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New York, Dec 11, 2008

LOT 181

Ref. 1530 Oyster Perpetual Date Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Date, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 1530.Made in the 1970?s. Fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date and an integral stainless steel Rolex link bracelet. Accompanied by a Rolex Japan service invoice dated October 22, 2004.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Two-tone silver with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/seconds divisions. Luminous steel baton 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 free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm.