8090
Rolex
Ref. 116520
Cosmograph Daytona
A fine and attractive stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with bracelet, guarantee and presentation box
- Estimate
- HK$120,000 - 200,000€14,100 - 23,600$15,400 - 25,600
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 2005
- Reference No
- 116520
- Movement No
- C0’144’496
- Case No
- F’792’144
- Model Name
- Cosmograph Daytona
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. 4130, 44 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet, end links stamped “CL 78490”, max length 200mm
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel Rolex Oyster deployant clasp, stamped “CL10 78490”
- Dimensions
- 40mm diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement, bracelet and clasp signed
- Accessories
- Accompanied by Rolex guarantee stamped Hing Wa Lee Jewelers, California, dated 1st April 2005, hang tags, instruction manual, product literature, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
- The year 2000 marked an important milestone for Rolex as they introduced their first in-house cal. 4130 in the Cosmograph Daytona ref. 116520. This was a remarkable shift from the previous Daytona ref. 16520, which used the Zenith El Primero-based cal. 4030 since its 1988 debut. The new Daytona was a revelation in design and technology.
- Extremely popular since its introduction in both black and white dial variants, ref. 116520 enjoyed a successful 16-year run before being discontinued in 2016. Its replacement featured the new black Cerachrom bezel as ref. 116500.
- Offered in attractive and well-preserved condition, this black dial example represents the modern Cosmograph Daytona era and is certainly a collectible specimen.
- Extremely popular since its introduction in both black and white dial variants, ref. 116520 enjoyed a successful 16-year run before being discontinued in 2016. Its replacement featured the new black Cerachrom bezel as ref. 116500.
- Offered in attractive and well-preserved condition, this black dial example represents the modern Cosmograph Daytona era and is certainly a collectible specimen.
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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