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New York, Dec 11, 2008

LOT 304

Ref. 16523, Stainless Steel and Yellow Gold ?Daytona? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph, Daytona,? Ref. 16523. Made in 1998. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel, 18K yellow gold and diamond wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, and a stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Oysterlock bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and gold buttons and crown, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, tachometer graduation on the gold bezel to 400 units per hour, sapphire crystal. D. Bicolor black and champagne with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals and 8 round diamonds set in yellow gold cushion-shaped indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous yellow gold baton hands.M. Cal. 4030, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.