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Geneva, May 10, 2009

LOT 29

Ref. 68278 Datejust Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Datejust, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified?, case No. S954811, Ref. 68278/68000. Made in 1994. Fine, tonneau-shaped, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold mid-sized chronometer wristwatch with date and an 18K yellow gold Rolex Jubilee bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted Rolex box. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown, reeded bezel, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Off white with applied yellow gold baton indexes, luminous dots, inner painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute/seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 2135, rhodium-plated, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, free-sprung self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 30 mm. Thickness 11 mm. Approx overall length 150 mm.