104th Auction

2021/5/22

Lot 275

Rolex
Submariner

A diver's very sought after vintage wristwatch with date and original box

estimated
14.00016.000 €
Price realized
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specific features
Case
Steel, screw back ref. 1680, bidirectional rotating black bezel, screwed "Triplock" winding crown, "Oyster" fliplock bracelet ref. 93150 with diver's extension link, endlinks stamped 580, clasp VE, bracelet length 135 mm, total length 175 mm.
Dial
Original service dial, black, luminous indexes (Super-LumiNova), tritium marking.
Movement
Automatic.
Case no.6158330
Ref.1680
Cal.1570
Diam.39 mm
Circa1979
Ctry.Swiss


Reference 1680 was produced from 1969 to 1980. When this watch was made the examples with 660ft/200m on the dial targeted mainly the U.K. and North American markets, whereas examples with 200m/660ft were aimed at the rest of the world.