Rolex - The Geneva Watch Auction: XII Geneva Saturday, November 7, 2020 | Phillips

名錶薈萃─日内瓦XII

Geneva Auction 6 - 7 November 2020

  • 製造商: Rolex
    年份: 1996
    型號: 16520
    機芯編號: 111'824
    錶殼號碼: T'220'846
    型號名稱: Cosmograph Daytona "Darth Vader"
    材料: Stainless steel
    機芯: Automatic, cal. 4030, 31 jewels
    錶帶/ 錶鏈: Stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet stamped “78390”, endlinks stamped “503B”, max length 210mm
    錶扣: Stainless steel Rolex Oyster deployant clasp stamped “V5”
    尺寸: 40mm diameter
    簽名: Case, dial, movement and clasp signed
    配件: Accompanied by original Rolex guarantee dated 8th November 1996 stamped Luigi Verga, 1997 – 1998 calendar card, instruction manual, plastic bezel protector, green card holder, hang tag, outer packaging and fitted presentation box.

  • 圖錄文章

    Reference 16520 was Rolex’s first Daytona to house an automatic movement (based on a heavily modified Zenith ElPrimero caliber) At the time of launch in 1988, it quickly became a cult classic and garnered an immediate waiting list at Rolex retailers. Today, the Zenith Daytona has become an even more collectible watch due to its rarity, good looks and importance within the history of Rolex.

    The degree of desirability of the “Zenith Daytona” varies with the different dial variations that exist, and some iterations - such as the “Floating” ones, or the porcelain dials, or the “Four Liners” - have come to be recognized as supremely collectible timepieces. The most popular being the so called “tropical” dial where the registers have turned darker in color, the most coveted and rarest being by far the “Darth Vader” like the present example that features subdials with dark “espresso-like” hue earning its nickname inspired by the dark Sith lord. Extremely rare as these imperfections are natural occurrences, most examples feature an non uniform change in hue, making examples that are uniformed extremely desirable and scarce.

    In the manufacturing process of the dial, one of the factors contributing to the unique “tropical” effect lays on the varnish used at the time by Rolex. Applied on top of the silvered registers, the varnish for some examples were not applied equally and as such the silver section of the subdials changed colors going from a light caramel to black coffee. These changes have been witnessed in watches bearing S,N,T and W serials.

    The present example is in extremely well preserved condition, offered with its punched guarantee papers, box, and calendar card, it still features the green sticker on the caseback.
    The extreme rarity and superlative condition of the present “Dark Vader” make it a must have for the Daytona collector.

  • 藝術家簡介

    Rolex

    Swiss • 1905

    Founded 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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型號 16520
A fine, well-preserved and rare stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with “tropical” registers, bracelet, guarantee and box

1996
40mm diameter
Case, dial, movement and clasp signed

估價
CHF40,000 - 80,000 
€37,100-74,100
$43,600-87,200

成交價CHF151,200

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名錶薈萃─日内瓦XII

Geneva Auction 6 - 7 November 2020