10,200 CHF
Beta 21 Rolex, “Quartz”, Ref. 5100, No. 095. Made in 1970. Very fine and exceptionally rare, large tonneau-shaped, center seconds, 18K yellow gold quartz wristwatch with date and an integrated 1st generation 18K yellow gold Rolex bracelet with folding clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, reeded bezel, geometrical- shaped hooded lugs, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. Silvered with applied yellow gold baton indexes accented by luminous dots, 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. 38.5 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Notes The Rolex reference 5100 was made in limited production of fewer than 1000 individually numbered examples from 1970 to 1972.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-03-29
