Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces...

Hong Kong, Jun 13, 2023

LOT 276

ROLEX
REF. 5513, MILITARY SUBMARINER MADE FOR THE BRITISH ROYAL NAVY, “MILSUB”, STEEL

HKD 600,000 - 900,000

EUR 71,000 - 106,000 / CHF 69,000 - 104,000 / USD 77,000 - 116,000

Sold: HKD 750,000

A fine and very rare, stainless steel, self-winding wristwatch with black dial, fixed bar lugs, graduated directional revolving bezel calibrates to minute intervals and screw back.


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Grading System
Grade:
Case: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01-05

Very good

HANDS Original

HANDS Luminous material reapplied

Brand Rolex

Model Submariner

Reference 5513

Year 1972

Material stainless steel

Diameter 38mm.

Caliber 1520

Signature Dial, case and movement

Accessories Rolex service paper dated 2022

Notes

Rolex “MilSub”: The Rolex “MilSub” is one of the most famous military diving wristwatches in history. Its nickname is the diminutive of “Military” and “Submariner”. The brand with the crown marketed it notably in the United Kingdom where it equipped certain members of the British Royal Navy, notably the diving commandos, in the 1970s. Recognisable among all, it has a case with a screwed crown and case-back, fixed lugs, a bezel fully graduated over 60 minutes, a black dial with an encircled “T”, as well as a so-called military engraving on the case-back