Details
CIRCA: 1997
CASE MATERIAL: Stainless steel with engraved tachymeter bezel
DIAMETER: 40 mm.
BRACELET: Rolex Oyster stainless steel bracelet
DIAL: Black ‘Patrizzi’ dial – the sub-dial rings have turned a brown-beige colour because of oxidisation
MOVEMENT: Cal. 4030 (Zenith), automatic
FUNCTIONS: Time, chronograph, tachymeter
BUCKLE: Rolex stainless steel folding buckle
WITH: Rolex guarantee, and hang tag seal
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UAE for sale. Should the lot be released into GCC/UAE free circulation, duty will be payable at 5% on the low estimate. Duty paid in Dubai is treated as final duty payment as per GCC''s customs laws. VAT at 5% will be applied to the hammer and buyer’s premium.
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Lot Essay

The first automatic versions of the celebrated Daytona reference featured movements made by Zenith. The Cal. 4030 movement was based on the El Primero movement, but was modified (from a 5 Hz high-beat movement to a 4-Hz movement) by Rolex.

From 1988 to 2000, Rolex used these Cal. 4030 movements till they developed their first in-house movement, the Cal. 4130. The Rolex Daytona dials were labelled "SWISS MADE" rather than "T SWISS T" from 1999 until the end of production in 2000 due to the change of luminous material used from tritium to LumiNova.

This timepiece also has the 'Patrizzi' dial - the sub dial rings have turn brown from the original silver due to oxidisation. While ‘Patrizzi’ dials seen mostly serial numbers contain W, S and T , they were also sometimes seen on U series models.

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