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* Dial feet position. Specific to A.295. A 5030 dial on an A.296 movement is not period-correct. | * Dial feet position. Specific to A.295. A 5030 dial on an A.296 movement is not period-correct. | ||
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== Auction record == | |||
Two auction examples give the 5030 case-level grounding beyond the Field Manual's suffix listing. | |||
Monaco Legend Auctions sold an 18k yellow-gold 5030 (case/serial no. 658577) for €21,875 against a €10,000–20,000 estimate in its October 2020 ''Exclusive Timepieces'' sale. The dial is matt beige with applied yellow-gold dart and faceted baton indexes and a roulette date wheel — alternating red and black numerals — at 3, confirming on an actual 5030 the roulette-wheel variant the article otherwise documents only across the broader Ovettone class. | |||
Pandolfini Casa d'Aste sold a second 18k yellow-gold example (serial no. 648XXX, 35mm, silvered dial with applied indices) for within its €8,000–14,000 estimate at a December 2024 Florence sale. Pandolfini's own catalogue dates this watch to 1960 — well outside the roughly one-year 1948 production window the Field Manual and Le Monde Edmond otherwise give the 5030. Nothing in the working research resolves that gap: it may mean the reference ran longer than currently documented, or that this individual case saw a later movement or parts swap the auction listing didn't flag. Both readings stay open. | |||
* [[Reference:5031|Bubbleback 5031]] — 1948 | * [[Reference:5031|Bubbleback 5031]] — 1948 | ||
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* [https://www.pandolfini.it/ Pandolfini Casa d'Aste catalog usage — 'Ovetto' for 32mm Bubblebacks, 'Ovettone' for 36mm Big Bubblebacks] — Pandolfini Casa d'Aste, Pandolfini | * [https://www.pandolfini.it/ Pandolfini Casa d'Aste catalog usage — 'Ovetto' for 32mm Bubblebacks, 'Ovettone' for 36mm Big Bubblebacks] — Pandolfini Casa d'Aste, Pandolfini | ||
* [https://www.astebolaffi.it/ Aste Bolaffi catalog usage of 'Ovetto' for standard 32mm Bubblebacks] — Aste Bolaffi | * [https://www.astebolaffi.it/ Aste Bolaffi catalog usage of 'Ovetto' for standard 32mm Bubblebacks] — Aste Bolaffi | ||
* [https://www.monacolegendauctions.com/auction/exclusive-timepieces-22/lot-221 Monaco Legend Auctions, Exclusive Timepieces, lot 221 — Rolex Ref. 5030, sold €21,875] | |||
* [https://www.pandolfini.it/uk/auction-1315/rolex-datejust-ovettone-quotbubblebackquot-ref-5030-n-6481xx-yellow-go-12024011748 Pandolfini Casa d'Aste, Wristwatches (Auction 1315), lot 462 — Rolex Ref. 5030] | |||
[[Category:Bubbleback]] | [[Category:Bubbleback]] | ||