1,320,000 HKD
Ref. 1680, Tropical "Red Submariner" for Cartier Rolex, “Oyster Perpetual Date, Cartier, Submariner, 660ft = 200 m, Super-lative Chronometer, Officially Certified”, case No. 3061337, Ref. 1680. Made in 1972 and retailed by Cartier. Very fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Oyster Oyster “Fliplock” bracelet. Accompanied by a service certificate from Rolex, New York. To be sold without reserve Three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and guarded Triplock crown, graduated bi-directional revolving blue bezel for the decompression times, crystal with cyclops lens. Black with "Submariner" in red letters, luminous round, triangular and baton indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions, aperture for the date. 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 14.5 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-06-27
