製造商: Rolex 年份: Circa 2000 型號: 116519 錶殼號碼: P155’820 型號名稱: Cosmograph Daytona “Beach” 材料: 18K white gold 機芯: Automatic, cal. 4130, 44 jewels 錶帶/ 錶鏈: Lizard 錶扣: 18K white gold Rolex Oyster deployant clasp 尺寸: 40mm diameter 簽名: Case, dial, movement and clasp signed 配件: Accompanied by Rolex guarantee stamped Bucherer Switzerland dated 4th August 2000, 2000-2001 calendar, yellow lizard card holder, yellow lizard leather folio with notebook, yellow lizard fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
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For a very short time in the early 2000s, Rolex produced one of the most playful, attractive and unusual variations of the Cosmograph Daytona: the "Daytona Beach". It was released in four different colourways. As it often happens with many appreciated models in Rolex’s rich history, these pieces were originally regarded with a mix of surprise and amazement to their vibrant looks, but not much warmth. Only in recent years their undisputed beauty has been truly rediscovered and appreciated, making them not only one of the most collectible modern Daytona models, but also one of the most wearable indeed due to their bold and audacious appeal. Once again, Rolex proved themselves not only capable of anticipating fashion trends, but also brave enough to actually put such daring ideas to the test of the market. Such a situation will be repeated with uncanny similarity, about a decade and a half later, when the House introduced the “Rainbow” Daytona.
Launched in 2000, the present yellow mother-of-pearl example is one of the first examples sold during the time. Offered with its original guarantee and presentation box, the case bears a “P” serial from circa 2000 and is furthermore preserved in its “new-old-stock" condition.
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.