This mid-1970s Sea-Dweller model 1665 originally had one of the rare “double red” dials, as recalled by its owner when selling it to us. This is consistent with its 4-million case number and the straight text of “ROLEX” across the case-back. In 2004 it enjoyed a service by Rolex UK and at that time was fitted with this rather rare, luminova service dial with all-white text. Note the single word “SWISS” at the bottom of the dial, rather than the “SWISS – T < 25” seen on earlier dials on which tritium  was the luminous material.

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