Discontinued Cosmograph Daytona - 18ct White Gold (2019)

Description

The Rolex Cosmograph Daytona ref. 116509 in 18ct white gold with bright blue dial is one of the most elegant and restrained configurations in the precious metal Daytona family — a watch that trades the warmth and visual extroversion of the yellow and Everose gold references for something cooler, sharper, and considerably more rare.

White gold Daytonas account for a small fraction of total Daytona production at any given time, and the bright blue dial configuration places this example among the most visually distinctive of the reference's many variants. The bright blue dial is a vivid, saturated tone that sits with extraordinary intensity against the white gold case and bezel, the contrast between the cool metal and the electric dial creating a graphic, high-impact aesthetic that rewards both a glance across a room and sustained close attention.

Applied white gold hour markers and chronograph hands of impeccable quality complete a dial of considered, confident design, with three matching sub-dials — 30-minute counter at 3 o'clock, 12-hour counter at 9 o'clock, and small seconds at 6 o'clock — delivering the tri-compax chronograph layout that has defined the Daytona since the mid-1960s.

 The 40mm 18ct white gold case carries the characteristic Daytona architecture — screw-down pushers, Triplock crown, engraved tachymeter bezel in solid white gold — with the quiet authority that only precious metal delivers.

 The 18ct white gold Oyster bracelet, secured by the folding Oysterlock safety clasp with Easylink 5mm comfort extension, is one of the finest metal bracelets in production watchmaking. At the heart of the watch, Rolex's landmark in-house Calibre 4130 — column-wheel chronograph, vertical clutch, blue Parachrom hairspring, 44 jewels, 72-hour power reserve — delivers certified Superlative Chronometer precision to -2/+2 seconds per day.

This is a 2019 example in mint condition, presented complete with original Rolex box and papers.

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