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Rolex Cosmograph Daytona (Black), reference 116500LN

Rolex

Cosmograph Daytona (Black)

Ref. 116500LN

$27,200 · AED 99,900

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Case40mm Oystersteel, black Cerachrom bezel
DialBlack, silver counters
MovementCalibre 4130
ComplicationChronograph
BraceletOyster, Oystersteel
Water100m
ConditionPre-owned

Reference 116500LN brought the black Cerachrom bezel to the steel Daytona in 2016 and stayed in production until the 2023 update, running on calibre 4130, the chronograph movement Rolex introduced in 2000.

This Rolex Cosmograph Daytona wears a 40mm Oystersteel case and a black dial. Calibre 4130 inside, on an Oystersteel Oyster bracelet.

Fun fact: Paul Newman's own Daytona sold at auction in 2017 for $17.8 million, at the time a record for a wristwatch.

The collection

Cosmograph Daytona

Rolex's chronograph, named for Daytona Beach and read against a tachymetric scale

Rolex introduced the Cosmograph in 1963 and named it for Daytona Beach in Florida, laying it out as a driver's instrument with three counters and a tachymetric scale on the bezel for reading average speed over a measured distance. Screw down pushers arrived on reference 6240 in 1965, sealing the chronograph into the Oyster case. The movement went from hand wound to an automatic based on the Zenith El Primero in 1988, to Rolex's own calibre 4130 in 2000 and the calibre 4131 in 2023. The case grew from 37 mm on the first series to 40 mm with that 1988 generation and has stayed there since, in steel, gold and platinum.

Sizes in the family

40 mm across the current line, 37 mm on the first series references

Who it suits

For a buyer who wants a chronograph rather than a dress watch, and who is choosing on metal rather than on case size.

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