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Rolex. A very fine stainless steel automatic wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, 24 hour hand and bracelet
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Rolex. A very fine stainless steel automatic wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, 24 hour hand and bracelet

Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, Explorer II, So-Called "Steve McQueen" model, Ref. 1655, Case No. 3'343'099, Circa 1973

Closed14 May 2018

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Rolex. A very fine stainless steel automatic wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, 24 hour hand and bracelet
Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, Explorer II, So-Called "Steve McQueen" model, Ref. 1655, Case No. 3'343'099, Circa 1973
Movement: cal. 1570, automatic, 26 jewels, signed
Dial: signed
Case: screw back, inside case back stamped 1655, 39 mm. diam., signed
With: stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet with deployant clasp stamped 78360, overall length of approximately 165 mm.

Specialist note

Designed primarily for speleologists (cave explorers). The model features a fixed bezel with 24 hour display and a special 24 hour hand that can be set to distinguish day from night hours or to read the current time in different time zones. Reference 1655 is frequently referred to as the "Steve McQueen" or "Freccione", Italian for "big arrow" amongst collectors.