$237,600
Prototype No Valve Double Red Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, "Sea-Dweller Submariner" without helium escape valve, 2000 ft. /610 m., Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 1665. Made in 1967. Fine and very rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with red Sea-Dweller logo, date and a Rolex stainless steel Fliplock Oyster bracelet. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated bi-directional revolving black bezel for decompression times, Triplock winding-crown protected by the crown guard. Black with luminous round, triangular and bâton indexes, aperture for the date, "Sea-Dweller Submariner" printed in red. Luminous steel skeleton hands. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and five positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 16 mm. Notes No other watch has captivated the Rolex collector as the Sea Dweller. Born as a tool watch in 1967, it was everything that Rolex knew about dive watches incorporated into one watch. COMEX, a French diving company, already had been successfully using the Helium Escape Valves (HEV) in their 5513 and later 5514 Submariners. So it was fitting that a distinctive Rolex finally went to production in late 1967, as a specialized divin
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-04-17
