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Rolex
Ref. 5513
Submariner, “pre-COMEX”
A fine and rare stainless steel diver’s wristwatch with sweep center seconds, guarantee, box and hang tags
- Estimate
- HK$150,000 - 240,000€17,300 - 27,600$20,000 - 30,000
HK$250,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1978
- Reference No
- 5513
- Case No
- 5’133’526
- Model Name
- Submariner, “pre-COMEX”
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. 1520, 26 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet stamped 93150, endlinks stamped 580, max length 190 mm
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel Rolex Oyster folding deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 39.5 mm diameter
- Signed
- Dial, case, movement and bracelet signed
- Accessories
- With original punched Rolex guarantee dated 1981, hang tags, green fitted presentation box and outer packaging
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Dubbed by watch collectors as the “pre-COMEX” dial, the present example of the reference 5513 Submariner is particularly attractive due to its similarities to the dial fitted to some of the reference 5514 Submariner examples issued to COMEX, a professional diving company.
Completed with a punched guarantee, hang tags and presentation box, the present watch is a beautiful and well-preserved example that could easily be a collector’s favorite. Adding another element of collectability, the watch is also fresh to the auction market.
Completed with a punched guarantee, hang tags and presentation box, the present watch is a beautiful and well-preserved example that could easily be a collector’s favorite. Adding another element of collectability, the watch is also fresh to the auction market.
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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