ROLEX | COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA, REFERENCE 16520, A STAINLESS STEEL CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH SUSPENDED LOGO AND BRACELET, CIRCA 1989
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May 6, 02:01 AM GMT
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COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA, REFERENCE 16520
A STAINLESS STEEL CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH SUSPENDED LOGO AND BRACELET, CIRCA 1989
Dial: black
Calibre: cal. 4030 automatic, 31 jewels
Case: stainless steel, screw down case back
Case number: L346160
Closure: stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet and folding clasp
Size: 40 mm diameter, bracelet circumference approximately 165 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
Between 1988 and 2000, Rolex produced the first automatic version of the Daytona, the reference 16520. The 40 mm sports chronograph relied on the Zenith El Primero calibre, extensively modified by Rolex and re-named the calibre 4030. Over the course of its 12 year lifespan, the reference 16520 was produced in 5 different series and available in stainless steel, yellow gold and stainless steel and gold.
The present L series, reference 16520 in stainless steel, left the Rolex manufacture in 1989 and has had little wear ever since. The dial features a suspending logo known as the "Floating Cosmograph", this configuration can be identified from several factors, however the two most significant clues would be the "Cosmograph" line being moderately lower than the four lines above, and the inverted "6" to the subsidiary hours.