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TWO-TONE DAYTONA, REF. 16523

CIRCA: 1997
CASE MATERIAL: Stainless steel and gold
CASE DIAMETER: 39mm
BRACELET / STRAP MATERIAL: Stainless steel and gold Oyster bracelet
BRACELET SIZE: 8 inches / 203mm
DIAL: Champagne with diamond hour markers
MOVEMENT: Automatic
FUNCTIONS: Time and chronograph
CALIBER: 4030
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The Rolex Daytona reference 16520 debuted in 1988 and was the first Daytona to house an automatic movement. Rolex used a heavily-modified Zenith El Primero movement to power the reference 16520. This new Daytona came in a larger case with a sapphire crystal and was available in stainless steel, yellow gold, and, for the first time, two-tone steel and yellow gold. This particular example is a reference 16523 from 1997 and features a beautiful champagne dial with diamond hour markers, two-tone steel and yellow gold case, and two-tone bracelet. The reference 16520 line was discontinued in circa 2001 when Rolex introduced their first in-house chronograph movement.

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