Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Mar 10, 2011

LOT 81

Tudor - Ref. 7149 - So-Called Monte Carlo Tudor, ?Oyster Date,? case No. 826122, 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 Tudor Oyster bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down engraved case back, crown and buttons, tachometer graduation on the blue bezel to 500 units per hour, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Bicolor anthracite and blue 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 195 mm.