$43,200
Ref. 16600 COMEX Sea-Dweller Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, COMEX, Sea Dweller 4000ft=1220m, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, Ref. 16600. Made in the late 1990’s. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant to 4000 ft, stainless steel diver's wristwatch with date, helium escape valve and a stainless steel Fliplock Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by the original box, Guarantee Certificate (now void), anchor, 2 instruction booklets, bracelet tool, diver’s timetable and Rolex documentation. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down engraved case back, graduated unidirectional revolving black bezel for the decompression times, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown-guard, helium escape valve at 9, sapphire crystal, case back engraved: ROLEX COMEX 3384. Black with luminous round, triangular and baton steel indexes, aperture for the date. Luminous steel skeleton hands. Cal. 3135, rhodium-plated, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Notes Sea-Dweller First launched in 1971 as the Ref. 1665, this watch was a direct result of Rolex's collaboration with COMEX, the French deep sea exploration company. Rolex's research resulted in the “gas-escape valve” first fitted to the Submariner Ref. 5513 and from 1971 to the new Sea-Dweller, Ref. 16
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-12-11
