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[[File:Ref3666_connoisseur_18k_1924.jpg|thumb|right|340px|Rolex 'Submarine' Full Hermetic Pre-Oyster (1924), 18K gold — the inner watch sealed inside an outer screw-down case (Finger patent CH 89276).]] | |||
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[[File:Ref3666_cargills_ceylon.jpg|thumb|right|300px|1924 ref 3666 Submarine Hermetique in silver, retailed by Cargills Ltd. Ceylon.]] | [[File:Ref3666_cargills_ceylon.jpg|thumb|right|300px|1924 ref 3666 Submarine Hermetique in silver, retailed by Cargills Ltd. Ceylon.]] | ||
The best-documented surviving 3666 is a 1924 sterling silver Hermetic retailed by '''Cargills Ltd. Ceylon''', the Colombo department store that distributed Rolex across the British colonial market in the 1920s. It surfaced publicly through '''Bold Timepieces'''. The case is hallmarked silver, case markings include the Finger patent text (“JF / Double Boitier Brevet 89276”), the inner case is signed W&D, the dial is white enamel with black Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds at 6. The watch is presented as a working example of the architecture — outer case unscrews, inner case lifts out, movement winds through the pendant of the inner case. | The best-documented surviving 3666 is a 1924 sterling silver Hermetic retailed by '''Cargills Ltd. Ceylon''', the Colombo department store that distributed Rolex across the British colonial market in the 1920s. It surfaced publicly through '''Bold Timepieces'''. The case is hallmarked silver, case markings include the Finger patent text (“JF / Double Boitier Brevet 89276”), the inner case is signed W&D, the dial is white enamel with black Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds at 6. The watch is presented as a working example of the architecture — outer case unscrews, inner case lifts out, movement winds through the pendant of the inner case. | ||