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Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

LOT 307

?Single Red? Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual Date, Submariner, 200m/660ft., Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified", case No. 2873298. Made in 1970. Fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with red "Submariner", date and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated bidirectional revolving black bezel for the decompression times, Triplock windingcrown protected by the crown guard, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Black with "Submariner" in red writing, luminous round, triangular and baton indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous steel skeleton hands. M. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 14 mm.