Rolex Big Bubbleback Ovettone Rare Reference 5028 red and used by many Armed

and used by many Armed forces (French

- Gently aged to blue bezel insert

including the Air Lion and Air Tiger

- Black pie-pan dial with gold text and “swiss only “ designation

Compact and classy…

Rolex Big Bubbleback Ovettone Rare Reference 5028 red and used by many ArmedThe earliest Ovettone with a deep story The Rolex Big Bubbleback story begins in the mid 1940s, when Rolex experimented with some oversized watches that were tested in the market and have become very collectible in recent years. The Italian term for these watches is Ovettone, as they have very deep, round casebacks that resemble an egg or big egg as per the translation! Reference 5028 is one such watch and it features the small Brevet winding crown