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Rolex. A stainless steel automatic chronograph wristwatch with bracelet, Ref. 116520, Daytona, circa 2009.
Movement: cal. 4130, automatic, 44 jewels.
Dial: white, applied baton indexes, subsidiary dials for constant seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour registers.
Case: stainless steel Oyster case, screw-down back, crown and chronograph pushers, no. M961485, stainless steel Oyster bracelet.
Signed: case, dial, movement and bracelet.
Dimensions: diameter 40mm, bracelet circumference approximately 180mm
Accessories: guarantee, leather wallet, booklet, service guarantee, two spare links, tags, protective bezel cover, presentation case.
£12,000-£18,000

The Rolex Daytona is certainly the most famous chronograph watch on the market. Having a long history of producing sports chronograph models in 1963 Rolex launched the Cosmograph Daytona, named after the 24-hours Daytona auto race in Florida which Rolex sponsored at the time.
In 2000 Rolex released the reference 116520 Daytona, this marked the introduction of Rolex’s first in-house calibre 4130 chronograph movement. It’s predecessor, the reference 16520 was powered by the calibre 4035 which was produced by Zenith.
Production of the ref. 116520 ceased in 2016 when Rolex launched the ref. 116500LN with ceramic bezel.
This ref. 116520 was sold in 2009 and is in immaculate condition and comes with all its accessories.