Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007

LOT 241

Yellow Gold Ref. 5100 ?Quartz? Rolex, ?Quartz?, No. 882, Ref. 5100. No. 590 of a limited edition of 1,000 examples from 1970-1972. Fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, center-seconds, 18K yellow gold gentleman's quartz wristwatch with date and an integrated, 18K yellow gold Rolex bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box and a certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, fluted bezel and crown, sapphire crystal with "cyclops" lens. D. Champagne with applied yellow gold bâton indexes and luminous dots, aperture for the date. Luminous 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. 38 x 40 mm. Thickness: 12 mm.