Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 11, 2014

LOT 94

ROLEX REF 114060 SUBMARINER " 5510 TRIBUTE" MILITARIZED DLC STEEL Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, "Submariner, 1000 ft. = 300 m, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified" , No 1/05, case No.09Y33120, Ref. 114060, sold in 2013. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with a stainless steel fliplock Rolex bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by Guarantee and original Militarized card.

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

HKD 83,000 - 125,000 / USD 11,500 - 17,000

Sold: CHF 25,000

Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back engraved with : "Militarized DLC, 5510 Tribute Edition 1/5 and a naked woman wearing only an AK47 gun, ", graduated unidirectional ceramic bezel, sapphire crystal. Black with luminous orange round, triangular and baton steel indexes, outer minutes division. Luminous steel skeleton hands. Cal. 3130, rhodium-plated, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 1

As new
Movement: 1

As new
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 40 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. Approx. overall length 175 mm. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Rolex Ref. 5510 the Militarized DLC has modified reference 114060 keeping some of the main features of his forefather. The watch in the present catalog is without crowns guard, the indexes are orange and the crown is a big " BREVET" as the old reference.