Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Monaco, Jul 21, 2021
LOT 387
Rolex
Ref. 16600, self-winding, diver’s, centre-seconds, date; “Sea-Dweller 4000”; stainless steel
Ref. 16600, self-winding, diver’s, centre-seconds, date; “Sea-Dweller 4000”; stainless steel
EUR 10,000 - 15,000
USD 11,900 - 17,900 / HKD 93,000 - 140,000
Stainless steel, self-winding, tonneau-shaped, diver’s wristwatch, water-resistant with screwed case-back, “triplock” winding-crown protected by the crown guards, “Oyster” helium escape valve at 9 on the case-band 60-minute graduated unidirectional revolving bezel with black insert for the decompression times, black colour dial with centre-seconds and one horological complication:
• Instantaneous date of the month (aperture at 3 o’clock)
Case-back engraved “Rolex Oyster / Original gas escape valve”.
• Instantaneous date of the month (aperture at 3 o’clock)
Case-back engraved “Rolex Oyster / Original gas escape valve”.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Brand Rolex, Geneva
Model “Oyster Perpetual Date”, “Sea-Dweller, 4000 ft = 1220 m”, “Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified”
Reference 16600
Year circa 2002-2003
Case No. Y 456 932
Bracelet stainless steel Rolex “Oyster” bracelet with “fliplock” deployant clasp (Ref. 93160, DT10)
Length 180 mm. (approx.)
Caliber 3135, adjusted to 5 positions + temperature
Dimensions 47.8 x 39.5 mm
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories original fitted box, certificate of origin, booklets, hang tag
Notes
The original Certificate mentioned that this watch was delivered to Rova S.A., Athene (Greece), and sold on January 12, 2003.
The code “200” which corresponds at Rolex to the Greek market.
--
Rolex “Sea-Dweller”
The “Sea-Dweller” is one of the most purpose-fully design watches that Rolex has ever made, and possible the most important diving watch of the second half of the 20th century.
During the 1960s, the needs of professional divers working at great depths led to the development of the first “ultra water-resistant” tool-watches designed to conduct safe diving operations at depths of over 300 metres.
Today it’s a watch built to withstand a diving depth of 1 220 metres (4 000 feet), and up to 3 900 metres for the “Sea-Dweller Deepsea” model. The current “Sea-Dweller” watches are available in stainless steel or stainless steel and gold. The “Deepsea” model is fitted with the brand’s patented “Ringlock” system, designed to provide a higher degree of pressure resistance.
The “Sea-Dweller” is equipped with a gas escape valve, especially designed for watches, made by the Genevan Manufacture to allow helium trapped in the watch to be released at a given pressure during decompression, while preserving its water-resistance.
--
*a 20% import VAT is due on the hammer price with buyer's premium, plus 150€ for termination of temporary export, at buyer's expense, only if it is delivered within the EU