No one is quite sure why a handful of these non valve mk1 1665's were made but 2 things are for sure. 1) They were manufactured in 1967 but not released until 1970/71 & 2) They're rarer than rocking horse shite! So much so that they are referred to as Rolex prototypes today and this exact example is featured in perhaps the most revered Rolex dive watch book in the world, still on sale at Hodinkee, A Journey Into The Deep. What better than to own a Rolex prototype featured in one of the best coffee table books in the world. It also features the non production Mark 1 dial reserved for the patent pending examples never on sale to the public.
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Like the reintroduction of the Mini motorcar over a decade ago, this reinterpretation of Big Pilot by IWC is better than the original. This 1st series Platinum example is of course the top of the top.