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  • 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 Rolex Oyster bracelet, 180 mm. maximum length, end links stamped 103
    Clasp/Buckle: 18k yellow gold Rolex folding deployant clasp stamped Rolex SA reference 78668
    Dimensions: 39 mm. diameter
    Signed: Case, dial and movement signed
    Accessories: With Rolex punched guarantee, loupe, polishing cloth, product literature, instruction manual, sale tag, leather wallet and fitted presentation box.
    Literature: For another example of a reference 16528 in yellow gold, please see Collezionare Orologi da Polso Collecting Rolex Wristwatches by Osvaldo Patrizzi, page 361.

  • 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.

  • 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, inside case back stamped 16500
A fine and rare yellow gold chronograph wristwatch with suspended logo, bracelet, original guarantee and fitted presentation box

1989
39 mm. diameter
Case, dial and movement signed

Estimate
HK$200,000 - 280,000 

Sold for HK$237,500

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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: ONE

Hong Kong Auction 1 December 2015 11am