Rolex Sea-Dweller Ref 1665 Full Set

This Rolex “Great White” Sea-Dweller reference 1665 is a very attractive watch and wonderful it has the box and papers. It features the “Great White” Sea-Dweller dial.

It is a “Maxi” Sea-Dweller dial and was among the last examples of the legendary reference 1655 made. These examples with 6 million serial numbers have the extremely large hour markers that give them the “Maxi” moniker. I find them to be the most beautiful Great White Sea-Dweller dials. The reference 1655 models with all-white text are known as “Great White” models and the early examples are known as “Double Red” Sea-Dwellers with two red lines of text and the earliest, essentially prototype and not-for-sale, Sea-Dwellers are known as “Single Red” Sea-Dwellers with a single line of red text.

The case and bracelet have been lightly polished. It dates to 1981 with a 6.6M serial.

The lug-to-lug length is 47mm and it measures 40mm in diameter excluding the crown. It is paired on an Oyster bracelet with F date code dating to circa 1981 and is original to the watch.

The watch comes box and papers. The watch recently passed a water resistance test of 5 bar. It features a TrueDome D39 crystal.

PRICE: $25,000 (Item SBUXYT4080)

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