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	<small>[[Reference:daytona\|Daytona]] -> '''116508'''</small>		<small>[[Reference:daytona\|Daytona]] › '''116508'''</small>

	The 116508 is the full yellow gold cal 4130 Daytona on a yellow gold Oyster bracelet, with an engraved 18k yellow gold tachymetre bezel — the 2016 successor to the [[Reference:116528\|116528]] and the second-to-last engraved-gold-bezel yellow gold Daytona Rolex produced before the line moved to Cerachrom. The 40mm case, the vertical-clutch column-wheel chronograph, and the 72-hour reserve all carry over from the rest of the cal 4130 family, executed here in 18k yellow gold from end-link to bezel. What separates it from the 116528 is the dial programme. Rolex used the 116508 launch to introduce the green sundust dial that John Mayer would single out three years later in his 2019 Hodinkee Talking Watches appearance, and added the meteorite dial in 2021.		The 116508 is the full yellow gold cal 4130 Daytona on a yellow gold Oyster bracelet, with an engraved 18k yellow gold tachymetre bezel — the 2016 successor to the [[Reference:116528\|116528]] and the second-to-last engraved-gold-bezel yellow gold Daytona Rolex produced before the line moved to Cerachrom. The 40mm case, the vertical-clutch column-wheel chronograph, and the 72-hour reserve all carry over from the rest of the cal 4130 family, executed here in 18k yellow gold from end-link to bezel. What separates it from the 116528 is the dial programme. Rolex used the 116508 launch to introduce the green sundust dial that John Mayer would single out three years later in his 2019 Hodinkee Talking Watches appearance, and added the meteorite dial in 2021.
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	The 2023 transition to the 126508 closed the engraved-gold-bezel yellow gold Oyster Daytona configuration permanently. Used prices have firmed across the post-discontinuation period, particularly on the green sundust and meteorite variants, and the broader cal 4130 yellow gold market now reads as a closed catalogue rather than live production.		The 2023 transition to the 126508 closed the engraved-gold-bezel yellow gold Oyster Daytona configuration permanently. Used prices have firmed across the post-discontinuation period, particularly on the green sundust and meteorite variants, and the broader cal 4130 yellow gold market now reads as a closed catalogue rather than live production.


	== Related references ==		== Related references ==
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	The 116508 is the full yellow gold cal 4130 Daytona on a yellow gold Oyster bracelet, with an engraved 18k yellow gold tachymetre bezel — the 2016 successor to the [[Reference:116528\|116528]] and the second-to-last engraved-gold-bezel yellow gold Daytona Rolex produced before the line moved to Cerachrom. The 40mm case, the vertical-clutch column-wheel chronograph, and the 72-hour reserve all carry over from the rest of the cal 4130 family, executed here in 18k yellow gold from end-link to bezel. What separates it from the 116528 is the dial programme. Rolex used the 116508 launch to introduce the green sundust dial that John Mayer would single out three years later in his 2019 Hodinkee Talking Watches appearance, and added the meteorite dial in 2021.		The 116508 is the full yellow gold cal 4130 Daytona on a yellow gold Oyster bracelet, with an engraved 18k yellow gold tachymetre bezel — the 2016 successor to the [[Reference:116528\|116528]] and the second-to-last engraved-gold-bezel yellow gold Daytona Rolex produced before the line moved to Cerachrom. The 40mm case, the vertical-clutch column-wheel chronograph, and the 72-hour reserve all carry over from the rest of the cal 4130 family, executed here in 18k yellow gold from end-link to bezel. What separates it from the 116528 is the dial programme. Rolex used the 116508 launch to introduce the green sundust dial that John Mayer would single out three years later in his 2019 Hodinkee Talking Watches appearance, and added the meteorite dial in 2021.

Admin: Fact fix: ref 116503 is a 2016-2023 Rolesor Daytona with a fixed 18ct yellow gold engraved tachymetric bezel and was never offered with Cerachrom (Rolex 116503 datasheet, 2016, via web.archive.org)

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Fact fix: ref 116503 is a 2016-2023 Rolesor Daytona with a fixed 18ct yellow gold engraved tachymetric bezel and was never offered with Cerachrom (Rolex 116503 datasheet, 2016, via web.archive.org)

