This specimen, a 1999 Daytone, presents a platinum box with a white pearl sphere set with ten diamonds, an unusual finish for the time
The auction house Sotheby’s will put the first part of May on May 11 on May 11 His expected auction of ‘important watches’an event in which it is expected to achieve great results. In this type of appointments it always comes out … The occasional rolex, pieces really coveted by collectors, but in this case the jewel of this auction is an exceptional and extraordinary discovery, A COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA REF. 16516 Platinum whose estimated sale price is between 700,000 and 1,400,000 Swiss francs (between 747,000 and 1.5 million euros), figure that places him at the head of the 120 lots that have been presented.
This is one of the four pieces commissioned by a VIP collector
Manufactured at the end of 1999, this clock presents an elaborate Platinum box 40mm diameter with A nacar sphere set with ten diamondswhich is not usual of the time, hence its value. This is one of the four Daytonas ‘Zenith’ created by the company of luxury pieces between 1998 and 1999 for an outstanding private collector in a project that was a mystery for decades. The four share the same reference number in which the ‘6’ indicates the use of platinum, material that did not start introducing in these models until 2013year in which its 50th anniversary is celebrated. With regard to the girl, one was dark and the remaining turquoise, Lapislázuli and the one that is auctioned blank.
This exclusive model could be sold for a million and a half
These watches were associated The former Rolex Executive Director, Patrick Heiniger, A visionary who said he had worn a clock of this type before it was seen in the market. In 2018 Sotheby’s Pasa under the deck one of these specimens confirming collectors the existence of these authentic works of art. In 2020 and 2021 the other two copies and The LapisLázuli variant reached 3.2 million dollars.
This piece, which comes with original certificate and accessories, is the only one in the quartet that incorporates precious stones scorerswhich gives you a touch of opulence. It has a red crocodile leather strap that contrasts with the box and comes with the 4030 automatic caliber.
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