17,700 CHF
Ref. 16519 White Gold “Cosmograph Daytona” Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph, Daytona", Ref. 16519. Case No. U373071. Made in 1998. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch, with round button chronograph, registers, and tachometer, leather strap and 18K white gold Rolex deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original guarantee (now void). Three body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, "Triplock" crown protected by the “crown guard”, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 400 units per hour, sapphire crystal. White mother-of-pearl with applied white gold Arabic numerals with black accents and quarter hour batons, outer minute/seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Black and gold "bâton" hands. Notes Reference 16519, the “Daytona Perpetual”, was launched in 1992 and was only available in 18K gold with a leather strap. This watch is illustrated in “Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches”, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, 2001 Edition, p. 469.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-05-14
