ROLEX. A VERY RARE AND ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH 'FOUR LINES' DIAL AND BRACELET
Lot 48 ROLEX
DAYTONA 'FOUR LINES' REF. 16528

ROLEX. A VERY RARE AND ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH 'FOUR LINES' DIAL AND BRACELET

SIGNED ROLEX, DAYTONA MODEL, REF. 16528, CASE NO. L235996, CIRCA 1989

Closed14 May 2024

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ROLEX. A VERY RARE AND ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH 'FOUR LINES' DIAL AND BRACELET
SIGNED ROLEX, DAYTONA MODEL, REF. 16528, CASE NO. L235996, CIRCA 1989
Movement: Automatic
Dial: Black
Case: 40 mm. diam.
With: 18k gold Rolex Oyster bracelet and deployant clasp, overall length approximately 180 mm.
Remark: 'Four lines' dial

Specialist note

Offered in very good overall, the present timepiece represents a rare opportunity for the Rolex collector to acquire an highly attractive example of the Daytona chronograph reference 16528. The timepiece is set apart from its contemporaries due to its remarkable 'Four Lines' dial with inverted 6 to the hour subsidiary dial of the chronograph.

Launched in 1988, the reference 16500 series comprised the first automatic chronographs to be introduced by Rolex, marking an end to the production of hand-wound Daytona models. The series initially used a modified Zenith El Primero movement, which was later replaced by the 4130 calibre developed in-house by Rolex. This new movement was itself based on Zenith's calibre 400 and contained about 200 modifications.