$101,900
Ref. 16600 Comex Sea-Dweller Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, COMEX, Sea Dweller 4000ft=1220m, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, Ref. 16600. Made in the late 1990s. 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 with Comex number. Black with luminous round, triangular and baton 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 Approximately 200 watches of the reference 16600 COMEX ‘Sea dweller’ with HEV were delivered to COMEX in two batches between in 1992 (Serial N) and 1997 (Serial U). The first 100 were delivered in 1992 with the word ‘Rolex’ engraved straight across the case back and with a COMEX case back serial number in the
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-04-17
