$19,200
Ref. 16520 Color Change Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer,Officially Certified, Cosmograph, Daytona," Ref. 16520. Made circa 1995. Fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oysterlock bracelet. Accompanied by an instruction booklets and a recent service invoice from Rolex. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 400 units per hour, sapphire crystal. Bicolor black and reddish silver with applied luminous steel indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 4030, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix 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. Notes Ref. 16520 This reference was one of the first modern Rolex watches to show some color change around the sub-dials. Some debate still remains regarding the causes of this color change, ranging from unstable materials used by Rolex to exposure to ultra-violet light. With the everincreasing trend for tropical dials in the current market, this feature quickly became a plus for collecto Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-10-17
