Important Watches

Important Watches

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 2111. ROLEX | SEA-DWELLER 'DOUBLE RED', REFERENCE 1665, A STAINLESS STEEL WRISTWATCH WITH DATE AND BRACELET, CIRCA 1976 | 勞力士 | "Sea-Dweller ""Double Red"" 型號1665 精鋼鏈帶腕錶,備日期顯示,錶殼編號4190751,約1976年製".

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ROLEX | SEA-DWELLER 'DOUBLE RED', REFERENCE 1665, A STAINLESS STEEL WRISTWATCH WITH DATE AND BRACELET, CIRCA 1976 | 勞力士 | "Sea-Dweller ""Double Red"" 型號1665 精鋼鏈帶腕錶,備日期顯示,錶殼編號4190751,約1976年製"

Auction Closed

October 9, 11:30 AM GMT

Estimate

200,000 - 280,000 HKD

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VARIOUS PROPERTIES

ROLEX

勞力士


SEA-DWELLER 'DOUBLE RED', REFERENCE 1665

A STAINLESS STEEL WRISTWATCH WITH DATE AND BRACELET, CIRCA 1976

Sea-Dweller "Double Red" 型號1665

精鋼鏈帶腕錶,備日期顯示,錶殼編號4190751,約1976年製


Dial: black

Calibre: cal. 1570 automatic, 26 jewels

Case: stainless steel, screw down case back

Case number: 4'190'751

Closure: stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet and folding clasp

Size: 40 mm diameter, bracelet circumference approximately 170 mm

Signed: case, dial and movement

During the 1960s, the needs of professional divers working at great depths led to the development of the first ‘ultra water resistant’ tool watches designed for conducting safe diving operations at depths of 300 meters (1,000 ft.). However, these were still not sufficient for deep-sea divers who experienced failure as their watch crystals broke during compression due to the build-up of helium. To aid these divers, Rolex released in 1967 the Sea-Dweller Submariner reference 1665 in cooperation with the French engineering and deep-sea diving company COMEX. Made in 1976, the case number is repeated on the inside of the case back. The dial, a MK4, is attractive and the lumes have aged consistently to a nice yellow and the case is nice and crisp.