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Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

LOT 311

?Single Red Tropical? Rolex, ?Oyster, Perpetual Date, Submariner, 200m/660ft, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, movement No. D904634, case No. 2292687, Ref. 1680. Made in 1969. Very fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Oyster "Fliplock" bracelet. Accompanied by a Rolex service document.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated bi-directional revolving brown color change bezel for the decompression times, Triplock winding-crown protected by the crown guard, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Chocolate ?color-change? with luminous round, triangular and baton indexes, aperture for the date, ?Submariner? in red. 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 Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Approx. overall length 180 mm. Property of a Hong Kong Collector