Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2015

LOT 355

ROLEX REF 1680 SUBMARINER STEEL Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual Date, Submariner, 660 ft = 200 m, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified", case No. 5804776, Ref. 1680. Made in 1979. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with a Rolex stainless steel jubilee bracelet and deployant clasp.

HKD 32,000 - 50,000

USD 4,200 - 6,300 / CHF 4,000 - 6,000

Sold: HKD 37,500

Three-body, polished and brushed, screw down case back and crown, graduated bi-directional revolving black bezel for the decompression times, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, crystal with Cyclops lens. Black with Submariner in red letters, luminous round, triangular and baton indexes, outer minutes/ seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous steel skeleton hands. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 26 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: AA

Very good

Case: 2-9

Very good

Scratched

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 40 mm. THICKNESS 14 mm. Approx. overall length: 175 mm.