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ROLEX. A RARE AND ATTRACTIVE STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET, ORIGINAL GUARANTEE AND BOX
Lot 96 The Property of a Private European Collector

ROLEX. A RARE AND ATTRACTIVE STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET, ORIGINAL GUARANTEE AND BOX

SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, COSMOGRAPH, DAYTONA, REF. 16520, CASE NO. T776176, CIRCA 1997

Closed11 November 2019

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ROLEX. A RARE AND ATTRACTIVE STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET, ORIGINAL GUARANTEE AND BOX
SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, COSMOGRAPH, DAYTONA, REF. 16520, CASE NO. T776176, CIRCA 1997
Movement: cal. 4030, automatic, 31 jewels, signed
Dial: signed
Case: screw back, inside case back stamped 16500, 38.5 mm. diam., signed
With: stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet with deployant clasp stamped 78390, Z3, overall length of approx. 205 mm., International Guarantee stamped by UAE retailer Mohammed Rasool Khoory & Sons and dated 7 August 1998, Chrono-Time Geneva Service Invoice dated 3 August 2018, leather card holder, product literature, sale tag and later presentation box

Specialist note

The present ref. 16520 is a very well-preserved example of the Daytona model, sold with the full set of accessories.

Legendary timepiece, the reference 16520 was the first chronograph of the Rolex manufacture to encompass an automatic movement derived from a Zenith ébauche. Built with a larger case than its predecessors and a sapphire-crystal glass, it encountered immediate success and throughout the years, has become highly sought-after by collectors.