850
Rolex
Ref. 16520
Cosmograph Daytona
A fine and attractive stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with bracelet and guarantee
- Estimate
- HK$120,000 - 200,000€13,100 - 21,800$15,400 - 25,600
HK$200,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1995
- Reference No
- 16520
- Case No
- W366’151
- Model Name
- Cosmograph Daytona
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. 4030, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet stamped “78390”, endlinks stamped “505,B”, max length 205mm
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel Rolex Oyster deployant stamped “V3”
- Dimensions
- 40mm diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement, bracelet and clasp signed
- Accessories
- Further accompanied by Rolex guarantee dated 3rd July 1996 stamped La Suisse Watch Co., LTD. Kowloon, product literature, green wallet and green passport holder.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The present Rolex Cosmograph Daytona ref. 16520, W series from circa 1995 is offered with the original punched guarantee from Hong Kong. Fitted with a mark 4 white dial the watch features an attractive dial condition and was one of the first to change from an inverted “6” to an upright “6” on the 12-Hour counter positioned at 6 O’clock.
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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