Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

LOT 60

Ref. 5100 ?Quartz? Rolex, ?Quartz?, No. 825, Ref. 5100. Made in a limited edition of 1,000 examples in the 1970s. Fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, center-seconds, 18K yellow gold gentleman's quartz wristwatch with date, diamond-set dial and an integrated, 18K yellow gold Rolex bracelet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, fluted bezel and crown, sapphire crystal with "cyclops" lens. D. Satiné blue with applied diamond-set indexes and luminous dots, aperture for the date. Luminous gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. Beta 21, 13 jewels, and frequency of the quartz oscillator: 8192 Hz, reduced to 256 Hz by the frequency reducer. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 38 x 40 mm. Thickness: 12 mm.