Tudor. A fine and attractive stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with date and bracelet

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Tudor. A fine and attractive stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with date and bracelet

SIGNED TUDOR, OYSTER DATE, MONTECARLO MODEL, REF. 7159/0, CASE NO. 775'969, CIRCA 1972

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Tudor. A fine and attractive stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with date and bracelet
Signed Tudor, Oyster Date, Montecarlo model, ref. 7159/0, case no. 775'969, circa 1972
Cal. 234 mechanical movement, 17 jewels, grey matte dial, luminous baton numerals, luminous hands, orange central hand for chronographic seconds, fifth of a second divisions, outer orange Arabic five minutes divisions on black track, two sunken black subsidiary dials with multicolor chapter rings for constant seconds and 45 minutes register, magnified window for date, tonneau-shaped water-resistant-type case, bezel with tachymetre scale calibrated to 500 units per hour, screw back engraved "Original Oyster Case by Rolex Geneva" and stamped I.72 to the inside, screw down Rolex crown, two screw down chronograph buttons in the band, stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet, deployant clasp stamped 4.72, case, dial and movement signed
40 mm. diam.; overall length approx. 185 mm.

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Lot Essay

Reference 7159/0 is the second model of the second series of the Oyster Chronograph introduced in 1972, featuring a blank bezel calibrated for 500 units.

A similar ref. 7159/0 is illustrated and described in Alberto Isnardi's Tudor Anthology pp. 146-149.

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