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Rolex Yellow Gold R-Series “Floating” Daytona Ref. 16528

Model: ,
Year of issue: 1987
Reference number: 16528
Condition: worn
Status: sold
Dealer country: United States
Dealer name: Justin Gruenberg
Price in US $ n/a
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Description

Brand: Rolex Model: Daytona Reference: 16528 Gender: Unisex Year: 1987 Material: 18k YG Dial Color: Original Black Dial with Floating Daytona Dimensions: 40mm Watch Movement: Self-Winding Bracelet/Strap: Yellow Gold Bracelet Box/Paper: Leather Travel Case Condition: Likely Never Polished, Original Finish SKU: 136789

This extremely rare R-Series 16528 features one of the most highly sought after Zenith Daytona dials; the Floating Cosmograph dial. These dials were only produced for about a year and can be found on R and some L series watches. The notable characteristics of these dials are the floating word Cosmograph which is separated from the other lines at the top of the dial. This dial also features an inverted six in the subdial at 6 oclock. This particular floating Zenith Daytona is in excellent original condition with some wear, but a tight bracelet and we believe unpolished case. The dial has some very slight speckling texture which can only be seen when the light hits it from a particular angle.

Dealer

Justin Gruenberg

DAYTONA BEACH 1960

Daytona Beach, Florida. Long, flat and firm, with hard-packed sand, the beach helped the city of Daytona to forge a legend as the world capital of speed. It boasts 14 world land speed records set between 1904 and 1935, five of them by Rolex-wearer Sir Malcolm Campbell. Over the years, the sand deteriorated. By 1959, a “Super Speedway” was built: the Daytona International Speedway. Follow this link to learn all about the legendary Rolex Daytona references...

THE COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA 1963

Launched in 1963 as a new-generation chronograph, the Cosmograph soon gained the name that became the mark of an icon: Daytona. Designed as the ultimate tool for endurance racing drivers, the Cosmograph Daytona was robust, waterproof and featured a tachymetric scale on the bezel for calculating average speed. Follow this link to learn more about the Evolution of the Oyster Daytona...
Birth of a Horological Icon Timepiece  The myth around the iconic Rolex Daytona has spread around the world recent years. Always has the Daytona model been attached to motor racing, at first Rolex called their new Cosmograph the “Le Mans” and little later to “Daytona” when Rolex started to sponsor the well known U.S. speedway.
Cosmograph: a name that was to be the forerunner of great fortune. Actually, the choice of the name proved to be neither easy nor expected. Whilst Rolex on the one hand flirted with the car-racing world, on the other hand it could not remain unaware of the vast media attention, which at that time was surrounding the conquest of outer space.