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ROLEX. A FINE AND RARE LIMITED EDITION 18K GOLD COIN WRISTWATCH
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ROLEX. A FINE AND RARE LIMITED EDITION 18K GOLD COIN WRISTWATCH

SIGNED ROLEX, GENEVE, "CELLINI LIBERTAD-INDEPENDENCIA ROLEX", CASE A842875, REF. 3612/8, CIRCA 1971

Closed24 April 2008

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ROLEX. A FINE AND RARE LIMITED EDITION 18K GOLD COIN WRISTWATCH
SIGNED ROLEX, GENEVE, "CELLINI LIBERTAD-INDEPENDENCIA ROLEX", CASE A842875, REF. 3612/8, CIRCA 1971
Cal. 651 with nickel-finished lever movement, 18 jewels, mono-metallic balance, adjusted to 5 positions, silvered matte dial with Roman and baton numerals, pink gold circular case all hinged within an 18k gold Mexican 50 Peso, with Libertad-Independencia to the cover and dated 1821-1947, the Mexican coat-of-arms with an eagle perched a top a prickly pear with a snake in its mouth to the reverse, case, dial and movement signed
39mm diam.

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The Libertad-Independencia Rolex Cellini was made in a limited edition of 10 pieces to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Treaty of Cordoba. The treaty gave Mexico its independence from Spain following the Mexican War of Independence.