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Rolex
Ref. 116576TBR
Cosmograph Daytona "Eastern Arabic"
A like-new and extremely rare platinum and diamond-set chronograph wristwatch with Eastern Arabic numerals, guarantee, and presentation box
完整圖錄內容
• Ultra-rare and exceptional platinum and diamond-set Daytona with Eastern Arabic numerals
• Like-new condition with factory stickers intact
• Complete set
After the excitement of launching the first platinum Daytona in 2013, Rolex decided to follow that up in the next year with the introduction of the reference 116576TBR in 2014 at Baselworld. Whereas the original “Platona” featured a brown ceramic bezel and ice blue dial, the reference 116576TBR, like the present watch, features 36 baguette-cut (TBR = tessellated brilliant) diamonds to the bezel, while another variation features the diamond-set bezel and a pavé-set dial with 437 round diamonds.
This reference 116576 however has been fitted with an even rarer ice blue Eastern Arabic dial. Rolex's collaboration with the Arab States in the Gulf dates to the 1950s, to a time when Rolex fitted Arabic language discs to the most luxurious Day-Date watches. Produced in extremely limited quantities, the first "Arabic" Rolexes were almost exclusively cased in platinum.
According to our research, Rolex in the past had produced one manual winding Cosmograph Daytona with such numerals. Known as "The Arabian Knight", it was sold at the Phillips' Daytona Ultimatum sale for 1,932,500 Swiss Francs. The present example, produced in exceedingly limited numbers and sold only by Middle East retailers, most probably pays homage to "The Arabian Knight".
Rolex’s reference 116576TBR is one of the most luxurious chronographs offered in the modern era, and the present model is offered complete and in like-new condition. The watch is a testament to the brand’s long term commitment to their Middle East clients and is highly exclusive.
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.