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New York, Oct 17, 2008

LOT 205

Ref. 7031 Tudor, ?Oyster Date Chronograph,? Ref. 7031/0, case made by Rolex, Geneva.Made in 1971. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date, round-button chronograph, register and tachometer

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down engraved case back, crown and buttons, tachometer graduation on the black bezel to 500 units per hour, Twinlock winding crown protected by the crown guard, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Bicolor anthracite and black with luminous 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 steel dauphine hands. M. Cal. 7734, 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.