Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 08, 2020
LOT 374
ROLEX, REF. 5514, SUBMARINER, COMEX, STEEL
CHF 100,000 - 150,000
HKD 800,000 - 1,200,000 / USD 100,000 - 150,000
Sold: CHF 187,500
A very fine and extremely rare, self-winding, stainless steel diver’s wristwatch with helium escape valve made for Comex.
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Grade: |
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Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-02 |
Very good HANDS Service hands |
Brand Rolex
Model Submariner
Reference 5514/5513
Year Circa 1976
Case No. 4155857/ No. 741
Bracelet Stainless steel Rolex bracelet (93150/580), approx. overall length 165 mm
Caliber 1520
Dimensions 39 mm
Signature Dial, Case and Movement
Notes
The Ref. 5514 was a COMEX-specific watch, which was never available to the general public. Due to the extreme conditions in which the COMEX divers operated, every six months the watches were sent back to Rolex for an overhaul. These watches were not just meticulously overhauled but in many cases upgraded each time the watch went back to Rolex. It has been reported by former COMEX divers that some of the earlier Ref. 5514 watches did not have the COMEX logo on the dial and that when these watches were sent to Rolex for service, the dials were replaced
by Rolex, on request, with the later gloss tritium or luminova dials, some bearing the COMEX logo making these versions even rarer.
by Rolex, on request, with the later gloss tritium or luminova dials, some bearing the COMEX logo making these versions even rarer.