37,500 CHF
ROLEX REF. 1665 SEA-DWELLER JANUS IV WORLD RECORD -501M, PERSONAL WATCH OF MR PATRICK RAUDE – ONE OF SIX MADE. Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, Sea-Dweller, 2000 ft./610 m., Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, case No. 5287083, Ref. 1665. Made in 1977. Fine, extremely rare, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with helium escape valve, date and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster Flip-lock bracelet with deployant clasp. Three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back engraved with “Patrick Raude, Ex. Janus IV, 501m, 20 Octobre 1977” and crown, helium escape valve at 9, graduated bi-directional revolving black bezel for the decompression times, trip-lock winding crown protected by the crown guard, sapphire crystal. Black with luminous round indexes, aperture for the date, outer minutes/seconds divisions. Luminous steel skeleton 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, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 17 mm. Approx. overall length 170 mm. Notes Patrick Raude The name of Patrick Raude is a name that will forever be associated with the history of the Comex explorations dives as well as with Rolex collectors as his name was used in offi cial Rolex advertising for the
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-11-11
