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A STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH BRACELET WATCH BRACELET WATCH Model: Aquatimer Model: Deepsea Sea Dweller Reference: 3719 Reference: 116660 Date: Sold July 2007 Date: Sold 21st January 2016 Movement: 25-jewel Cal.79320 automatic, adjusted to 5 positions, Movement: Jewelled Cal.3135 automatic No.2970320 Dial: Graduated blue to black, luminous filled dot hour markers, baton Dial: Black, applied faceted baton markers, white outer 1/5th second quarters, white outer minute divisions, date aperture at 3, polished divisions, raised outer rotating 0-60 markers, 30 minute and 12 hour Mercedes hands with luminous inserts recording at 6 and 12, day and date apertures at 3, polished baton Case: Brushed and polished tonneau form, screw down back and hands with luminous inserts, centre chronograph hand, subsidiary shouldered crown, bi-directional bezel with black calibrated insert, seconds at 9 helium escape value at 9, No.230***** Case: Brushed round, screw down back, chronograph buttons Strap/Bracelet: Brushed Oyster link flanking crown, No.3197903 Buckle/Clasp: Signed folding clasp, stamped 826 Strap/Bracelet: Integral brushed link Signed: Case, dial & movement Buckle/Clasp: Signed deployant clasp Size: 45mm Signed: Case, dial & movement Accompaniments: Rolex box, outer card, International Guarantee, Size: 42mm brochure, swing tag, two spare links Accompaniments: IWC box, outer card, two spare links, Guarantee, IWC polishing cloth £3,000 - 4,000 €3,500 - 4,600 £2,500 - 3,500 US$3,900 - 5,200 €2,900 - 4,000 US$3,200 - 4,500 The original Sea Dweller was launched in 1971 and featured improvements to the previous Submariner model and based on the improvements made for the Comex diving company, such as a strengthened case and helium gas escape valve. These modifications allowed the Sea-Dweller to withstand the high pressure of deep sea level diving and repeated compression/decompression cycles. The ref: 116660 can withstand up to a death of 12,800 feet (3,900 meters). 1 2 4 | BONHAMS 3Y 4Y JAEGER-LECOULTRE. A STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC AUDEMARS PIGUET. A STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC TRIPLE CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASE WRISTWATCH WITH ECCENTRIC HOUR AND MINUTE DISPLAY Model: Master Control 1000 Hours Model: Millenary Star Wheel 125th Anniversary Reference: 140.8.80.S Reference: 25898ST/O/0020VE/01 Date: Circa 2000 Date: Circa 2000 Movement: 50-jewel Cal.889/440/2 automatic, adjusted to 6 Movement: 35-jewel Cal.2224 automatic, adjusted to heat, cold, positions, 22K gold rotor, No.3110707 isochronism and 5 positions, 21K rotor segment, No.477633 Dial: Brushed silvered, applied dart hour markers, black outer minute Dial: Navy blue, white minute arc to right, three central rotating divisions, subsidiary dials at 3, 9 and 12 for day, date and month, year sapphire crystal discs with hour indications, star shaped wheels indication at 12, moon phase at 6 beneath Case: Polished round, exhibition back secured by 4 screws, quick set Case: Brushed and polished oval, back secured by 6 screws, button at 8, No.1423 No.E24519 Strap/Bracelet: Black Jaeger-LeCoultre alligator leather Strap/Bracelet: Navy blue Audemars Piguet leather Buckle/Clasp: Signed deployant clasp Buckle/Clasp: Signed folding clasp Signed: Case, dial & movement Signed: Case, dial & movement Size: 37mm Size: 41mm Accompaniments: Jaeger-LeCoultre box, outer card, Guarantee Accompaniments: Audemars Piguet box, outer card, Certificate of certificate, Guarantee booklet Origin £6,000 - 8,000 £7,000 - 9,000 €6,900 - 9,200 €8,100 - 10,000 US$7,800 - 10,000 US$9,100 - 12,000 Limited to a run of just 125 pieces in steel, the Millenary Star Wheel 125th Anniversary was released in 2000 to celebrate Audemars Piguets 125 years in business. The dial features three sapphire discs with the hours printed on them, these discs are in turn mounted on star shaped wheels which rotate via a central wheel. It is from these star shaped wheels that the watch takes its name. The system is based on watches from the 1700’s called wandering hour watches and examples exists from the finest makers from that time onwards. 3 4 FINE WATCHES AND WRISTWATCHES | 5 5 6 5 6 ROLEX. A STAINLESS STEEL AND GOLD AUTOMATIC ROLEX. A STAINLESS STEEL AND GOLD AUTOMATIC CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH BRACELET WATCH CALENDAR BRACELET WATCH Model: Cosmograph Daytona Model: Submariner Reference: 116523 Reference: 116613LN Date: Sold 29th July 2012 Date: Sold 20th June 2012 Movement: 44-jewel Cal.4130 automatic, adjusted to 5 positions and Movement: 31-jewel Cal.3135 automatic, No.5AC4**** temperatures, No.C057**** Dial: Black, luminous filled dot hour markers, baton quarters, white Dial: Pale champagne, applied luminous filled Arabic numerals, black outer minute