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    19 October 2016

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    • ROLEX. A STAINLESS STEEL AUTOM
    Lot 132

    ROLEX. A STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET, BLACK DIAL AND TROPICAL CHAPTER RINGS

    SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, COSMOGRAPH, DAYTONA MODEL, REF. 16520, CASE NO. U710297, CIRCA 1997

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    USD 15,000

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    USD 10,000 - USD 15,000

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    ROLEX. A STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET, BLACK DIAL AND TROPICAL CHAPTER RINGS
    SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, COSMOGRAPH, DAYTONA MODEL, REF. 16520, CASE NO. U710297, CIRCA 1997
    MOVEMENT: Automatic, Caliber 4030, 31 jewels
    DIAL: Black, baton numerals, three subsidiary dials for constant seconds, 30 minute and 12 hour registers on tropical brown chapter rings
    CASE: Stainless steel tonneau-shaped, bezel calibrated for 400 units, screw back, inside case back stamped 16500, screw down crown, two screw-down chronograph buttons in the band, 39 mm diam.
    BRACELET/CLASP: Stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet and deployant clasp, overall length approx. 190 mm or 7.4 inches

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