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Rolex. A rare stainless steel automatic wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, bracelet, champagne dial, original certificate and box, made for the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces
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Rolex. A rare stainless steel automatic wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, bracelet, champagne dial, original certificate and box, made for the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces

SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, DATEJUST, REF. 16030, CASE NO. 7'218'482, CIRCA 1980

Closed10 November 2014

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CHF 6,000

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Rolex. A rare stainless steel automatic wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, bracelet, champagne dial, original certificate and box, made for the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces
Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Datejust, ref. 16030, case no. 7'218'482, circa 1980
Cal. 3035 automatic movement, 27 jewels, champagne dial, polychrome emblem of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces, applied gold baton numerals with luminous accents, sweep centre seconds, magnified window for date, tonneau-shaped water-resistant-type case, milled bezel, screw back, screw down crown, stainless steel Rolex Jubilee bracelet, case, dial and movement signed
36 mm. diam.

Specialist note

With Rolex original Guarantee dated 13 October 1982, product literature and fitted period presentation box.

The present watch is an attractive and rare example of a Datejust made for the United Arab Emirates armed forces, the champagne dial featuring their emblem which consists of a golden falcon, the UAE flag, and seven stars representing the federation of seven emirates.