RARE STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH GAS ESCAPE VALVE AND BRACELET, CASE NO. 5230228, CIRCA 1977

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ROLEX, SUBMARINER, REF. 5514/5513, COMEX
RARE STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH GAS ESCAPE VALVE AND BRACELET, CASE NO. 5230228, CIRCA 1977
Calibre 1520, 26 jewels, black matte dial, luminous dot, baton and dagger numerals, luminous Mercedes hands, sweep centre seconds, stainless steel water-resistant type tonneau-shaped case, revolving black bezel calibrated for 60 units, gas escape valve in the band, screw down case back engraved ROLEX COMEX 808, screw down crown, stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet, case, dial and movement signed
Diameter: 40 mm.

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Lot Essay

US$30,000-50,000

With presentation case.

The Submariner Comex model, ref. 5513 and 5514, was specially developed by Rolex for Compagnie Maritime d'Expertise or COMEX, a professional diving operation for the oil industry. The gas escape valve was designed to release excessive helium pressure from the case during the diver's decompression periods.

Ref. 5514 is amongst the rarest of all Submariner models, according to literature less than 200 examples were made and sold exclusively to COMEX. It was never available to the public.

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