Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Monaco, Jan 18, 2022
LOT 112
Rolex.
Ref. 16610, Submariner "Comex", Black dial, Steel
EUR 60,000 - 120,000
USD 68,000 - 136,000 / HKD 530,000 - 1,060,000 / CHF 63,000 - 126,000
Sold: EUR 88,400
Stainless steel tonneau shape self-winding diver wristwatch with screwed caseback, “triplock” winding-crown protected by the crown guards, 60-minute graduated unidirectional revolving bezel with black insert for the decompression times, black colour dial, centre-seconds and date at 3 (aperture under Cyclops lens).
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
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” “Submariner, 1000 ft = 300 m” “Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified” Comex n. 6377
Reference 16610
Year Circa 1991
Movement No. 6 205 268
Case No. 402 176
Bracelet Stainless steel Rolex oyster bracelet Ref. 93150 with stainless steel deployant clasp “lip lock”, end-links stamped 501/8, approx. overall length 160 mm
Diameter 40 mm.
Caliber 3135
Weight 125 gr. (approx.)
Signature Case, dial and movement
Notes
Lot in temporary importation and subject to additional fees (see our general terms and conditions of sale)
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The Submariners for the Compagnie Maritime d'Expertise, known as COMEX, are iconic diving watches. It was in the early 1960s, in 1963, that a partnership between these two entities was established. When its first hyperbaric centre was built in 1968, COMEX set up a hyperbaric unit and a large modular saturation unit on its site in Marseilles for physiological studies that were adapted to saturation diving under hydrogen at up to 800m.
Approximately 250 watches of ref. 16610 COMEX Submariner were delivered to COMEX between 1990 and 1997. These watches, which had 316 grade steel cases, were upgraded to 904L grade (similar to Ref. 168000), but with the new Caliber 3135. Ref. 16610 featured the latest tritium indexes with a large black dial with COMEX logo. It is worth noting that a small batch of 16610 COMEX watches with bright Luminova dials and COMEX logo were delivered to COMEX in 2004 (F series).
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The Submariners for the Compagnie Maritime d'Expertise, known as COMEX, are iconic diving watches. It was in the early 1960s, in 1963, that a partnership between these two entities was established. When its first hyperbaric centre was built in 1968, COMEX set up a hyperbaric unit and a large modular saturation unit on its site in Marseilles for physiological studies that were adapted to saturation diving under hydrogen at up to 800m.
Approximately 250 watches of ref. 16610 COMEX Submariner were delivered to COMEX between 1990 and 1997. These watches, which had 316 grade steel cases, were upgraded to 904L grade (similar to Ref. 168000), but with the new Caliber 3135. Ref. 16610 featured the latest tritium indexes with a large black dial with COMEX logo. It is worth noting that a small batch of 16610 COMEX watches with bright Luminova dials and COMEX logo were delivered to COMEX in 2004 (F series).