Property from the Original Owner
1098
Rolex
Ref. 1655
Explorer II Steve McQueen
A fine and rare stainless steel dual time wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, bracelet, guarantee and original invoice
- Estimate
- HK$80,000 - 120,000€9,600 - 14,400$10,000 - 15,000
HK$200,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1984
- Reference No
- 1655
- Movement No
- D612909
- Case No
- 8'270'450
- Model Name
- Explorer II Steve McQueen
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, 1570, 26 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex Oyste</em>r bracelet, 186 mm. maximum length
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex </em>folding deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 38.5 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Rolex </em>Garantie dated 30 June 1984 and leather wallet.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The present watch is in very attractive and original condition. Consigned by the original owner, this second generation reference 1655 is fitted with a lollipop seconds hand. The numerals have turned a very warm yellow and the second hour hand is really nice and bright orange. The case still carries its original proportions and finishes to the top of the lugs.
Overall the watch is a very handsome example of the highly collectible Steve McQueen.
Overall the watch is a very handsome example of the highly collectible Steve McQueen.
Literature
Rolex
Swiss | 1905Founded in 1905 England by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis as Wilsdorf & Davis, it soon became known as the Rolex Watch Company in 1915, moving its headquarters to Geneva in 1919. Like no other company, the success of the wristwatch can be attributed to many of Rolex's innovations that made them one of the most respected and well-known of all luxury brands. These innovations include their famous "Oyster" case — the world's first water resistant and dustproof watch case, invented in 1926 — and their "Perpetual" — the first reliable self-winding movement for wristwatches launched in 1933. They would form the foundation for Rolex's Datejust and Day-Date, respectively introduced in 1945 and 1956, but also importantly for their sports watches, such as the Explorer, Submariner and GMT-Master launched in the mid-1950s.One of its most famous models is the Cosmograph Daytona. Launched in 1963, these chronographs are without any doubt amongst the most iconic and coveted of all collectible wristwatches. Other key collectible models include their most complicated vintage watches, including references 8171 and 6062 with triple calendar and moon phase, "Jean Claude Killy" triple date chronograph models and the Submariner, including early "big-crown" models and military-issued variants.
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