23rd Mar, 2019 10:00 GMT/BST

Spring Fine Art Sale (Part I)

 
Lot 69
 

69

A Rare Stainless Steel Automatic Centre Seconds Wristwatch, signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual,...

A Rare Stainless Steel Automatic Centre Seconds Wristwatch, signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, 200m=660ft, model: Submariner, ref: 5513, 1966, (calibre 1520) lever movement signed, matte finish black dial with luminous triangular, dot and baton markers, Mercedes hands, protected screw down crown, bi-directional rotating diving bezel fitted with the 15 minute marker insert, screw back with an engraved inscription, inside case back signed, numbered 5513 and dated VI.66, case serial number 1580692, 43mm wide

The Submariner reference 5513 is such a collectable and characterful wristwatch in today's watch market. This rare reference 5513 dial version is the very first matte finish dial in the 5513 which followed the earlier glossy finish dials. This dial was Introduced in around 1966 and the collectors so called term is 'Meters First' which refers to the measurement depth rating reading with the metric rating first followed by the imperial feet reading second. This was only used for a few years until Rolex dials started to read the imperial rating first at the end of the 1960's. This is a rare example showing the original matte finish dial and original luminous zinc sulphide and tritium lume.

Sold for £8,800
Estimated at £5,000 - £7,000


 

23.01.19, Case with surface scratches, lugs with small dents, case back with an engraved inscription D.Bollon, crown with one minor dent, bezel insert with minor scratches visible under an eyeglass, luminous pip at 12 matches the dial and hands luminous, plexi glass with scratches, original dial finish in good condition, luminous markers are very slightly discoloured in parts, luminous has slight shrunk to the markers, small cracks to the luminous in the hands visible under an eyeglass, later strap and buckle, hand setting correctly, crown is screwing down onto the case threaded portion correctly, movement is clean and in going order.

 


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Auction: Spring Fine Art Sale (Part I), 23rd Mar, 2019

Spring Fine Art Sale (Part I)

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