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Lot 8
ROLEX, STEEL CHRONOGRAPH, REF. 16520 WITH TROPICAL CHAPTER RINGS
Case No. W297023
Closed10 December 2020
Price Realised
USD 43,750
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Specialist note
Launched at the Basel Fair in 1988, the reference 16520 was the first chronograph of the Rolex manufacture encompassing an automatic movement derived from a Zenith ébauche. Built with a larger case than its predecessors and a sapphire-crystal glass, the wristwatch encountered great success and throughout the years has become an icon amongst Rolex collectors.
Offered in very good overall condition, the present reference 16520 further impresses with its attractive Mark IV dial with slight tropical brown subsidiary registers of even colour.
The original white chapter rings have reacted to sunlight and other environmental factors and have turned into shades of brown. This phenomena is believed to occur exclusively on Daytona watches manufactured between 1993 and 1997, such as the present timepiece.
For another example of a reference 16520 Daytona with tropical registers see The Ultimate Daytona by Pucci Papaleo, pp. 556-559.
Offered in very good overall condition, the present reference 16520 further impresses with its attractive Mark IV dial with slight tropical brown subsidiary registers of even colour.
The original white chapter rings have reacted to sunlight and other environmental factors and have turned into shades of brown. This phenomena is believed to occur exclusively on Daytona watches manufactured between 1993 and 1997, such as the present timepiece.
For another example of a reference 16520 Daytona with tropical registers see The Ultimate Daytona by Pucci Papaleo, pp. 556-559.