Rolex - The Hong Kong Watch Auction: EIGHT Hong Kong Monday, May 27, 2019 | Phillips
  • Manufacturer: Rolex
    Year: 1991
    Reference No: 16528
    Case No: X434’981
    Model Name: Cosmograph Daytona
    Material: 18K yellow gold
    Calibre: Automatic, cal. 4030, 31 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: 18K yellow gold Rolex Oyster bracelet, endlinks stamped “103” max length 180mm
    Clasp/Buckle: 18K yellow gold Rolex Oyster deployant clasp
    Dimensions: 39mm Diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed
    Accessories: Further delivered with Rolex fitted presentation box, product literature and outer packaging.

  • Catalogue Essay

    When the Cosmograph Daytona reference 16520 was first introduced in 1988, variants in gold were introduced. Housed inside the new and larger case, is the legendary cal. 4030 with a Zenith El Primero ebauche. The present watch is a reference 16528 in yellow gold, fitted with a champagne colored dial and is offered in overall excellent condition.

  • Artist Biography

    Rolex

    Swiss • 1905

    Founded 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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Ref. 16528
A fine and attractive yellow gold chronograph wristwatch with bracelet, champagne and diamond-set dial and presentation box

1991
39mm Diameter
Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed

Estimate
HK$120,000 - 195,000 
€13,500-22,000
$15,400-25,000

Sold for HK$237,500

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Thomas Perazzi
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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: EIGHT

Hong Kong Auction 28 May 2019