Lot 572
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THE PROPERTY OF MR YURI VLASOW
AN 18KT GOLD MINUTE REPEATING KEYLESS CHRONOGRAPH HUNTER POCKET-WATCH, in plain case, the white enamel dial (hairline crack) with Arabic numerals and five minute divisions, sweep centre seconds, subsidiary dials for seconds and elapsed minutes, the movement signed Le Coultre and jewelled to the centre, repeating on two gongs operated by a slide in the band

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AN 18KT GOLD MINUTE REPEATING KEYLESS CHRONOGRAPH HUNTER POCKET-WATCH, in plain case, the white enamel dial (hairline crack) with Arabic numerals and five minute divisions, sweep centre seconds, subsidiary dials for seconds and elapsed minutes, the movement signed Le Coultre and jewelled to the centre, repeating on two gongs operated by a slide in the band
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Lot Essay

Tsar Nicholas II offered similar watches as an award for merit. After the revolution of 1917, this watch became property of the Soviet government. This watch was given to Yuri Vlasow in 1960, by the secretary of defense, Marshall Malinovski. That year Yuri Vlasow won first prize during the Olympics in Rome; as a heavyweight he was able to lift 200 kilograms. During the seven following years Yuri Vlasow held the title of 'world's strongest man'.

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