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	<small>[[Reference:daytona\|Daytona]] -> '''116515LN'''</small>		<small>[[Reference:daytona\|Daytona]] › '''116515LN'''</small>

	The 116515LN is the first Cerachrom-bezel Daytona in any case material. Rolex launched it at Baselworld 2011 in Everose gold on a leather strap with an Everose Oysterlock fold-over clasp, five years before the steel 116500LN brought ceramic to the entry-level Daytona. The black Cerachrom monobloc tachymeter bezel that defines every modern ceramic Daytona made its debut here, on the warm pink case Rolex had introduced three years earlier on the engraved-bezel 116505. The LN suffix — lunette noire, black bezel — separates it from the engraved-Everose 116505 it ran alongside.		The 116515LN is the first Cerachrom-bezel Daytona in any case material. Rolex launched it at Baselworld 2011 in Everose gold on a leather strap with an Everose Oysterlock fold-over clasp, five years before the steel 116500LN brought ceramic to the entry-level Daytona. The black Cerachrom monobloc tachymeter bezel that defines every modern ceramic Daytona made its debut here, on the warm pink case Rolex had introduced three years earlier on the engraved-bezel 116505. The LN suffix — lunette noire, black bezel — separates it from the engraved-Everose 116505 it ran alongside.
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	\|description=Rolex Daytona 116515LN: the first ceramic-bezel Daytona, launched 2011 in Everose gold with black Cerachrom and leather strap; transitioned to Oysterflex in 2017. Caliber 4130, 40mm Everose case, dial branches across chocolate, black, ivory, sundust, and meteorite.		\|description=Rolex Daytona 116515LN: the first ceramic-bezel Daytona, launched 2011 in Everose gold with black Cerachrom and leather strap; transitioned to Oysterflex in 2017. Caliber 4130, 40mm Everose case, dial branches across chocolate, black, ivory, sundust, and meteorite.
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	The 116515LN is the first Cerachrom-bezel Daytona in any case material. Rolex launched it at Baselworld 2011 in Everose gold on a leather strap with an Everose Oysterlock fold-over clasp, five years before the steel 116500LN brought ceramic to the entry-level Daytona. The black Cerachrom monobloc tachymeter bezel that defines every modern ceramic Daytona made its debut here, on the warm pink case Rolex had introduced three years earlier on the engraved-bezel 116505. The LN suffix — lunette noire, black bezel — separates it from the engraved-Everose 116505 it ran alongside.		The 116515LN is the first Cerachrom-bezel Daytona in any case material. Rolex launched it at Baselworld 2011 in Everose gold on a leather strap with an Everose Oysterlock fold-over clasp, five years before the steel 116500LN brought ceramic to the entry-level Daytona. The black Cerachrom monobloc tachymeter bezel that defines every modern ceramic Daytona made its debut here, on the warm pink case Rolex had introduced three years earlier on the engraved-bezel 116505. The LN suffix — lunette noire, black bezel — separates it from the engraved-Everose 116505 it ran alongside.

	In 2017 Rolex moved the watch from leather to Oysterflex and kept the reference number, which made the 116515LN the first Daytona on Oysterflex, two years after the strap debuted on the Yacht-Master 116655 in 2015. Both strap eras share the same case, movement, and bezel across ~~thirteen continuous years of~~ production, so the strap is the practical generation marker. Caliber 4130 runs the whole span, the first in-house Rolex chronograph and the movement behind every modern Daytona since 2000.		In 2017 Rolex moved the watch from leather to Oysterflex and kept the reference number, which made the 116515LN the first Daytona on Oysterflex, two years after the strap debuted on the Yacht-Master 116655 in 2015. Both strap eras share the same case, movement, and bezel across the reference's twelve-year production run (2011–2023), so the strap is the practical generation marker. Caliber 4130 runs the whole span, the first in-house Rolex chronograph and the movement behind every modern Daytona since 2000.

	[[File:Ref 116515LN hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Rolex Daytona 116515LN Everose with Cerachrom bezel\|116515LN in Everose gold with black Cerachrom monobloc bezel and Oysterflex strap]]		[[File:Ref 116515LN hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Rolex Daytona 116515LN Everose with Cerachrom bezel\|116515LN in Everose gold with black Cerachrom monobloc bezel and Oysterflex strap]]

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	The 2023 cal 4131 transition reset the secondary market. With the 126515LN absorbing demand at retail, the 116515LN settled into position as the last cal 4130 ceramic-Everose Daytona, and prices on full-set examples — leather-era and meteorite-dial especially — have firmed in the years since.		The 2023 cal 4131 transition reset the secondary market. With the 126515LN absorbing demand at retail, the 116515LN settled into position as the last cal 4130 ceramic-Everose Daytona, and prices on full-set examples — leather-era and meteorite-dial especially — have firmed in the years since.


