275
Rolex
Ref. 1680, case back stamped 5512
Submariner
A fine and rare stainless steel wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, bracelet, original guarantee, anchor and fitted presentation box
- Estimate
- HK$62,000 - 100,000
HK$106,250
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1974
- Reference No
- 1680, case back stamped 5512
- Movement No
- D263065
- Case No
- 3'225'698
- Model Name
- Submariner
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, 1570, 26 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex Oyster</em> bracelet, 185 mm. maximum length, end link stamped 380
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex </em>folding deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 39.5 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Rolex </em>undated Garantie, leather wallet, anchor, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
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Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
This watch is a very appealing example of a red reference 1680 with accessories. The dial and hands have aged in a consistent way and now exhibit a warm yellow tone throughout. The case is equally appealing and has only seen very minor polishing. It is important to note that the case back is stamped 5512 indicating that it is a service replacement.
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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