ROLEX.
A RARE AND VERY ATTRACTIVE MEN'S STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC BRACELET WATCH.

Model: Red Submariner
Date: Circa 1971
Case reference: 1680
Movement: Signed, 26-Jewels, Cal.1570, No.D20XXXX
Dial: Signed, "Red Mark 5", mate black, luminous applied hour markers, white outer minute division, silvered Mercedes hands with luminous insert, silvered centre seconds hand with luminous insert, date aperture at the 3 o'clock position with white calendar disk and black Arabic numerals with a beautiful patina
Case: Signed, stainless steel, signed screw-down crown, bi-directional stainless steel bezel with metal black inner insert and silvered Arabic numerals division, signed screw-down back, No.
Bracelet: Signed stainless steel Oyster bracelet with the correct ref.93150 and end links 580, signed stainless steel Osyterclasp and "Flip-Lock"
Size: 40mm
Accompaniments: Green and rare Rolex Pyramid box, green Rolex Wallet.

*For the same reference watch with Mark V dial, please see Franca and Guido Mondani, Rolex Submariner, 2013, p. 98.
*For a similar case reference 1680 with an identical bracelet and dial, please see Antiquorum Geneva, 10 November 2019, lot 174, sold for CHF 30,000.

In 1967, the first Rolex Submariner Date was introduced. The watch featured the case reference 1680, the new caliber 1575, and it was designed to be waterproof up to 200m, with "Cyclop" lens on top of the calendar, aiming to enlarge the date numbers at least two and a half times more, making it easier to read them.

Our watch features a rare Mark V dial, which was only produced and issued from 1969 until 1975 (6 years circulation), until the time that Rolex decided to have it replaced with a white version.