Rolex
1968
1665
D101680
1'758'253
Double Red Seadweller
Stainless steel
Automatic, 1570, 26 jewels
Stainless steel Rolex Oyster flip lock bracelet, 205 mm. maximum length, end links stamped 580
Stainless steel Rolex twin lock folding deployant clasp stamped Rolex 9315
39 mm. diameter
Case, dial and movement signed
With undated Rolex punched Attestation de Chronomètre Officiel, instruction manual, leather wallet, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
For another example of a Double Red Seadweller, please see 100 Superlative Watches by John Goldberger, page 90.
Swiss • 1905
Founded 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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