$22,500
ROLEX REF. 5100 BETA 21 QUARTZ YELLOW GOLD Rolex, Quartz, No. 522, Ref. No. 5100. Made in the 1970s. Very fine and rare, heavy and large, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, 18K yellow gold quartz wristwatch with date and an integrated 18K yellow gold Rolex bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, fluted bezel, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. Champagne with applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer 1/5th seconds/minute track, 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. DIM. 39 x 45 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. Approx overall length 175 mm. Notes The present lot utilizes the revolutionary Beta-21 quartz movement developed at the end of the 1960s by a conglomerate of leading Swiss manufacturers
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-04-10
