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October 29, 05:51 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
ROLEX
REFERENCE 116506
A PLATINUM AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH CERACHROM BEZEL AND BRACELET, CIRCA 2016
Dial: glacier blue
Caliber: cal. 4130 automatic, 44 jewels
Case: platinum, screw-down case back
Case number: 33'D8J'472
Closure: platinum Rolex Oyster bracelet and folding clasp
Size: 40 mm diameter, bracelet circumference approximately 195 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
Accessories: Rolex presentation box with outer packaging and booklets
The first platinum Chronograph made in series; Ref. 116506 was presented at Baselworld 2013 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the brands most iconic model, the Daytona. Fitted with an ice blue dial, reserved exclusively for platinum examples of the Daytona, Day-date and Datejust models and matched for the first time with a monobloc Cerachrom bezel, an exclusive Rolex innovation with exceptional resistance properties, these pieces are impressively heavy and commanding on the wrist. Highly desired by collectors for its sheer wrist presence, its understated elegance and supremely luxurious look and feel.