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Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007

LOT 246

Ref. 17000, Stainless Steel ?OysterQuartz Datejust? Rolex ?Oysterquartz, Datejust, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified?, case No. 6503227, Ref. 17000. Made in 1981. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, tonneau-shaped, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with date, and stainless steel Rolex bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by a certificate (now void).

HKD 15,000 - 20,000

USD 2,000 - 2,600 / EUR 1,500 - 2,000

Sold: HKD 16,520

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed case back and crown, polished bezel, sapphire crystal with ?cyclops? lens. D. Black with applied steel baton indexes, luminous dots, outer minute/ seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 5035, rhodium plated, 11 jewels adjusted to temperature. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 14 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 2

Very good

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

The 17000 series of references first appeared in the Rolex catalogue in the mid 1970s.