1082
Rolex
Ref. 16523
Cosmograph Daytona
A fine and rare yellow gold and stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with suspended logo, champagne dial, bracelet and fitted presentation box
- Estimate
- HK$80,000 - 150,000€9,400 - 17,600$10,000 - 19,000
HK$125,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1987
- Reference No
- 16523
- Movement No
- 12'118
- Case No
- R917552
- Model Name
- Cosmograph Daytona
- Material
- <em>18k yellow gold and stainless steel</em>
- Calibre
- Automatic, 4030, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- 18k yellow gold and stainless steel <em>Rolex </em>Oyster bracelet, 175 mm. maximum length
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex </em>twinlock folding deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 38 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Rolex </em>International Service Guarantee dated 8 July 2015, product literature, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
In the late 1980s, during the evolution of the automatic Daytona, early examples can be found where the 'Cosmograph' signature is suspended below the four lines of text above it, making the word 'Cosmograph' appear to float. In additional to this rarity, this watch has been kept in very honest and original condition.
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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