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New York, Apr 17, 2008

LOT 133

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 Tudor Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by the original box, Guarantee document (now void), 2 extra links, a hang tag and a service invoice.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down engraved case back, crown and buttons, graduated bidirectional revolving blue bezel for elapsed time, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, crystal with Cyclops lens. D. Bicolor anthracite and blue 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.