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Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

LOT 149

Ref. 18238 Yellow Gold ?Day-Date? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, case No. L607606, Ref. 18238. Sold in December 1990. Very fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold chronometer wristwatch with day and date display on an 18K yellow gold Rolex President bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. Accompanied by fitted box, guarantee (now void) and booklets.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and Oyster crown, reeded bezel, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. White with applied yellow gold baton indexes, luminous dots, apertures for the quick-set day and date, outer minute track with every five Roman numerals. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 3155, rhodium-plated, oeil de perdrix decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Approx. overall length 175 mm.