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Lot 151 · Important Watches

an 18k yellow gold automatic centre seconds wristwatch with date and braceletcirca 1970 oyster perpetual date ref. 1500

Rolex

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Estimate
CHF 3,800–CHF 4,500 hammer ≈ $3,424–$4,055
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Important Watches, Geneva · 9 May 2010
Record ID
TB-2026-3923359
Record
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Rolex, an 18k yellow gold automatic centre seconds wristwatch with date and braceletcirca 1970 oyster perpetual date ref. 1500. Sotheby's, 9 May 2010, lot 151. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3923359.

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Rolex, an 18k yellow gold automatic centre seconds wristwatch with date and braceletcirca 1970 oyster perpetual date ref. 1500. Sotheby's, 9 May 2010, lot 151. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3923359.

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