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Rolex
Ref. 16520
Cosmograph Daytona
A rare stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with 'tropical' registers, bracelet, guarantee and fitted presentation box
- Estimate
- HK$120,000 - 180,000
HK$212,500
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- 1994
- Reference No
- 16520
- Movement No
- 71'416
- Case No
- S414530
- Model Name
- Cosmograph Daytona
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, 4030, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex Oyster</em> bracelet, 170 mm. maximum length, end link stamped 503B
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel<em> Rolex </em>folding twinlock deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 38.5 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed </em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Rolex </em>undated Garantie, product literature, leather wallet, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
This Daytona features 'tropical' registers which, over time, have turned from white to a light brown tone. While one may expect a Daytona from the 1960s to have this effect, automatic Daytonas from 1993 to 1997 also turned tropical due to the pigment Rolex used. This watch has been preserved in excellent condition with full proportions and a crisp case. It is furthermore delivered as a full set with guarantee, product literature, wallet, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
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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