966
Rolex
Ref. 16520
Cosmograph Daytona
A rare and highly attractive stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with bracelet, with guarantee and presentation box
- Estimate
- HK$180,000 - 350,000€20,300 - 39,500$23,100 - 44,900
HK$212,500
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- 1999
- Reference No
- 16520
- Case No
- A928’773
- Model Name
- Cosmograph Daytona
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. 4030, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet, reference 78390A, max length 200mm
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel Rolex deployant clasp, 78390A, AB3
- Dimensions
- 40mm Diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement, and bracelet signed.
- Accessories
- Accompanied by Rolex punched Guarantee signed by Hebert Mayer, Augsburg and dated August 2000, green leather presentation box, International Service Guarantee dated 27 May, 2015, Rolex hang tags, green leather envelope, product literature and outer packaging.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The present A-series model from 1998-1999 is in excellent overall condition. The case is clean and crisp and lightly polished during a Rolex factory service in 2015, however it retains strong proportions and lines. The watch is complete with guarantee and presentation box, as well with the Rolex International Service Guarantee card dated from 2015.
The Rolex Cosmograph became a legend and the present example is a wonderful opportunity to own a history making timepiece.
The Rolex Cosmograph became a legend and the present example is a wonderful opportunity to own a history making timepiece.
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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