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Lot 5 · Important Watches: Part I

Daytona ' Inverted 6 Zenith', Reference 16528 | A yellow gold and diamond-set chronograph wristwatch with bracelet | Circa 1991

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Estimate
CHF 20,000–CHF 30,000 hammer ≈ $22,238–$33,357
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Important Watches: Part I, Geneva · 5 November 2023
Record ID
TB-2026-5166227
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Rolex, Daytona ' Inverted 6 Zenith', Reference 16528 | A yellow gold and diamond-set chronograph wristwatch with bracelet | Circa 1991. Sotheby's, 5 Nov 2023, lot 5. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5166227.

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Rolex, Daytona ' Inverted 6 Zenith', Reference 16528 | A yellow gold and diamond-set chronograph wristwatch with bracelet | Circa 1991. Sotheby's, 5 Nov 2023, lot 5. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5166227.

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From the same sale Important Watches: Part I · Nov 2023

LotArtistEstimateResult
Daytona, Reference 116500LN A stainless steel chronograph wristwatch … Rolex CHF 24,000–CHF 35,000
Retailed by À L'Émeraude | A yellow gold open-faced jump hour watch |… Patek Philippe CHF 15,000–CHF 30,000
Datejust, Referene 6605 A yellow gold and diamond-set wristwatch with… Rolex CHF 50,000–CHF 100,000
Daytona 'Inverted 6 Zenith', Reference 16518 | A yellow gold chronogr… Rolex CHF 15,000–CHF 30,000
Reference 5050P A platinum perpetual calendar wristwatch with retrogr… Patek Philippe CHF 30,000–CHF 50,000
Reference 4117/1G A white gold and diamond-set bracelet watch with bu… Patek Philippe CHF 30,000–CHF 50,000

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Rolex Untitled $42,363 Phillips, Nov 2023
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Rolex ROLEX, Cosmograph Daytona 6239: wristwatch Bertolami Fine Art, Dec 2025
Rolex Orologio, Daytona Finarte, Jun 2020
Rolex Reference 1804 Day-Date | A platinum and diamond-set wristwa Sotheby's, Dec 2023
Rolex 'GMT Master II' gold wristwatch, Ref. 116718 Rago, May 2024
Rolex a stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with registers and Sotheby's, Apr 2018
Rolex 'Zenith Daytona' stainless steel wristwatch, Ref. 16520 Rago, May 2022

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