	== Related references ==		== Related references ==
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	[[Category:Daytona]]		[[Category:Daytona]]
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	The launch configuration is a black alligator-leather strap with stitched edges and an 18k Everose Oysterlock fold-over clasp, the same clasp architecture Rolex used on the leather-strap 116519 white-gold Daytona. It ran from launch through early 2017. Suffix codes map the period — -0004 chocolate on leather, -0009 sundust pink on leather, plus the standard ivory and black-dial leather variants.		The launch configuration is a black alligator-leather strap with stitched edges and an 18k Everose Oysterlock fold-over clasp, the same clasp architecture Rolex used on the leather-strap 116519 white-gold Daytona. It ran from launch through early 2017. Suffix codes map the period — -0004 chocolate on leather, -0009 sundust pink on leather, plus the standard ivory and black-dial leather variants.

	The 2017 Baselworld release moved the reference to Oysterflex under the same reference number. Case, movement, dial, and bezel carried over untouched. The Oysterflex era is the longer of the two, running from 2017 ~~through 2024~~.		The 2017 Baselworld release moved the reference to Oysterflex under the same reference number. Case, movement, dial, and bezel carried over untouched. The Oysterflex era is the longer of the two, running from 2017 to the 2023 arrival of the 126515LN.

	Dial-printing variations inside the run track the wider cal 4130 generation. Early leather-era production carries the same dial print as the parallel 116505; mid-production examples show subtle dial-text spacing shifts and the occasional kerning change. Rolex announced none of it, and none of it maps to a clean serial cutoff.		Dial-printing variations inside the run track the wider cal 4130 generation. Early leather-era production carries the same dial print as the parallel 116505; mid-production examples show subtle dial-text spacing shifts and the occasional kerning change. Rolex announced none of it, and none of it maps to a clean serial cutoff.
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	The 4130 uses 201 components, a low count for an automatic integrated chronograph. The quoted 72-hour reserve is the no-chronograph figure; with the chronograph running continuously, the practical reserve drops to about 65 hours.		The 4130 uses 201 components, a low count for an automatic integrated chronograph. The quoted 72-hour reserve is the no-chronograph figure; with the chronograph running continuously, the practical reserve drops to about 65 hours.

	~~The 4130 in the 116515LN runs the modern Superlative~~ Chronometer ~~−2/+2~~ specification ~~across the production range~~. Rolex tightened ~~the spec~~ from ~~the older~~ COSC −4/+6 to the Superlative −2/+2 during the 116515LN's life, and ~~current production carries the tighter rating~~.		Chronometer specification changed mid-run. Rolex tightened it from COSC's −4/+6 to the Superlative Chronometer −2/+2 during the 116515LN's production life, so early leather-era examples and late Oysterflex examples left Geneva rated differently.

	The 2023 cal 4131 is the same architecture with the Chronergy escapement Rolex had rolled across the three-hand Sport lines through the 2010s. The gain shows up in real-world precision; power reserve stays at roughly 72 hours. The 116515LN runs cal 4130 to the end.		The 2023 cal 4131 is the same architecture with the Chronergy escapement Rolex had rolled across the three-hand Sport lines through the 2010s. The gain shows up in real-world precision; power reserve stays at roughly 72 hours. The 116515LN runs cal 4130 to the end.
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	The 116515LN case is 40mm in 18k Everose gold — the same nameplate dimension as the steel 116520, the yellow-gold 116528, and the engraved-Everose 116505. The case, lugs, screw-down pushers, and crown geometry carry over unchanged from the 116505 architecture; the only material difference between the 116505 and 116515LN cases is the bezel.		The 116515LN case is 40mm in 18k Everose gold — the same nameplate dimension as the steel 116520, the yellow-gold 116528, and the engraved-Everose 116505. The case, lugs, screw-down pushers, and crown geometry carry over unchanged from the 116505 architecture; the only material difference between the 116505 and 116515LN cases is the bezel.

