Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

LOT 13

?Double Red? Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, "Sea-Dweller Submariner 2000, 2000 ft. / 610 m.", Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 1665. Made in 1977. Fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with red Sea- Dweller logo, date and a Rolex stainless steel "Fliplock" Oyster bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, helium escape valve at 9, graduated bidirectional revolving black bezel for the decompression times, "Triplock" winding- crown protected by the "crown guard". D. Black with tritium coated round, triangular and bâton indexes, aperture for the date, "Sea-Dweller Submariner 2000" printed in red. Tritium coated steel "skeleton" hands. M. 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 freesprung blued steel Breguet balancespring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness: 17 mm.