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SUMMARY:rolex - Date de vente : 09/11/2025
DESCRIPTION:Nom du lots : Rolex\n\nDial: gilt black\, chapter ring\, ’rou
 lette’ date\n\nCalibre: cal. 1066 automatic\, 25 jewels\n\nMovement numb
 er: DN’885’289\n\nCase: stainless steel\, screw-down case back\n\nCase
  number: 461’576\n\nClosure: Rolex stainless steel Oyster bracelet and 
 folding clasp\n\nSize: 38 mm diameter\, bracelet circumference approximate
 ly 180 mm\n\nSigned: case\, dial and movement\n\nBox: no\n\nPapers: yes\n\
 nAccessories: Rolex Guarantee and Certificate cards\, service invoice date
 d 1961\, photos of the original owner wearing the watch alongside extensiv
 e original literature on the Pegasus Overland expedition\n\nIn 1959\, eigh
 t men of the British Army’s Parachute Regiment – 12th/13th Battalion\,
  Territorial Army – embarked on a year-long journey around the world kno
 wn as the Pegasus Overland Expedition. Travelling in two Land Rovers\, the
  team crossed some thirty-four countries over fifty-one weeks\, from Europ
 e through Asia and Oceania to Africa\, before returning to Britain. Rolex 
 supported the venture by supplying each participant with a GMT-Master refe
 rence 6542 – a model introduced only a few years earlier to assist inter
 national travellers in keeping track of two time zones simultaneously. The
  present watch was issued to one of the expedition’s members and has rem
 ained in his possession ever since.\n\nThis example\, preserved by the ori
 ginal expedition owner\, therefore represents a particularly rare opportun
 ity to encounter a watch directly connected to Rolex’s early association
  with exploration and long-distance travel\, epitomizing the post-war spir
 it of adventure\, endurance and technical ingenuity. The expedition was fi
 lmed and broadcast by Television Wales and the West (TWW)\, in which the o
 wner is captured multiple times wearing the watch during their adventure\,
  highlighting the tangible link between a landmark chapter in British expl
 oration and the early history of the GMT-Master\, which went on to become 
 one of Rolex’s most recognisable and enduring models. Notably\, Rolex th
 emselves hold another example of these watches in their collection undersc
 oring the significance of this model and the Pegasus Overland expedition i
 n the brand’s heritage.
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