750,000 HKD
ROLEX REF. 1680 BEST COMEX DIVER 1977 STEEL Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual Date, Submariner, 660 ft. / 200 m., Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified", case No. 3388397, Ref. 1680. Made in 1972. Fine and very rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant to 200 m, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Rolex Fliplock Oyster bracelet, awarded to Jean-Marc Dutriaux by Comex in 1977. Accompanied by three overall receipts, Mr. Dutriaux's contract of employment with Comex, his divelog and several additional Comex documents. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated bi-directional revolving black bezel for the decompression times, Twinlock winding crown protected by the Crown Guard, crystal with cyclops lens, outside case back engraved "COMEX Services, 28.1.77, J.M. Dutriaux". Black with luminous round, triangular and baton indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions, 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 temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 40 mm. THICKNESS 14 mm. Approx overall length 195 mm. THE FIVE BEST COMEX DIVERS OF 1976 According to a COMEX interoffice memo, it was decided early in 1977 that awards would be g Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2014-06-28
