Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 22, 2013

LOT 436

ROLEX REF. 1665 DOUBLE RED SEA-DWELLER MARK III STEEL Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, Sea-Dweller, Submariner 2000, 2000 ft. = 610 m., Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, case No. 3511352, Ref. 1665. Made in 1972. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, stainless steel chronometer diver?s wristwatch with double red Sea-Dweller logo, helium escape valve, date and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster ref. 93150 Rolex Fliplock bracelet. Accompanied by the a fitted box, chronometer certificate, guarantee (now void), 2 hang tags and booklets.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown, helium escape valve at 9, graduated bi-directional revolving black bezel for the decompression times, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, inside back numbered 352.
D. Black with luminous round, triangular and baton indexes, aperture for the date, Sea-Dweller Submariner 2000 in red letters. Luminous 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 free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 17 mm. Approx. overall length 210 mm