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Geneva, May 14, 2017

LOT 350

ROLEX, REF. 116528, THE LUCKY "35", GOLD Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph Daytona," Serial number: 23C26195, Ref. 116528. Made in 2006. Very fine, water-resistant, self-winding 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Rolex Oysterlock bracelet Ref. 78498. Accompanied by the warranty card.

CHF 55,000 - 75,000

HKD 440,000 - 600,000 / USD 55,000 - 75,000

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 400 UPH, sapphire crystal. Black with applied diamond indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary guilloche dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous yellow gold and black baton hands. Cal. 4130, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 44 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating free sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism.

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Grading System
Grade:
Case: 1-8

As new

Slightly scratched
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 40 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. Approx. overall length 180 mm. Despite strict quality controls, occasionally mistakes do happen. Already seen on other daytonas, interestingly a similar reference but an older reference 16528 was sold at auction bearing a number 13 at 3 o clock, this particular example has the number 35 rather than 30 at 6 o clock and is an unusual and rare mistake to appeal to the Daytona collector.