The Mondani Collection of Rolex Wrist...

Geneva, May 14, 2006

LOT 50

Ref. 16520 "Daytona" Color Change Dial, So-Called ?the Patrizzi? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph, Daytona", Ref. 16520. Case No. W393240. Made in 1995. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, and a stainless steel Oyster flip-lock bracelet. Accompanied by the original box and guarantee (now void).

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

EUR 6,500 - 10,000 / USD 8,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 44,840

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, "Triplock" windingcrown protected by the "crown guard", tachometer graduation on the bezel to 400 units per hour, sapphire crystal. D. Bi-colored black and reddishsilver with applied luminous steel indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel "baton" hands. M. Cal. 4030, rhodium-plated, "oeil-deperdrix" decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 1

As new
Movement: 1

As new
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Daytona watches with this type of color-change dial are called ?The Patrizzi? by collectors, as Osvaldo Patrizzi was the first person to see and describe this type of change to the chapter rings of the subsidiary dials. The fact that this watch still retains its original sticker on the case back is a further testament to the overall excellent original condition of the piece. This watch is illustrated in ?Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches?, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, 2001 Edition, p. 465.