The watch has original box, papers, hang tags. Serial numbers or production date codes or other tracking marks that have been removed, altered or obliterated Broken seals or that show evidence of tampering or access by non-authorized dealers or repair centers are excluded from coverage. The dial is a MK II chocolate with appropriate thin case.
The inside of the case back is marked IV 67 and includes the last digits of the serial number (matching). The very final pieces were engraved with random serial numbers and in the future we can expect these final ‘random’ models to appreciate faster than the other ‘pointed four’ models. The watch was purchased new from a Rolex Dealer in Fiji in 1976. Examples by Zenith, usually silver cased, may have the coloured hands and three-scale dial. With the launch of the 116610 Cerachrom Submariner, the Maxi-Dial became part of the standard production and the earlier D2 dials that we believe were reserved for future service parts were no longer required and were used in some of the final LV models to leave the factory. A Watch, Deck was designated 'HS 3' and most of my readers will have seen various American and Swiss pocket watches (both boxed and unboxed) that date from WW2 and have this mark, usually with a second serial number, engraved on their screwed case back.
The earliest known so far begin ‘Y94’ so very few were produced before the serial numbers changed to ‘F’ but ‘Fat Four’ examples with serial numbers below F54 are the grail watches of the LV family.
