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Daytona 16523

Name: Rolex Daytona 16523
Brand: Rolex
Availability: InStock

40mm Consistent Pricing

Low $14,950

Median $15,500

High $16,353

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The Rolex Daytona 16523 brings the warmth of a gold bezel and bracelet center links to the first automatic Daytona generation. It’s the two-tone choice for someone who wants the sharper, more open dial layout of the Zenith-era watches rather than the later Rolex-powered models. Produced from 1988 until 2000, it uses caliber 4030, Rolex’s extensively reworked version of the Zenith El Primero—not simply the same movement with another name on it.

Early examples with an inverted 6 in the twelve-hour counter offer a small but satisfying detail to hunt for; later dials read more conventionally. Neither is inherently the better daily companion. More important is understanding what dial the watch now carries: replacement dials can erase those period distinctions. The transition from tritium to luminous material without radioactive content also makes late-production examples worth considering if useful nighttime legibility matters more to you than aged lume.

MovementAutomatic

Caliber4030

Case MaterialTwo-Tone

Case Size40mm

Water Resistance100m