Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Monaco, Jul 21, 2021
LOT 388
Rolex
Ref. 116520, self-winding, chronograph, minute and hour counters, black dial; “Cosmograph” “Daytona”; stainless steel; “NOS” (New Old Stock)
Ref. 116520, self-winding, chronograph, minute and hour counters, black dial; “Cosmograph” “Daytona”; stainless steel; “NOS” (New Old Stock)
EUR 18,000 - 25,000
USD 21,400 - 29,700 / HKD 166,000 - 232,000
Sold: EUR 28,600
Stainless steel, self-winding, tonneau-shaped, gentleman’s wristwatch, water-resistant with screwed case-back, black colour dial with radial indexes, subsidiary seconds at 6 and three horological complications:
• 1/10 second chronograph (activated by the two round-shaped screwed push-pieces) with tachometric scale graduated on the stainless steel bezel for 400 units per hour
• Half-instantaneous 30-minute counter (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock)
• 12-hour counter (subsidiary dial at 9 o’clock)
• 1/10 second chronograph (activated by the two round-shaped screwed push-pieces) with tachometric scale graduated on the stainless steel bezel for 400 units per hour
• Half-instantaneous 30-minute counter (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock)
• 12-hour counter (subsidiary dial at 9 o’clock)
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 1 |
As new |
Movement: 1* |
As new Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |
Brand Rolex, Geneva
Model “Oyster Perpetual” “Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified” “Cosmograph” “Daytona”
Reference 116520
Year circa 2008-2010
Case No. V 893 960
Bracelet stainless steel Rolex “Oyster” bracelet with “fliplock” deployant clasp (M2X)
Diameter 40 mm
Length 190 mm. (approx.)
Caliber 4130, adjusted to 5 positions and temperatures
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories original fitted box and outer box, certificate of origin, booklets, hang tag
Notes
The original Certificate mentioned that this watch was delivered to Mercury Distribution S.A., Moscow (Russian Fed.), and sold in November 2010.
The code “330” which corresponds at Rolex to the Russian market.
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When Malcolm Campbell broke the speed record of 445 km. / h on the Daytona Beach circuit in 1935, it was with a Rolex on his wrist. In 1959, the Daytona International Speedway was born, a 4 km. long circuit that hosts the most famous car races such as the Daytona 500 or the Rolex 24. At Daytona, the American equivalent of the 24 hours of Le Mans, of which the “Daytona” is also the official watch.
The eponymous chronograph of the Rolex manufacture was thus consecrated as “THE” watch of the car racers. The result of more than ten years of experimentation, the reference 116520, which appeared in 2000, is the first to be equipped with the calibre 4130. It marks the culmination of the manufacture’s research into the creation of an automatic movement for “Daytona”, entirely produced and signed by Rolex.
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*a 20% import VAT is due on the hammer price with buyer's premium, plus 150€ for termination of temporary export, at buyer's expense, only if it is delivered within the EU