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Lot 144 · Important Watches

a fine and rare stainless steel automatic centre seconds wristwatch with date and braceletref 1665 case 5347810 'double red' sea-dweller circa 1972

Rolex

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Estimate
CHF 15,000–CHF 25,000 hammer ≈ $14,925–$24,875
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Important Watches, Geneva · 10 November 2015
Record ID
TB-2026-4412187
Record
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Rolex, a fine and rare stainless steel automatic centre seconds wristwatch with date and braceletref 1665 case 5347810 'double red' sea-dweller circa 1972. Sotheby's, 10 Nov 2015, lot 144. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4412187.

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Rolex, a fine and rare stainless steel automatic centre seconds wristwatch with date and braceletref 1665 case 5347810 'double red' sea-dweller circa 1972. Sotheby's, 10 Nov 2015, lot 144. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4412187.

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