Rolex Ref. 1665
Manufacturer: Rolex Year: circa 1974 Reference No: 1665 Movement No: D831'627 Case No: 3'745'781, also repeated inside the caseback Model Name: Sea-Dweller "Double Red" Material: Stainless steel Calibre: Automatic, cal. 1570, 26 jewels Bracelet/Strap: Stainless steel Rolex Oyster, stamped 9315, end links stamped 385, max. length 230mm Clasp/Buckle: Stainless steel Rolex twin lock folding clasp Dimensions: 39.5mm. Diameter Signed: Case, dial and movement signed, outer case back signed "Rolex Patent Oyster Gas Escape Valve" Accessories: Accompanied by original Rolex fitted box, original punched guarantee dated 20 Nov. 1975, Bucherer service invoice dated 13 April 1987, hangtag and anchor. Catalogue Essay A tool watch par excellence, the Rolex reference 1665 Sea-Dweller, launched in 1967, is a “civilian” evolution of the specialized dive watches Rolex had produced for the Marseille-based deep sea diving company, COMEX (Compagnie Maritime d’Expertise). The early generation models of the Sea-Dweller could withstand pressure up to impressive depths of 2000 feet or 610 meters. The Sea-Dweller models all feature a helium escape valve and were the world’s most robust, water resistant watches of their era. Indeed, after compression dives at such depths, where they would breathe a mixture of pressurized hydrogen-helium-oxygen, the tiny helium atoms would penetrate normal dive watches and pop their crystals out during decompression. Rolex solved this problem with COMEX, inventing the helium escape valve, permitting the trapped helium to easily escape. Between 1971 and 1977, Rolex printed the words “SEA-DWELLER” and “Submariner 2000” in red on two lines on the watch’s dial resulting in the watch being dubbed the “Double Red” years later by aficionados. The present watch is fitted with a Mark II dial, as the font used for the word “Submariner” is slightly smaller than the word “2000”. Preserved in superb condition, the present lot was worn with care and spent its life on dry land rather than beneath the oceans. It comes complete with its original fitted box, hangtags, anchor, original guarantee and invoice of servicing from Bucherer dated April 1987. Read More
Rolex Ref. 1665
Manufacturer: Rolex Year: circa 1974 Reference No: 1665 Movement No: D831'627 Case No: 3'745'781, also repeated inside the caseback Model Name: Sea-Dweller "Double Red" Material: Stainless steel Calibre: Automatic, cal. 1570, 26 jewels Bracelet/Strap: Stainless steel Rolex Oyster, stamped 9315, end links stamped 385, max. length 230mm Clasp/Buckle: Stainless steel Rolex twin lock folding clasp Dimensions: 39.5mm. Diameter Signed: Case, dial and movement signed, outer case back signed "Rolex Patent Oyster Gas Escape Valve" Accessories: Accompanied by original Rolex fitted box, original punched guarantee dated 20 Nov. 1975, Bucherer service invoice dated 13 April 1987, hangtag and anchor. Catalogue Essay A tool watch par excellence, the Rolex reference 1665 Sea-Dweller, launched in 1967, is a “civilian” evolution of the specialized dive watches Rolex had produced for the Marseille-based deep sea diving company, COMEX (Compagnie Maritime d’Expertise). The early generation models of the Sea-Dweller could withstand pressure up to impressive depths of 2000 feet or 610 meters. The Sea-Dweller models all feature a helium escape valve and were the world’s most robust, water resistant watches of their era. Indeed, after compression dives at such depths, where they would breathe a mixture of pressurized hydrogen-helium-oxygen, the tiny helium atoms would penetrate normal dive watches and pop their crystals out during decompression. Rolex solved this problem with COMEX, inventing the helium escape valve, permitting the trapped helium to easily escape. Between 1971 and 1977, Rolex printed the words “SEA-DWELLER” and “Submariner 2000” in red on two lines on the watch’s dial resulting in the watch being dubbed the “Double Red” years later by aficionados. The present watch is fitted with a Mark II dial, as the font used for the word “Submariner” is slightly smaller than the word “2000”. Preserved in superb condition, the present lot was worn with care and spent its life on dry land rather than beneath the oceans. It comes complete with its original fitted box, hangtags, anchor, original guarantee and invoice of servicing from Bucherer dated April 1987. Read More
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