Black Dial, Half-Hooded Lugs
Oyster Perpetual Bubbleback 5050 — Black Dial, Half-Hooded Lugs
1949
Two-body case with half-hooded lugs and concave bezel; black dial with applied yellow-gold rectangular and baton indexes and pink-gold alpha hands (made 1949).
Identifying details
Variants of 5050
Reference overview →| Variant | Production |
|---|---|
| Black Dial, Half-Hooded LugsCurrent | 1949 |
| Yellow Gold | Undated |
Case & movement
- Reference
- 5050
- Production
- 1949
- Case serials
- Case diameter
- 32 mm
- Movement
- Automatic
- Caliber
- Rolex 9 3/4''' Perpetual
Dial, bezel & hands
- Dial colour
- Black
- Hands
- Other
Unknown attributes are left out rather than guessed.
Movement
Rolex 9 3/4''' Perpetual
The 9¾-ligne self-winding base behind most bubblebacks, signed Rolex and fitted with the Superbalance in many lots. Antiquorum names the 620 as one version of it: designed in 1936 and in regular production from 1940 to 1951.
Automatic · 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 jewels