170
Rolex
Ref. 116520
Cosmograph Daytona
A very rare stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with ivory dial, bracelet, original Guarantee and fitted presentation box
- Estimate
- HK$120,000 - 180,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- 2001
- Reference No
- 116520
- Movement No
- C0028946
- Case No
- P607470
- Model Name
- Cosmograph Daytona
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, 4130, 44 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex Oyster </em>bracelet, 160 mm. maximum length, end links stamped 78490
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex</em> folding twinlock deployant clasp stamped Rolex ref 78490
- Dimensions
- 38.5 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed </em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Rolex</em> undated Attestation de Chronomètre Officiel, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The present reference 16520 is a rare variant of the well-known automatic Daytona, featuring an ivory or cream-coloured dial. The watch is also presented in extremely well preserved condition, retaining original factory green sticker, guarantee and box.
The dial over the years has aged from white to warm ivory, which is charming in appearance and further highlights the rarity of this automatic Daytona.
The dial over the years has aged from white to warm ivory, which is charming in appearance and further highlights the rarity of this automatic Daytona.
Literature
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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