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Rolex. A Fine and Rare Stainless Steel Chronograph Wristwatch for the Winner of Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2001
Lot 245

Rolex. A Fine and Rare Stainless Steel Chronograph Wristwatch for the Winner of Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2001

SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER, OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED, COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA, REF. 16520, CASE NO. P121544, CIRCA 2000

Closed17 June 2015

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Rolex. A Fine and Rare Stainless Steel Chronograph Wristwatch for the Winner of Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2001
Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph Daytona, Ref. 16520, Case No. P121544, Circa 2000
Cal. 4030 automatic movement, 31 jewels, black dial, applied luminous baton numerals, luminous hands, three subsidiary dials for 12 hours and 30 minutes registers and constant seconds, tonneau-shaped water-resistant-type case, blank bezel calibrated for 400 units, engraved screw back reading; Winner Rolex 24, at Daytona 2001, screw down crown, two round screw down chronograph buttons in the band, stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet, overall approximate length 7.5 inches, case, dial and movement signed
38.5mm diam.

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Accompanied by an undated Rolex Warranty, product literature, Rolex presentation box, and outer packaging.

The present watch is not only a treasured timepiece because it was given as a gift to the winner of Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2001, but also because in the year 1999, Rolex transitioned from housing Zenith movements to Rolex movements in the reference 16520, and this watch is this one very last few to house the Zenith movement. A rarity among its counterparts, the present watch holds the history of Rolex in transition.

Reference 16520 with black dial is illustrated in 100 Years of Rolex by F. & G. Mondani, 2008, p. 205.