9,000 CHF
No. 453 Rolex, “Quartz”, Ref. 5100, No. 453. Made in a limited edition of fewer than 1000 examples from 1970 to 1972. Very fine and exceptionally rare, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, 18K yellow gold quartz wristwatch with date and an integrated 18K yellow gold Rolex bracelet. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, reeded bezel, geometrical- shaped hooded lugs, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. Champagne with applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer 1/5th seconds/minute division, aperture for the date. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. Beta 21, 13 jewels, frequency of the quartz oscillator: 8192 Hz, reduced to 256 Hz by the frequency reducer. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Approx. overall length: 180 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-16
