Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces.

Geneva, Nov 13, 2010

LOT 438

Tudor Ref. 7149 So-Called Monte Carlo Tudor, ?Oyster Date?, case No. 844264, Ref. 7149/0, case made by Rolex, Geneva. Made in the 1970s. Fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round-button chronograph, register, tachometer, date and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by the fitted box.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down engraved case back, crown and buttons, tachometer graduation on the black bezel to 500 units per hour, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Bicolor anthracite and black with luminous baton indexes, outer 1/5th seconds scale with 5 minute/second red Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 45-minute register, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous black baton hands. M. Cal. 234, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Approx overall length 180 mm.