49,560 CHF
Ref. 1680 "Red Submariner, Tropical Dial" Rolex, “Oyster, Perpetual Date, Submariner, 200m/660ft, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified”, case No. 5280446, Ref. 1680. Made in 1977. Very fine and extremely rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Oyster "Fliplock" bracelet. Accompanied by a Rolex certificate (now void). Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated bi-directional revolving gray color-change bezel for the decompression times, "Triplock" winding-crown protected by the "crown guard", crystal with Cyclops lens. Chocolate with luminous round, triangular and baton indexes, aperture for the date, “Submariner” in red. Luminous steel "skeleton" hands. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, "oeil-deperdrix" decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 14 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-10-14