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Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 116505

Name: Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 116505
Brand: Rolex

$97,977.01List Price

About the Item

This Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona in 18 ct Everose gold, with a black and pink dial and an Oyster bracelet, features an 18 ct Everose gold bezel with engraved tachymetric scale. This chronograph was designed to be the ultimate timing tool for endurance racing drivers. More than 50 years after its creation, the Cosmograph Daytona remains in a class of its own among sports chronographs and continues to transcend time. HIGH-PERFORMANCE CHRONOGRAPH With its tachymetric scale, its three counters, and its pushers, the Cosmograph Daytona was designed to be the ultimate timing tool for endurance racing drivers. The bezel features a tachymetric scale to read average speed over a given distance based on elapsed time. This scale offers optimal legibility, making the Cosmograph Daytona the ideal instrument for measuring speeds up to 400 units per hour, expressed in kilometers or miles. MODEL CASE Oyster, 40 mm, Everose gold OYSTER ARCHITECTURE Monobloc middle case, screw-down case back and winding crown DIAMETER 40 mm MATERIAL 18 ct Everose gold BEZEL Fixed, with engraved tachymetric scale, in 18 ct Everose gold WINDING CROWN Screw-down, Triplock triple waterproofness system CRYSTAL Scratch-resistant sapphire WATER RESISTANCE Waterproof to 100 metres / 330 feet MOVEMENT Perpetual, mechanical chronograph, self-winding CALIBRE 4130, Manufacture Rolex PRECISION -2/+2 sec/day, after casing FUNCTIONS Centre hour, minute and seconds hands, small seconds hand at 6 o'clock. Chronograph (center hand) accurate to within 1/8 of a second, 30-minute counter at 3 o'clock and 12-hour counter at 9 o'clock. Stop-seconds for precise time setting OSCILLATOR Paramagnetic blue Parachrom hairspring WINDING Bidirectional self-winding via Perpetual rotor POWER RESERVE Approximately 72 hours BRACELET Oyster, flat three-piece links BRACELET MATERIAL 18 ct Everose gold CLASP Folding Oysterlock safety clasp with Easylink 5 mm comfort extension link DIAL Black and pink DETAILS Dial with snailed small counters CERTIFICATION Superlative Chronometer (COSC + Rolex certification after casing)

Creator:
Rolex
Design:
Cosmograph Daytona Watch
Period:
2010-
Date of Manufacture:
2021
Condition:
Seller Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU2536214675652

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While the rise in popularity of vintage Rolex watches is of no surprise to aficionados, collectors and industry experts, when it comes to contemporary luxury wristwatches, Rolex is also often the first brand that springs to mind. Not only is the company revered for its precision timekeeping and impeccable craftsmanship, but its name was designed to be memorable.

Rolex's enviable worldwide recognition can be credited in part to the genius of company founder Hans Wilsdorf. When the German-born watch dealer and his brother-in-law, Alfred Davis, set up their London enterprise, in 1905, they called it Wilsdorf & Davis, according to the traditional formula.

But Wilsdorf was determined to come up with another name that was short, would look good on a watch dial and was easy to say and remember in several languages. In 1908, he trademarked the name Rolex, and by 1920, he had moved the company to Geneva and redubbed it as Montres Rolex S.A.

But the main reasons for the brand’s success are its aforementioned commitment to precision and unflagging pursuit of innovation. In 1926, the company introduced the aptly named Oyster model. With a screw-down crown and case back, both fitted with rubber gaskets, this was the first truly waterproof watch.

Five years later, Rolex upped the ante with the Oyster Perpetual. That model’s patented Perpetual movement contained a rotor mechanism enabling it to self-wind. In another trendsetting move, in 1945, the brand debuted the Datejust, with a date window prominently displayed on the dial.

The company’s two most iconic models are sports watches. Although the Submariner, which debuted in 1953, was developed as a dive watch, its waterproof case, solid construction and good looks made it a favorite of adventurers and urbanites alike, including James Bond, who wore it in classics like Dr. No and Goldfinger. The Daytona, the racing chronograph made famous by Paul Newman, is especially sought after by collectors. Newman’s personal Daytona, which hit the auction block in 2017, sold for $17.8 million.

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