ft / 200 m, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 1680. Produced in the late 1960s. Fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with red Submariner logo, date and a stainless steel Rolex "Fliplock" Oyster bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated revolving 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" in red. Tritium-coated steel "skeleton" hands. M. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated,"oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance ajusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws.Dial, case and movement signed.