| Manufacturer: | Rolex |
| Regular Price: | $30,864.86 |
| Item Number: | 121475 |
| Nickname: | Rolex Double Red Sea-Dweller |
| Condition: | Vintage |
| Model Name/Number: | Sea-Dweller 1665 “Double Red Sea Dweller” with Box & Papers |
| Serial: | 5017XXX |
| Year: | Circa 1977 |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Movement: | Automatic 1575 |
| Case: | Stainless steel case; serial and reference numbers are visible between the lugs. Caseback engraved "ROLEX PATENT · GAS ESCAPE VALVE · OYSTER". Inner case back is stamped "1665" and the corresponding case number. |
| Dial: | Matte black Mark IV dial |
| Bracelet: | Stainless steel Oyster 93150 bracelet with 11 links, 580 end links and divers extension. Back of clasp is stamped "G" indicating it is from 1982. |
| Box & Papers: | Rolex box, Rolex presentation box, burgundy chronometer hang-tag, Rolex "trip lock" crown green hang-tag, hand-written guarantee (Dated October 1977), and Rolex service card dated July 2018 (with corresponding serial). |
| Warranty: | This pre-owned Rolex comes with Bob's Watches one year warranty |
| Return Policy: | If not 100% satisfied, return watch in 3 days for a full refund. Terms. |
Vintage Watch Condition Examination:
This watch is in overall good, honest vintage condition. The case is in great condition with light wear; it appears to have been polished. The inside caseback is correctly stamped "1665" and the corresponding serial number. The bezel insert is in great condition with normal wear; the pip is a later replacement. The dial is in attractive condition with light patina; the edge of the dial at five o'clock has a chip. The two lines of red text have remained vibrant. The lume on the dial has developed patina and aged to a lovely marshmallow color. The hands have developed patina and the lume has aged a bit darker than the lume on the dial with a yellow hue. The bracelet is in great condition with normal wear and light stretch between the links.
Description: Rolex Sea-Dweller 1665 Double Red
Sea-Dwellers in general are some of the rarest vintage Rolex sports models out there. Rolex introduced the celebrated model in 1967 and they still make it today. The Sea-Dweller was developed for use by professional deep-sea saturation divers, particularly with its inclusion of a "Helium Escape Valve" or "HEV" on the 9 o'clock side of the case to help the watch survive decompression from dry, pressurized environments. The earliest Sea-Dweller examples had red printing and are called "Single Red" because of the one line of red text about the 6 o'clock marker, while the "Double Red" (featured here) features the words "Sea-Dweller" and "Submariner 2000" in red text above the 6 o'clock marker. Rolex made the double red version until around 1978 and at that point they switched to all white text. Rolex continued to use all white text on the Sea-Dweller until 2017 when they re-introduced the 43mm 50th anniversary version with a single line of red text.
The example we have here today has the two lines of red text on the dial and is from circa 1978. It features a mark IV dial which is the last version of the DRSD dial. This DRSD has aged nicely over the years from the well preserved bezel to the creamy lume, this thing just sings in the light. In addition this comes with it's box and papers and when looking at the papers they are stamped from the retailer "Watches of Switzerland" from an AD in Glasgow, Scotland.
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