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Global Head
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This watch was gifted to Diplomat Antoine Minassian M.B.E. (1922-2017) and comes direct from the family. He served with the Foreign and Commonwealth Embassies in Iraq, Iran and Tunisia as well as being the Middle Eastern expert for the department of Trade and Industry. He gained his M.B.E. in 1959.
During his time in the Middle East the Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, now president of the United Arab Emirates, presented Antoine Minassian with this Rolex Day-Date. It was common for a watch to be gifted for services but rare for it to be the Rolex Day-Date which was reserved as a high honour.
Please note the inscription to the dial reads Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and not Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan