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Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

LOT 669

Beta 21 Rolex, ?Quartz?, Ref. 5100. No. 482. Made in the 1970?s. Very fine and exceptionally rare, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, 18K yellow gold quartz wristwatch with date and an integrated 18K yellow gold Rolex bracelet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, fluted bezel, geometrical- shaped hooded lugs, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Champagne with applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer 1/5th seconds scale, aperture for the date. Yellow gold baton hands. M. 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: 185 mm.