Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Oct 08, 2016

LOT 224

ROLEX REF. 5100 BETA 21 QUARTZ YELLOW GOLD Rolex, Quartz, No. 598, 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 integral 18K yellow gold Rolex bracelet with concealed deployant clasp.

USD 15,000 - 25,000

HKD 116,000 - 194,000 / CHF 15,000 - 25,000

Sold: USD 27,500

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, fluted bezel, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. Satiné silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds/minute track, 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.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 2

Very good

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIM. 39 x 45 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. Approx. overall length 180 mm.