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Rolex
Ref. 16520, inside case back stamped 16500
Cosmograph Daytona
A fine and extremely rare stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with Arabic numerals and bracelet
- Estimate
- HK$200,000 - 400,000
HK$250,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- 1989
- Reference No
- 16520, inside case back stamped 16500
- Movement No
- 59'396
- Case No
- L244799
- Model Name
- Cosmograph Daytona
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, 4030, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel<em> Rolex Oyster </em>bracelet, 165 mm. maximum length, end link stamped 503
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex </em>folding deployant clasp stamped <em>Rolex </em>reference 78360
- Dimensions
- 39 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed </em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Rolex</em> service receipt dated 23 January 2015.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Throughout the production of the reference 16520, Rolex has experimented with various dial layouts and configurations. The present reference 16520 wristwatch is fitted with an extremely rare dial layout featuring applied luminous Arabic numerals and subsidiary dials fitted with black chapter rings. As opposed to applied baton numerals, Arabic numerals are commonly seen for the Daytona models in gold. The present example in stainless steel is in well preserved condition, to have retained such unusual features, is extremely rare indeed.
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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