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Rolex
'Inverted 6 Zenith' Daytona, Ref. 16520 Chronographe bracelet en acier | Stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with bracelet Vers 1993| Circa 1993
Lot Closed
March 4, 10:06 AM GMT
Estimate
22,000 - 35,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Rolex
'Inverted 6 Zenith' Daytona, Ref. 16520
Chronographe bracelet en acier |
Stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with bracelet
Vers 1993|
Circa 1993
Cadran: blanc
Calibre: cal. 4030 automatique, 31 rubis
Boîtier: acier, fond vissé
Numéro de boîtier: S'150'213
Fermoir: bracelet Rolex Oyster en acier et boucle déployante
Dimensions: 40 mm
Signé: boîtier, cadran et mouvement
Ecrin: non
Papiers: non
Accessoires: aucun
Dial: white
Calibre: cal. 4030 automatic, 31 jewels
Case: stainless steel, screw-down back
Case number: S'150'213
Closure: stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet and folding clasp
Dimensions: 40 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: no
Papers: no
Accessories: none
Poids brut 114.45 g |
Gross weight 114.45 g
Born in 1963, the Rolex Daytona was initially intended to be called ‘Le Mans’. The racetrack-focused chronograph relied in its early days on a manual winding Valjoux calibre and was offered with a variety of highly collectible dials, such as the Paul Newman dial, a collector’s favorite.
The reference 16520 superseded references 6263 and 6265 in 1988 and was a revolution in the Daytona history. It was the first reference fitted with an automatic calibre, which was the famous Zenith El Primero movement, renamed cal. 4030 for the occasion. For reliability and ease-of-service purposes, Rolex replaced more than half of the components and decreased the beating rate from a fast 36,000 beats per hour to a more conventional 28’800. The reference 16520 had a larger, more modern 40 mm diameter.
It was available in stainless-steel, yellow or white gold as well as a in two-tone configuration. In 1999, as Zenith was acquired by the luxury group LVMH, Rolex developed their in-house interpretation of a modern column-wheel chronograph, the calibre 4130. The Daytona 16520 was therefore discontinued this year and replaced with the reference 116520 in 2000.