Rolex Sea-Dweller 'Double Red' DRSD Ref. 1665
- Maker
- Rolex
- Year
- 1967-1977
- Rank
- 12 of 100
Rolex Sea-Dweller 'Double Red' DRSD Ref. 1665
Rolex Sea-Dweller 'Double Red' DRSD Ref. 1665 by Rolex (1967-1977) is ranked 12 in the FLOAT 100 for Watches. It carried a market asking price of $35,000 in June 2026, which is not a sale. The original saturation-diver Sea-Dweller with the iconic double-red text — a cornerstone professional vintage Rolex.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The original saturation-diver Sea-Dweller with the iconic double-red text — a cornerstone professional vintage Rolex.
Ref. 1665 'DRSD', two lines of red text, gas-escape valve, 610m
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $35,000
- Kind
- Market asking price, not a sale
- Date
- June 2026
DRSD 1665 trades ~$18.5K (MkII) to ~$50K (rare MkI/patinated); midpoint used. COMEX/MkI 'Patent Pending' examples run $100K+ and are excluded.
This is not a sale. It is what the market was asking, and no transaction is recorded behind it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08