Rolex. A very fine and rare stainless steel automatic chronograph wristwatch with bracelet, "floating Cosmograph" porcelain dial, original Guarantee and box
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勞力士,非常精細及罕有,不銹鋼自動上弦鏈帶腕錶,配計時功能及”Floating Cosmograph”陶瓷錶盤,”Daytona”,型號16520,附證書及盒子,約1989年製 瑞郎20,000-40,000

SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, COSMOGRAPH, DAYTONA, REF. 16520, CASE NO. R782984, CIRCA 1989

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勞力士,非常精細及罕有,不銹鋼自動上弦鏈帶腕錶,配計時功能及”Floating Cosmograph”陶瓷錶盤,”Daytona”,型號16520,附證書及盒子,約1989年製 瑞郎20,000-40,000
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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 original Guarantee, wallet, service booklet, instruction booklet, promotional booklet, calendar, plastic bezel cover, sale tags, box and outer packaging.

This remarkable timepiece is an example from the very first production of automatic Daytona. Distinguished by the R serial number, these rare pieces can be arguably considered as game-changers in the market of sports watch, as had been 20 years before the first manually wound Daytonas. With an oversized 39 mm. case, destined to become 40 mm. one decade later, the new Daytonas were precursors of the "large watch" fashion that will hit the market in a few years time. Furthermore, the present watch is adorned by the sublime so-called "porcelain dial", with the correct "floating" Cosmograph designation - also known as staccato dial: that is, the gap between the fourth and fifth line is wider than the gaps between the other lines, as if the word Cosmograph was floating away from the rest.

It is obvious that, when Rolex launched the automatic Daytonas, the firm is well aware of the success of the Daytona not only as a sport watch, but as an elegant and worldwide recognized status symbol as well. Consequently, some pieces are dressed with diamond dials or, such as the present one, with highly refined email grand feu dial, which is now universally known as "porcelain dial". The manufacturing process of such a dial is a long, painstaking process that allows no room for mistake: layer after layer of enamel powder is deposed on the dial and then cooked at roughly 800 degrees until it vitrifies. The result is a practically eternal dial, with an impalpable tridimensional depth that is simply hypnotizing. The downside is that it is extremely easy for one of the layers to crack during cooking, and the dial has to be discarded and the process started over. This issue, combined by the extreme scarcity of master enamellers available, makes the production of enamel dials extremely expensive. As a consequence, porcelain dials are as rare as they are mesmerizing.

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