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Hôtel Plaza Athénée - Le Trianon, Sep 28, 2005

LOT 51

?Submariner? Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, ?Submariner?, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 1680. Made in the late 1970s. Fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant to 200 meters/660 feet, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with date and a Rolex buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, black graduated bi-directional revolving bezel for the decompression times, "Twinlock" winding-crown protected by the "crown guard". D. Black with tritium-coated round, triangular and bâton indexes, aperture for the date. Yellow gold tritium-coated "skeleton" hands. M. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness: 14 mm.