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	The 116508 replaces the 116528 in the yellow-gold-on-yellow-gold-Oyster slot of the cal 4130 generation. On paper the two are near-identical, sharing the 40mm case, the engraved gold bezel, the cal 4130 movement, and the Oyster bracelet architecture. What the reference change bought was a dial-programme refresh and a run of small specification updates — Chromalight lume across the run, a dial-printing programme that opened the door to the green sundust and meteorite layouts, and the Superlative Chronometer regulation specification on later examples. The reference number changed; the watch mostly did not.		The 116508 replaces the 116528 in the yellow-gold-on-yellow-gold-Oyster slot of the cal 4130 generation. On paper the two are near-identical, sharing the 40mm case, the engraved gold bezel, the cal 4130 movement, and the Oyster bracelet architecture. What the reference change bought was a dial-programme refresh and a run of small specification updates — Chromalight lume across the run, a dial-printing programme that opened the door to the green sundust and meteorite layouts, and the Superlative Chronometer regulation specification on later examples. The reference number changed; the watch mostly did not.

	The 116508 sits inside a cal 4130 family that ran in parallel through 2016 to 2023: the steel 116500LN with Cerachrom from 2016, the engraved-bezel 116503 Rolesor ~~that ran through 2017~~, the engraved-bezel 116508 in yellow gold and 116505 in Everose through 2023, and the Cerachrom-bezel precious-metal references (116515LN Everose, 116519LN white gold) on Oysterflex from 2017 onward. Rolex deliberately kept engraved-gold and Cerachrom in the catalogue alongside one another across the generation, with the strap and bezel choices working as configuration options rather than as successive eras. The 116508 is the engraved-gold yellow gold Oyster choice in that lineup.		The 116508 sits inside a cal 4130 family that ran in parallel through 2016 to 2023: the steel 116500LN with Cerachrom from 2016, the engraved-bezel 116503 Rolesor from 2016, the engraved-bezel 116508 in yellow gold and 116505 in Everose through 2023, and the Cerachrom-bezel precious-metal references (116515LN Everose, 116519LN white gold) on Oysterflex from 2017 onward. Rolex deliberately kept engraved-gold and Cerachrom in the catalogue alongside one another across the generation, with the strap and bezel choices working as configuration options rather than as successive eras. The 116508 is the engraved-gold yellow gold Oyster choice in that lineup.

	The 2023 transition to the cal 4131 generation reset the catalogue. The 126508 took the 116508 slot with cal 4131, revised case proportions, updated dial furniture, and a reworked Oysterlock clasp. The 116508 became the last cal 4130 yellow-gold Oyster Daytona with an engraved gold bezel; the engraved precious-metal bezel itself continued into the cal 4131 generation.		The 2023 transition to the cal 4131 generation reset the catalogue. The 126508 took the 116508 slot with cal 4131, revised case proportions, updated dial furniture, and a reworked Oysterlock clasp. The 116508 became the last cal 4130 yellow-gold Oyster Daytona with an engraved gold bezel; the engraved precious-metal bezel itself continued into the cal 4131 generation.

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	See also the [[Reference:daytona\|Daytona family index]], [[Reference:Movements\|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets\|bracelet & clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers\|serial numbers by year]].		See also the [[Reference:daytona\|Daytona family index]], [[Reference:Movements\|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets\|bracelet & clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers\|serial numbers by year]].

	==Sources==		== Sources ==

	* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra		* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra

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	The 2023 transition to the 126508 has closed the engraved-gold-bezel yellow gold Oyster Daytona configuration permanently. Used prices on the 116508 have firmed across the post-discontinuation period, particularly on the green sundust and meteorite variants, with the broader cal 4130 yellow gold market now reading as a closed catalogue rather than a live production.		The 2023 transition to the 126508 has closed the engraved-gold-bezel yellow gold Oyster Daytona configuration permanently. Used prices on the 116508 have firmed across the post-discontinuation period, particularly on the green sundust and meteorite variants, with the broader cal 4130 yellow gold market now reading as a closed catalogue rather than a live production.


			== Related references ==

			* [[Reference:116500LN\|Daytona 116500LN]] — Ceramic Bezel (2016–2023)
			* [[Reference:116505\|Daytona 116505]] — Everose Gold (2008–2023)
			* [[Reference:116520\|Daytona 116520]] — Steel, Cal 4130 (2000–2016)
			* [[Reference:116528\|Daytona 116528]] — 2000–2016
			* [[Reference:116518\|Daytona 116518]] — 2000–2015
			* [[Reference:16519\|Daytona 16519]] — White Gold Zenith (1989–2000)

			See also the [[Reference:daytona\|Daytona family index]], [[Reference:Movements\|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets\|bracelet & clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers\|serial numbers by year]].

	==Sources==		==Sources==