Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 15, 2005

LOT 238

Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, "Sea-Dweller Submariner 2000, 2000 ft. / 610 m.", Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 1665. Made in 1967. Fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with red Sea-Dweller logo, 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, graduatedbi-directional revolving 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, "Sea-Dweller Submariner 2000" printed in red. Tritium coated steel "skeleton" hands. M. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated,"oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperaturesand 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulatingscrews, hack mechanism.Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness: 16 mm.