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Hero: replace portrait Antiquorum HK 2019 crop with genuine landscape Christie's Swiss Icons 2018 lot-174 catalogue photo (18K pink gold, same reference); note Antiquorum HK 2019/case 39218 provenance on the existing enamel-dial gallery crop so it isn't lost from the lead caption.
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File:Ref 3009 enamel dial.webp|alt=Close view of the white vitreous enamel Scientific dial on a Rolex 3009 showing three concentric tracks and a red centre seconds hand|The Scientific dial at close range: hours on the inner ring, minutes outside them, an outer scale to fifths of a second, and the red centre seconds hand. Hairlines run through the enamel and the word SCIENTIFIC has begun to lose paint.
File:Ref 3009 enamel dial.webp|alt=Close view of the white vitreous enamel Scientific dial on a Rolex 3009 showing three concentric tracks and a red centre seconds hand|The Scientific dial at close range, from the 9K gold example sold at Antiquorum Hong Kong, 2019, case 39218: hours on the inner ring, minutes outside them, an outer scale to fifths of a second, and the red centre seconds hand. Hairlines run through the enamel and the word SCIENTIFIC has begun to lose paint.
File:Ref 3009 centre seconds dial.webp|alt=Rolex Oyster Chronometre 3009 in 18K yellow gold with a silvered dial, applied gold Arabic numerals and centre seconds|The plain silvered configuration in 18K yellow gold, applied gold Arabic numerals and a blued centre seconds hand, catalogued simply as an Oyster Chronomètre.
File:Ref 3009 centre seconds dial.webp|alt=Rolex Oyster Chronometre 3009 in 18K yellow gold with a silvered dial, applied gold Arabic numerals and centre seconds|The plain silvered configuration in 18K yellow gold, applied gold Arabic numerals and a blued centre seconds hand, catalogued simply as an Oyster Chronomètre.
File:Ref 3009 24-hour dial.webp|alt=Rolex 3009 in 14K yellow gold with a 24-hour dial carrying inner red numerals 13 to 24|A 24-hour dial on the same case reference: luminous Arabic hours with the 13 to 24 numerals printed in red inside them, case 46704.
File:Ref 3009 24-hour dial.webp|alt=Rolex 3009 in 14K yellow gold with a 24-hour dial carrying inner red numerals 13 to 24|A 24-hour dial on the same case reference: luminous Arabic hours with the 13 to 24 numerals printed in red inside them, case 46704.