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ROLEX. A FINE AND RARE STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC TRIPLE CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES

SIGNED ROLEX, PERPETUAL PRECISION, REF. 8171, CASE NO. 686'247, MANUFACTURED IN 1950

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ROLEX. A FINE AND RARE STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC TRIPLE CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES
SIGNED ROLEX, PERPETUAL PRECISION, REF. 8171, CASE NO. 686'247, MANUFACTURED IN 1950
Cal. A.295 CPL automatic jewelled lever movement, silvered re-finished dial, applied numerals, outer blue date ring with central blued steel date hand, two windows for day and month, subsidiary dial for moon phases and constant seconds, circular case, calendar correctors in the band, snap on back, stainless steel Rolex buckle, case, dial and movement signed
38 mm. diam.

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Lot Essay

US$32,000-52,000

Rolex has produced only two different models of moonphase wristwatches, references 8171 and 6062. Both models are automatic, however reference 8171 has a snap on back, while reference 6062, the Oyster version, is fitted with a water-resistant-type screw back.

Reference 8171 was made in a small series between 1949 and 1952, mostly in yellow gold. Examples in pink gold or in stainless steel are very rare.

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