Rolex Quartz

[Torques]

I met this older gentleman at a car show yesterday and asked him what kind of watch he was wearing. He told me a Rolex quartz. I didn't know there was such a model like that. He took the watch off and handed it to me. It was all 18kt gold and very nice. He said it cost him 9500.00 and that is was the last model available. I then asked him if it was an automatic because I didn't know any better. He said yes. That is pretty funny, an automatic quartz Rolex.

Edited January 28, 2007 by Torques

[jfa657]

Rolex did make a quqrtz model called Oysterquartz. I believe

it has been discontinued.

[rag9fx]

you have to love the oyster quartz... funnily enough rolex was heavily invested in the development of the quartz movment . in fact i believe back in the day (pre quartz explosion) they used to calibrate their mechanical movments to a 'super quartz' master clock.Certianly a collectors item or collectors item to be ... as they didn't sell too well (due to their step or dead beat)... a lot of the rolex quartz movments end up in rolex cellinis (sans second hands)

[Pugwash]

Here's a fansite:

http://www.oysterquartz.net/

[Torques]

That is very interesting. He called it a quartjewel which sounded weird to me. But the quartz watch also has 23 jewels to run the goodies and the last year they sold new was 2003 (stock ran out from last produced run in 2001 and only 25,000 exist).

[chrgod]

Oysterquartzes are cool watches, with a square Gerald Genta design not unlike the IWC Ingenieur.

**EDIT** Sorry, I did not realize that this post was several months old..

[manuel]

I am amazed by the little interest this watches get,

So dont you like the OysterQuartz?

[eunomians]

Great watch, and very collectible due to it being an oddball.

[manuel]

the band of the oysterquartz is different than the rest of rolex oyster.

Am I right?

[manuel]

I think this is good to know:

Rolex did produce the oysterquartz but with automatic movement..

Very little production. And the dial didnt said oysterquartz.

Did u know that?

[Pugwash]

Bet you guys don't know these watches...

Yup, a Secondes-Mortes complication.

[eunomians]

Wish I picked up one of these Oysterquartz watches a few years ago. They are really starting to pick up pricewise.

[frankt]

[quote@ 25 yrs ago I had one in my hands in New York city....The dealer wanted $1000.00 for it back then...needless to say...I passed!!!..oh well!!! :whistling:

[longshot]

funny how the fan page completely ignores the fact that seiko invented the quartz watch. and that both seiko and citizen have produced very high grade quartz movements (used in The Citizen and Grand Seiko models) that were the most accurate wristwatches ever produced

[manuel]

It was due to the quartz crisis in the seventees that Swatch did too much money and bought some of the finest brands today, maybe ruined or broked.