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Ref. 5028 is a large, no-date automatic Oyster Perpetual catalogued in steel and 18K gold, usually grouped with the Ovettone Bubblebacks. Case measurements in sale records are 35–36 mm. Monaco Legend dates case 412191 to 1945; Christie's gives circa 1946 for that same case and dates case 493076 to 1946. Other dated examples include Monaco Legend case 411813 (1958) and an unnumbered Antiquorum watch dated to the 1960s. These catalogue dates do not establish a production span. Records show centre-seconds and dual-seconds dials; movement descriptions vary between 10½ and 11 lignes and do not settle a single caliber. See [[Reference:5028|the case and dial record for ref. 5028]]. [https://www.monacolegendauctions.com/auction/exclusive-timepieces-32/lot-47 Monaco Legend, 2023, lot 47] [https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-6590236 Christie's, New York 2026, lot 98] [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4795731 Christie's, Geneva 2006, lot 32] [https://www.monacolegendauctions.com/auction/exclusive-timepieces-22/lot-126 Monaco Legend, 2020, lot 126] [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-26-360 Antiquorum, 2002, lot 360]

== Large no-date Oyster Perpetual: ref. 5029 ==

Auction catalogues document separate 5029 examples dated circa 1947 and 1949, in two-tone steel and gold, yellow gold, and pink gold. The 35–36 mm cases carry different dial and bezel layouts. Catalogued movement descriptions vary between A.295, “Super Balance 730,” and 9¾-line, 18-jewel movements; each remains tied to its own example. [[Reference:5029|The reference article]] records the case-numbered evidence and disputed listings. [https://shop.hodinkee.com/products/1947-rolex-ref-5029-two-tone-oyster-perpetual-big-bubble Hodinkee, case 610727] [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/87265 Phillips, lot 144] [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-262-295 Antiquorum, lot 295]

== Late small Bubbleback examples ==

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 Ref. 5028 is a large, no-date automatic Oyster Perpetual catalogued in steel and 18K gold, usually grouped with the Ovettone Bubblebacks. Case measurements in sale records are 35–36 mm. Monaco Legend dates case 412191 to 1945; Christie's gives circa 1946 for that same case and dates case 493076 to 1946. Other dated examples include Monaco Legend case 411813 (1958) and an unnumbered Antiquorum watch dated to the 1960s. These catalogue dates do not establish a production span. Records show centre-seconds and dual-seconds dials; movement descriptions vary between 10½ and 11 lignes and do not settle a single caliber. See [[Reference:5028|the case and dial record for ref. 5028]]. [https://www.monacolegendauctions.com/auction/exclusive-timepieces-32/lot-47 Monaco Legend, 2023, lot 47] [https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-6590236 Christie's, New York 2026, lot 98] [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4795731 Christie's, Geneva 2006, lot 32] [https://www.monacolegendauctions.com/auction/exclusive-timepieces-22/lot-126 Monaco Legend, 2020, lot 126] [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-26-360 Antiquorum, 2002, lot 360]
+== Large no-date Oyster Perpetual: ref. 5029 ==
+Auction catalogues document separate 5029 examples dated circa 1947 and 1949, in two-tone steel and gold, yellow gold, and pink gold. The 35–36 mm cases carry different dial and bezel layouts. Catalogued movement descriptions vary between A.295, “Super Balance 730,” and 9¾-line, 18-jewel movements; each remains tied to its own example. [[Reference:5029|The reference article]] records the case-numbered evidence and disputed listings. [https://shop.hodinkee.com/products/1947-rolex-ref-5029-two-tone-oyster-perpetual-big-bubble Hodinkee, case 610727] [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/87265 Phillips, lot 144] [https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-lot-262-295 Antiquorum, lot 295]
 == Late small Bubbleback examples ==