$28,800
Ref. 5508, “James Bond” Rolex, “Oyster Perpetual, 100m = 330ft, Submariner", Ref. 5508. Made in 1962. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with black bezel and a stainless steel Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a Rolex box. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated bi-directional revolving black bezel for the decompression times. Black with luminous round, triangular and baton indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions. Luminous stainless steel skeleton hands. Cal. 1530, rhodium-plated, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 13 mm Notes Until this point, Submariner dials had what is called "gilt" printing; this changed around 1964. Although still not absolutely satisfied, Rolex felt it was closer to its vision of the perfect diving watch. Two final experimental shoulderless Submariners were introduced: Ref. 5508, replacing the References 6536 and 6536/1. The new models were equiped with new 1500 series movements; Cal. 1530 and Cal.1560 were used. The Ref. 5508 was guaranteed waterproof to 100m/330ft and was offered with or without the word "Chronometer" on the dial. Production was approximately 1958 to 1965. Reference 5508 appeared about 1957-58. This is actually Reference 6536, but with the new 5508 reference number. The reference number
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-04-17
