Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 12, 2013

LOT 486

ROLEX REF. 5100 BETA 21 QUARTZ YELLOW GOLD ? OMAN DIAL Rolex, Quartz, No. 396, Ref. 5100. Made circa 1970. Very fine and rare, heavy and large, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, 18K yellow gold quartz wristwatch with date and an integral 18K yellow gold Rolex bracelet with concealed deployant clasp.

CHF 45,000 - 55,000

HKD 375,000 - 460,000 / USD 48,000 - 59,000

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, faceted bezel, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Satine silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer 1/5th seconds and minute divisions, emblem of the Sultanate of Oman above 6, 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 12.5 mm. Approx overall length 200 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

The present watch is in exceptionally good condition for this model and almost unworn. Remnants of the original reference sticker remain on the back. The dial with emblem of the Sultanate of Oman is particularly rare. The Rolex reference 5100 was made in limited production of fewer than 1000 individually numbered examples from 1970 to 1972 and utilizes the revolutionary Beta-21 quartz movement developed at the end of the 1960s by a conglomerate of leading Swiss manufacturers