$248,800
Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, "Comex, Sea-Dweller, 2000ft. /610 m", Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 1665. Made in 1979. Fine and very rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wrist-watch with date and a stainless steel "Fliplock" Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by its original warranty, booklets, hang tags, anchor and original fitted box. It is further accompanied by a Comex emergency oxygen supply mask. Three-body, polished and brushed, dedicated screwed-down case back and crown, helium escape valve at 9,graduated bi-directional revolving black bezel for the decompression times, "Triplock" winding-crown protectedby the "crownguard.” Black with tritium coated round, triangular and bâton indexes, aperture for the date.Tritium coated steel "skeleton" hands. Cal. 1570, rhodium plated,"oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temper-aturesand five positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws, hacking feature. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness: 17 mm. Notes The ref. 1665 sea dwellers were delivered to COMEX from 1977 through 1982. Approximately 300 watches of model reference 1665 with Helium Gas Escape Valve were delivered to COMEX, in 3 separate batches during this period. The first batch of 100 watches was delivered around 1977. These featured 600m COMEX log
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-04-17
