24th Nov, 2022 14:00

Watches and Pens
 
Lot 139
 

ROLEX.
SUBMARINER "KERMIT".

A RARE AND COLLECTIBLE ROLEX 50TH ANNIVERSARY MEN'S STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC BRACELET DIVER'S WATCH.

Model: Submariner, "The Kermit"
Date: 2008
Case reference: 16610LV
Movement: Signed Rolex, automatic, 31 jewels, Cal.3135
Dial: Signed, glossy black, silvered hour markers with luminous insert, white outer minute division, silvered Mercedes hands with luminous insert, silvered centre second hand with luminous insert, date aperture at the three o'clock position with a white calendar disk, and black Arabic numerals
Case: Signed, stainless steel, stainless steel uni-directional bezel with a green metal insert, screw-down crown, screw-down back, No. M438307
Bracelet: Signed, stainless steel, signed stainless steel deployment clasp
Size: 40mm

Accompaniments: Rolex paperwork, green Rolex tag


*The main differences this Rolex Kermit presents, when compared to its predecessors, are

  • the "Maxi Dial" with wider hour markers and bigger hands;
  • the fourth bezel variation, 'B4';
  • on the dial, the internal corners of the figure 5 are perfectly square and the figure 4 pointed ;
  • the laser engraving of "ROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEX" is here on the rehaut, a variation introduced after 2007;
  • a 'C2' case .
  • a 'Round O' dial with a Narrow Rolex;
  • the 'R' of Oyster exactly between the legs of the 'R' in Rolex, narrowly spaced on 'Oyster Perpetual Date';
  • a narrow 'Swiss Made' with three shorter minute division under it and lengthened ones on the sides.
  • The absence of the T on the case reference means that it doesn't have "sunken holes"

The model number remains between the lugs at 12. The very last examples are with a randomized serial number.


All of this gives us the following combination: Rolex Kermit Mark VI, Case: C1, Dial: D4, Bezel: B4

Sold for £16,250

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