19,470 CHF
Ref. 1665 “Double-Red Sea-Dweller Submariner” Rolex, “Oyster Perpetual Date, Sea-Dweller, Submariner 2000, 2000 ft./610 m., Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified”, Ref. 1665. Made circa 1964. Fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with “Sea-Dweller, Submariner 2000” in red, gas-escape valve, date and a stainless steel Oyster "Fliplock" bracelet. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and “Triplock” crown, first generation helium escape valve at 9, graduated bi-directional revolving black bezel for the decompression times, winding-crown protected by the "crown -guard". Black with luminous round, triangular and baton indexes, aperture for the date. Luminous steel "skeleton" hands. Cal. 1570/ 1575, rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and five positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating free sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 17 mm. Notes The “Sea-Dweller 2000” was the first production watch to employ a gas escape valve, this allows the interior of a watch to decompress and avoid injury if the crystal of the watch explodes. Crystals “popping” was not an uncommon problem during decompression after deep diving, this is caused when the internal pressure of a watch is higher that the ambient pressu
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-10-15
