Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 28, 2014

LOT 436

ROLEX REF. 1680 SUBMARINER YELLOW GOLD Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, Submariner, 600 ft./200m, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, case No. 2398655, Ref. 1680/8. Made circa 1970. Very fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold diver's wristwatch with date and 18K yellow gold bear bracelet. Accompanied by serviced papers and quotations.

Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated unidirectional revolving blue bezel for the decompression times, Triplock winding-crown protected by the crown guard, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. Black with luminous round, triangular and baton gold indexes, outer minute/ seconds track, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold skeleton hands. 1570, rhodium-plated, 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.