No Reserve
2
Rolex
Ref. 116500LN
Cosmograph Daytona
A highly desirable and well-preserved stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with bracelet, guarantee card and presentation box
- Estimate
- CHF15,000 - 25,000•€15,600 - 26,000$15,600 - 26,000
CHF37,800
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- 2017
- Reference No
- 116500LN
- Case No
- 38W03234
- Model Name
- Cosmograph Daytona
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. 4130, 44 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet, max length 185mm
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel Rolex deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 40mm Diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed
- Accessories
- Accompanied by Rolex guarantee card dated 6 April, 2017, warranty booklet, instruction manual, leather card holder, medallion, hang tag, fitted presentation box, outer packaging and 3 extra links.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
- The Daytona has today become the sports chronograph "par excellence" and the present ref 116500LN ticks all the boxes for collectors, with its vintage inspiration of the reference 6263 but with a definitive modern vibe including the highly coveted ceramic bezel.
- This is a reference for which Rolex retailers no longer take requests and waiting lists are now measured in years. It remains nonetheless an extremely attractive, durable, and versatile timepiece for any collector.
- The present Daytona is in overall excellent condition and comes with its full set of accessories.
- This is a reference for which Rolex retailers no longer take requests and waiting lists are now measured in years. It remains nonetheless an extremely attractive, durable, and versatile timepiece for any collector.
- The present Daytona is in overall excellent condition and comes with its full set of accessories.
Provenance
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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