$5,175
Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, "Sea-Dweller", 2000 ft / 610 m, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 1665. Produced in the late 1970's.Fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with date and a Rolex stainless steel "Fliplock" Oyster bracelet. three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, helium escape valve at 9, graduated revolving black bezel for the decompression times, "Triplock" winding-crown protected by the "Crown Guard". black with tritium-coated round, triangular and bâton indexes, aperture for the date. "Skeleton" tritium-coated steel hands. 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.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 40 mm. Notes In 1972, divers for Comex, a company, specializing in underwater engineering, used the Rolex Sea-Dweller in a world record-setting simulated dive down to 2000 feet for one hour and a half. The watch performed so well that Comex decided to use only Rolex diving watches and chronometers in their work. In June 1972, divers Alain Jourde and Claude Bourdier again went down to 2000 feet, in an experiment which lasted 28 days. The divers remained at the lowest point, 2000 feet under sea level (610 mters), for 50 hour
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-09-24
