Rolex. A stainless steel automatic chronograph wristwatch with rare Arabic numerals dial and bracelet
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Rolex. A stainless steel automatic chronograph wristwatch with rare Arabic numerals dial and bracelet

SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA, REF. 16520, CASE NO. L506607, MANUFACTURED IN 1990

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Rolex. A stainless steel automatic chronograph wristwatch with rare Arabic numerals dial and bracelet
Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Cosmograph Daytona, Ref. 16520, case no. L506607, manufactured in 1990
Cal. 4030 nickel-finished lever movement, 31 jewels, white dial, applied Arabic and luminous baton numerals, luminous hands, three subsidiary dials for constant seconds, 30 minutes and 12 hours registers on black chapter rings, tonneau-shaped water-resistant-type case, blank bezel calibrated for 400 units, screw back, screw down crown, two round screw down chronograph buttons in the band, stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet, case, dial and movement signed
39 mm. diam.
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Prospective buyers should be aware that the importation of Rolex watches into the United States is highly restricted. Rolex watches may not be shipped into the USA and can only be imported personally. Generally a buyer may import only one watch into the USA. For further information please contact our specialists in charge of the sale. Please note other countries may have comparable import restrictions for luxury watches.

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With Rolex Warranty, instructions, handkerchief and International Service Guarantee from Rolex UK dated 7 February 2007. Furthermore delivered with fitted veneered presentation box and outer packaging.

The present reference 16520 is fitted with a ultra-rare dial which is hardly known to even the most thoroughbred scholars. In fact, it is highlighted by raised Arabic numerals instead of the well-known baton hour markers. One can understandably expect a spontaneous response suspecting that this dial is taken from the white gold reference 16519 and does not constitute a rarity per se.

A close inspection however reveals that this dial here features black circles to the subsidiary dials, as one would expect on the regular stainless steel version of reference 16520 with white dial, whereas the "Arabic" dials reserved for the white gold reference 16519 feature silver-coloured rings at the outer of the subsidiary dials.

In-depth research seems to result in the discovery that ultra-rare crossover was indeed made, for reference 16519, during a very short period only but never maintained in regular production. In fact, we do not know of another example of a 1990s Rolex Daytona fitted with this type of dial.