1027
Rolex
Ref. 16520
Cosmograph Daytona
A very rare and attractive stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with bracelet, original certificate, retailed by Beyer
- Estimate
- HK$468,000 - 780,000€51,700 - 86,200$60,000 - 100,000
HK$800,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1992
- Reference No
- 16520
- Case No
- N470’188
- Model Name
- Cosmograph Daytona
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. 4030, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet, stamped 78360, end links stamped 503, max length 180mm
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel Rolex folding deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 40 mm. Diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial and movement signed
- Accessories
- Accompanied by Rolex punched guarantee, product literature and sale tags.
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Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The present watch is a very rare example of the Rolex Zenith Daytona model. Overall appeal of this exclusive trophy is enhanced by the retailer's signature Beyer on the dial, Rolex's distinguished retailer in Switzerland. Beautifully harmonizing with the dial, excellent overall condition and the presence of the original paperwork with Bayer retailer stamp.
To date, very few examples are known with the Beyer signature, making this watch extremely rare and desirable. Such a complete and immaculate watch is an opportunity that does not come around often, and is sure to satisfy the most discerning collectors of Rolex sport watches.
Beyer Chronometrie Zurich
Beyer Chronometrie was the first shop in Switzerland specializing exclusively in watches, clocks and jewelry. The firm is currently managed by René Beyer who represents the seventh generation of the Beyer family.
The company also owns the renowned Clock and Watch Museum Beyer Zürich, one of the world's most important horological collections. It comprises some 500 pieces dating from 1400 BC to the present day.
To date, very few examples are known with the Beyer signature, making this watch extremely rare and desirable. Such a complete and immaculate watch is an opportunity that does not come around often, and is sure to satisfy the most discerning collectors of Rolex sport watches.
Beyer Chronometrie Zurich
Beyer Chronometrie was the first shop in Switzerland specializing exclusively in watches, clocks and jewelry. The firm is currently managed by René Beyer who represents the seventh generation of the Beyer family.
The company also owns the renowned Clock and Watch Museum Beyer Zürich, one of the world's most important horological collections. It comprises some 500 pieces dating from 1400 BC to the present day.
Rolex
Swiss | 1905Founded in 1905 England by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis as Wilsdorf & Davis, it soon became known as the Rolex Watch Company in 1915, moving its headquarters to Geneva in 1919. Like no other company, the success of the wristwatch can be attributed to many of Rolex's innovations that made them one of the most respected and well-known of all luxury brands. These innovations include their famous "Oyster" case — the world's first water resistant and dustproof watch case, invented in 1926 — and their "Perpetual" — the first reliable self-winding movement for wristwatches launched in 1933. They would form the foundation for Rolex's Datejust and Day-Date, respectively introduced in 1945 and 1956, but also importantly for their sports watches, such as the Explorer, Submariner and GMT-Master launched in the mid-1950s.One of its most famous models is the Cosmograph Daytona. Launched in 1963, these chronographs are without any doubt amongst the most iconic and coveted of all collectible wristwatches. Other key collectible models include their most complicated vintage watches, including references 8171 and 6062 with triple calendar and moon phase, "Jean Claude Killy" triple date chronograph models and the Submariner, including early "big-crown" models and military-issued variants.
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