$23,400
Ref. 1665, Rail Dial Sea-Dweller 2000 Rolex, “Oyster Perpetual Date, Sea-Dweller, 2000 ft / 610 m, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified”, Ref. 1665. Made circa 1980. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant to 610 m, stainless steel diver’s wristwatch with helium escape valve, date and a stainless steel Oyster Fliplock bracelet. Three-body, polished and brushed, helium escape valve at 9, graduated bidirectional revolving black bezel for the decompression times, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, screwed-down engraved case back and crown. Black with luminous round, baton and triangular indexes, 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 5 positions and temperature, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 17 mm. Notes The present ref. 1665 has the rare 'rail' dial. In 'rail' dials were produced for Rolex for only a two year period by the Stern Company that made the COMEX ref. 1665 dials. The distinctive characteristics of the 'rail' dial are as follow: (i) The text of 'Superlative Chronometer' and 'Officially Certified' is equally spaced so that the 'C' from 'Chronometer' is directly above the 'C' from 'Certified'; (ii) the font used for the depth markings is italicized; (iii) t
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-04-17
