Details
CIRCA: 1999
CASE MATERIAL: Stainless steel
DIAMETER: 39 mm.
BRACELET: Stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet, stamped 78390, end-links stamped 503 B
DIAL: White “No Daytona” dial
MOVEMENT: Cal. 4030 (Zenith), automatic
FUNCTIONS: Time, chronograph, tachymeter
CLASP: Rolex stainless steel folding clasp stamped 78390, Z8
WITH: International Guarantee stamped by Italian retailer Luigi Verga and dated August 1999, Rolex International Service Guarantee dated 28 January 2017, product literature, sale tag and presentation box
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Lot Essay

The present ref. 16520 is no ordinary “Zenith Daytona”. Look closely and you will that this extremely rare dial is without the red “Daytona” signature above the 12 hour register. The reason for this omission is unknown, the most probable explanation being the result of a printing mistake which eluded Rolex strict quality controls. Launched in 1988, the 16500-series comprised the first automatic chronographs to be introduced by Rolex, marking an end to the production of hand-wound Daytona models. The first movements used were the modified Zenith 'El Primero' movement, later replaced by the 4130 calibre developed in-house by Rolex.

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