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Rolex
Ref. 16519
Cosmograph Daytona
A fine and rare white gold and diamond-set chronograph wristwatch with sodalite hardstone dial
- Estimate
- HK$120,000 - 180,000
HK$187,500
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- 1999
- Reference No
- 16519
- Movement No
- 192'287
- Case No
- A786520
- Model Name
- Cosmograph Daytona
- Material
- 18k white gold, diamonds and sodalite
- Calibre
- Automatic, 4030, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Black <em>Rolex</em> crocodile leather strap
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18k white gold <em>Rolex </em> folding deployant clasp stamped Rolex 16519
- Dimensions
- 40 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The present reference 16519 white gold Daytona is fitted with the rare sodalite hardstone dial and diamond-set numerals. The automatic Zenith movement is also practical and sought after for this model. The watch is presented in pristine condition and to find a Zenith Daytona with sodalite hardstone dial is very rare.
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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