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Rolex
Ref. 16528, inside case back stamped 16500
Cosmograph Daytona
A fine and rare yellow gold chronograph wristwatch with suspended logo, bracelet, original guarantee and fitted presentation box
- Estimate
- HK$200,000 - 280,000
HK$237,500
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- 1989
- Reference No
- 16528, inside case back stamped 16500
- Movement No
- 16'290
- Case No
- R985203
- Model Name
- Cosmograph Daytona
- Material
- 18k yellow gold
- Calibre
- Automatic, 4030, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- 18k yellow gold <em>Rolex Oyster </em>bracelet, 180 mm. maximum length, end links stamped 103
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18k yellow gold<em> Rolex </em>folding deployant clasp stamped Rolex SA reference 78668
- Dimensions
- 39 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Rolex </em> punched guarantee, loupe, polishing cloth, product literature, instruction manual, sale tag, leather wallet and fitted presentation box.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Accompanied by its original punched guarantee, original fitted bracelet and fitted presentation box, this early automatic Daytona is fitted with the original bezel, calibrated to 200 units. The black dial with gold graphics has the suspended logo and champagne registers. Recently serviced at Rolex, the watch is offered in a perfect state of condition.
Literature
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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