Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 10, 2013

LOT 109

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.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, fluted bezel, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Champagne with applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer 1/5th seconds/minute track, 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. DIM. 39 x 45 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. Approx overall length 175 mm.