12th Jul, 2025 9:30 GMT/BST
Fine Jewellery, Watches & Silver
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Rolex: A Very Rare Stainless Steel Automatic Chronograph 'Patrizzi' Dial Wristwatch, signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, model: Cosmograph Daytona, ref: 16520/16500, 1996, (calibre 4030) Rolex "Zenith" Daytona lever movement signed and numbered 129780, adjusted to five positions and temperature, black dial with luminous baton markers, three dials with toffee colour chapter rings, outer fifth of seconds track, case with screw down chronograph buttons and screw down protected crown, units per hour tachymeter bezel, screw back stamped inside Montres Rolex S.A Geneva Switzerland and numbered inside 16500, case serial number T952418, Rolex stainless steel oyster bracelet with a deployant fliplock clasp numbered 78390 and letter date code Z5 for 1997 end links numbered 503B, with Rolex boxes, guarantee paperwork, booklets, calendar card 1997/1998, card holder, Daytona swing tag, Rolex service cards dated 2000, 2005 and 2018, and a Rolex service pouch
40mm wide
This particular Daytona is known by collectors as the 'Patrizzi' Rolex Cosmograph Daytona reference 16520. The model has the top quality Zenith el Primero modified by Rolex calibre 4030 movement. The watch is called the Patrizzi Daytona because specialist watch auctioneer, Osvaldo Patrizzi, after years of research, discovered that the finish that Rolex used for the sub dial chapter rings made the colour fade to a nice shade of toffee over the years, and is visible with this example. These watches are rare to find with the original dial and having all the original boxes and guarantee paperwork.
Sold for £25,000
Estimated at £25,000 - £30,000
Case and bracelet with surface scratches, case sides and bezel with very minor dents, glass with small scratches, chronograph buttons with minor dents, Rolex crown and chronograph buttons are all screwing down correctly, original dial with the sub dial chapter rings have evenly faded to a light toffee colour, hand setting correctly, chronograph is working correctly and chronograph hands are returning back to zero when pressing the flyback button, movement is working. This watch has the Rolex service cards stating the watch was serviced in 2000, 2005 and 2018.
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Auction: Fine Jewellery, Watches & Silver, 12th Jul, 2025
Held three times a year, the Fine Sales offer the top tier of Jewellery, Watches and Silver.
Jewellery has a focus on important diamonds and coloured stones, fine period pieces and jewellery by important designers such as Cartier, Bulgari, Boucheron, and Van Cleef & Arpels.
Watches include those by the leading names in the collectable and luxury watch market, including Jaeger le Coultre, Rolex, Audemars Piguet, Cartier, Patek Philippe, Omega, Breitling, Tag Heuer and Vacheron & Constantin.
The Silver section of the sale includes flatware, tableware, centrepieces and objects of vertu. The department handles items spanning five hundred years of the silversmiths’ craft, from antique silver made by the likes of Paul Storr, Robert Hennell, Robert Garrard and the Chawner Family to pieces by the top names in modern and contemporary silver design such as Gerald Benney, Stuart Devlin, Hector Miller and Brian Asquith.
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