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Auction Closed
July 11, 09:58 AM GMT
Estimate
400,000 - 800,000 HKD
Lot Details
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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTOR
ROLEX
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COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA, REFERENCE 16520
A STAINLESS STEEL CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH TEST DIAL AND BRACELET, CIRCA 1998
Cosmograph Daytona 型號16520
精鋼計時鏈帶腕錶,備試驗錶盤,錶殼編號U644912,約1998年製
附帶證書
Dial: white
Calibre: cal. 4030 automatic, 31 jewels
Case: stainless steel, screw down case back
Case number: U644912
Closure: stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet and folding clasp
Size: 40 mm diameter, bracelet circumference approximately 175 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
Accessories: Rolex Official Chronometer Certification
For a published selection of Rolex test dials for the Daytona, please see Daytona Perpetual by Pucci Papaleo, pages 118 and 119.
This automatic Daytona, reference 16520, is very rare indeed. The watch is fitted with a test dial, used by technicians at the firm. The dial itself is quite plain but gives this Daytona a very unique appeal. In Pucci Papaleo's new book, Daytona Perpetual, there is an illustration with similar test dials on page 119. Further noted in the book, it states that these test dials were used by Rolex for chronometer testing. This is for the first time a test dial Zenith Daytona to be offered on the market and the watch is accompanied by its punched Guarantee that further described the dial as being white.