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New York, Dec 11, 2008

LOT 518

Ref. 116519, Daytona Meteorite Dial Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph Daytona,? Ref. 116519. Made in 2002, sold March 26, 2003. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an 18K white gold Fliplock deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Certificate (now void).

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 400 units per hour, sapphire crystal. D. Meteorite with applied radial white gold Roman numerals and square indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds division. White gold and black baton hands. M. Cal. 4130, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 44 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 40 mm. Thickness 12 mm.