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Rolex
Ref. 116523
Cosmograph Daytona
A rare and attractive stainless steel and yellow gold chronograph wristwatch with caseback sticker, bracelet, guarantee and presentation box
- Estimate
- CHF12,000 - 24,000€12,500 - 25,100$13,500 - 26,900
CHF15,240
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 2002
- Reference No
- 116523
- Case No
- Y391823
- Model Name
- Cosmograph Daytona
- Material
- 18K yellow gold and stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. 4130, 44 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- 18K yellow gold and stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet, max length 190mm
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18K yellow gold and stainless steel Rolex deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 40mm Diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed
- Accessories
- Accompanied by Rolex guarantee dated June 23, 2003, product literature, wallet, presentation box and outer packaging.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
-The reference 116523 was the first stainless steel and yellow gold Daytona chronograph to feature Rolex’s new in-house calibre 4130. Released in 2000, the calibre 4130 replaced the famed Zenith El Primero caliber 4030.
-With fewer components than its predecessor, the caliber 4130 revolutionised the chronograph movement with increased precision, efficiency and performance.
-Fitted with an attractive black dial, the present Rolex Cosmograph Daytona reference 116523 retains its protective sticker on the caseback, giving it even more collectibility. The case is preserved in excellent condition and has been used only very lightly over time. It is complete with its full set of accessories with a guarantee dated 2004.
-With fewer components than its predecessor, the caliber 4130 revolutionised the chronograph movement with increased precision, efficiency and performance.
-Fitted with an attractive black dial, the present Rolex Cosmograph Daytona reference 116523 retains its protective sticker on the caseback, giving it even more collectibility. The case is preserved in excellent condition and has been used only very lightly over time. It is complete with its full set of accessories with a guarantee dated 2004.
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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