The Rolex Oyster Cosmograph Daytona chronograph bracelet watch will go under the hammer on June 18.
An Evening of Exceptional Watches at Christie’s New York brought in more than £4.5m.
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It confirmed that over 240 pieces will be on offer ranging from £1,500 to nearly £400,000 in price.
Highlights include modern, vintage and sport watches from Patek Phillipe, Rolex, Vacheron Constantin, A. Lange & Söhne and Breguet.
The auction will feature a cloisonné enamelled ‘dragon dial’ Rolex wristwatch as well as a ‘Rail Dial’ Rolex Sea Dweller.
The watches will be offered in London, Geneva, New York and Hong Kong between July 2019 and October 2020.
The watch, which has a pre-sale estimate of CHF 1 million to CHF 2 million, is thought to be one of only 50 made in pink gold by Rolex and only ten with the star dial.
The watch is one of only three wristwatches featuring calendar indications and a minute repeating mechanism made before the end of the 1940s.
The collection set to go under the hammer will be showcased from September 25 up until the day of the auction.
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