Live Auction 1417Rare Watches Including Nautilus 40 Part II
Rolex. A stainless steel automatic wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, bracelet, Garantie and box
Lot 112

Rolex. A stainless steel automatic wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, bracelet, Garantie and box

Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, Sea-Dweller, 4000ft=1220m, ref. 16600, case no. S266201, circa 1993

Closed14 November 2016

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Rolex. A stainless steel automatic wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, bracelet, Garantie and box
Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, Sea-Dweller, 4000ft=1220m, ref. 16600, case no. S266201, circa 1993
MOVEMENT: automatic, cal. 3135, 31 jewels
DIAL: black, gloss, luminous applied baton, dot and dagger numerals, luminous hands, sweep centre seconds, outer minute divisions, window for date
CASE: stainless steel, tonneau-shaped, unidirectional revolving metal bezel with black insert graduated for 60 units, screw back, screw down crown, 40 mm. diam.
SIGNED: case, dial and movement
BRACELET/CLASP: stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet, extendable deployant clasp, approx. overall length 195 mm.
ACCOMPANIED BY: Rolex Garantie stamped by Munich retailer Andreas Schmid and dated December 1993, Rolex green leather wallet, bracelet removal tool, additional clasp endlink, sale tag, calendar card for the years 1993/1994, diving time calculation card, product literature, box and outer packaging

Specialist note

The present example of reference 16600 is offered in absolutely new-old-stock condition, complete with all of its original sale accessories and still retaining the absolutely unspoiled protective green sticker to the case back.

The Sea-Dweller, ref. 16600, also known as the "Sea-Dweller 4000", is the third generation of the iconic model. It was launched in 1988 and replaced in 2008 by the "DeepSea" Sea-Dweller.