Philippe Cousteau’s Rolex Double Red Sea-Dweller for Sale

(Photo credit: LiveAuctioneers)

A Rolex Sea-Dweller 1655 that once belonged to Philippe Cousteau, the son of the famous ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau, has just come up for sale.

The watch, a Double Red dial with a faded red color, was a gift from Philippe in 1973 to the current owner and seller after a deep-sea dive in the Mediterranean Sea. The auction, hosted by LiveAuctioneers, will close on Nov. 14. Vintage watches with provenance have generally defied the preowned down market.

Cousteau, whose life was cut short in 1979 in a plane crash, was a oceanographer and filmmaker known for his work alongside his father. Together, they co-produced and co-hosted several acclaimed documentaries.

The watch is not the same Sea-Dweller that was auctioned at Antiquorum in 2014, another Philippe Cousteau watch with a much lower serial number.

Philippe and Jacques Cousteau. (Photo credit: Perezcope.com)