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New York, Apr 17, 2008

LOT 132

Ref. 7169 Tudor, ?Oyster Date Chronograph?, Ref. 7169/0, case made by Rolex, Geneva. Made in 1972. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date, round-button chronograph, register and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by booklets and original fitted box.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down engraved case back, crown and buttons, graduated bidirectional revolving black bezel for elapsed time, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, crystal with Cyclops lens. D. Bicolor anthracite and black with luminous baton indexes, outer 1/5th seconds scale with 5 minute/second red Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 45-minute register, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous black baton hands. M. Cal. 234, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.