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New York, Jun 18, 2008

LOT 353

Ref. 16618, Yellow Gold Submariner Navy Blue Dial Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Date, Submariner, 1000ft/300m, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified?, Ref. 16618. Made in 2004. Sold May 31, 2005. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date and blue bezel with an 18K yellow gold Rolex Oyster Fliplock bracelet. Accompanied by the original box, instruction booklet and certificate (now void).

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated unidirectional revolving blue bezel for the decompression times, Triplock winding-crown protected by the Crown Guard, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Navy blue with luminous round, triangular and baton gold indexes, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold skeleton hands. M. Cal. 3135, rhodium-plated, oeil de perdrix decoration, 31 jewels, straightline 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 12 mm.