	The bezel is the headline. Cerachrom is Rolex's proprietary scratch-resistant ceramic, sintered as a monobloc piece with the tachymeter scale recessed into the surface and filled with Everose-tone PVD on the 116515LN, against the platinum-PVD treatment that fills the steel 116500LN bezel. The black colourway gives the reference its LN suffix, lunette noire, and matches the colour-coding Rolex applies across the modern catalogue (LN black, LV green, BLNR ~~Pepsi-~~blue-black, BLRO ~~Pepsi-~~red~~-blue~~). The finish is close to permanent. It resists scratches, holds its colour, and shrugs off the UV exposure that gradually softened the engraved-Everose bezel surface on the parallel 116505 over years of wear.		The bezel is the headline. Cerachrom is Rolex's proprietary scratch-resistant ceramic, sintered as a monobloc piece with the tachymeter scale recessed into the surface and filled with Everose-tone PVD on the 116515LN, against the platinum-PVD treatment that fills the steel 116500LN bezel. The black colourway gives the reference its LN suffix, lunette noire, and matches the colour-coding Rolex applies across the modern catalogue (LN black for lunette noire, LV green, BLNR blue and black, BLRO blue and red). The finish is close to permanent. It resists scratches, holds its colour, and shrugs off the UV exposure that gradually softened the engraved-Everose bezel surface on the parallel 116505 over years of wear.

	The crystal is flat sapphire with no Cyclops. The running-seconds sub-dial sits at six o'clock, and the Triplock crown handles 100m water resistance. Screw-down chronograph pushers flank the crown and have to be unscrewed before the chronograph will start, the standing trade-off of the cal 4130 generation in every case material.		The crystal is flat sapphire with no Cyclops. The running-seconds sub-dial sits at six o'clock, and the Triplock crown handles 100m water resistance. Screw-down chronograph pushers flank the crown and have to be unscrewed before the chronograph will start, the standing trade-off of the cal 4130 generation in every case material.

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	<small>[[Reference:~~Daytona~~\|Daytona]] -> '''116515LN'''</small>		<small>[[Reference:daytona\|Daytona]] -> '''116515LN'''</small>

	The 116515LN is the first Cerachrom-bezel Daytona in any case material. Rolex launched it at Baselworld 2011 in Everose gold on a leather strap with an Everose Oysterlock fold-over clasp — five years before the steel 116500LN brought ceramic to the entry-level Daytona. The black Cerachrom monobloc tachymeter bezel that defines every modern ceramic Daytona made its debut here, on the warm pink case Rolex had introduced three years earlier on the engraved-bezel 116505. The reference number unifies the production: the <code>LN</code> suffix (lunette noire — black bezel) marks the Cerachrom version against the engraved-Everose 116505 it ran alongside.		The 116515LN is the first Cerachrom-bezel Daytona in any case material. Rolex launched it at Baselworld 2011 in Everose gold on a leather strap with an Everose Oysterlock fold-over clasp — five years before the steel 116500LN brought ceramic to the entry-level Daytona. The black Cerachrom monobloc tachymeter bezel that defines every modern ceramic Daytona made its debut here, on the warm pink case Rolex had introduced three years earlier on the engraved-bezel 116505. The reference number unifies the production: the <code>LN</code> suffix (lunette noire — black bezel) marks the Cerachrom version against the engraved-Everose 116505 it ran alongside.
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	The 2017 Oysterflex rollout reset the practical wearability profile. Rolex had introduced Oysterflex on the Yacht-Master 116655 in 2015 — a hypoallergenic elastomer overmoulded around a titanium-nickel alloy blade with a longitudinal cushion system inside the strap. The 2017 Baselworld release moved Oysterflex onto the 116515LN, 116518LN, and 116519LN simultaneously, replacing the leather configuration without changing the reference numbers. The Daytona is the second Rolex line to receive Oysterflex; the 116515LN is the first Daytona to wear it.		The 2017 Oysterflex rollout reset the practical wearability profile. Rolex had introduced Oysterflex on the Yacht-Master 116655 in 2015 — a hypoallergenic elastomer overmoulded around a titanium-nickel alloy blade with a longitudinal cushion system inside the strap. The 2017 Baselworld release moved Oysterflex onto the 116515LN, 116518LN, and 116519LN simultaneously, replacing the leather configuration without changing the reference numbers. The Daytona is the second Rolex line to receive Oysterflex; the 116515LN is the first Daytona to wear it.

	The 2023 ~~[[Reference:~~126515LN~~\|126515LN]]~~ cal 4131 successor took over the ceramic-Everose Daytona slot at Watches & Wonders Geneva, alongside the parallel 126500LN steel transition. The 126515LN inherited the same Cerachrom-Everose-Oysterflex configuration and the same 40mm case footprint with a slightly thinner profile. The 116515LN is the discontinued cal 4130 generation of the ceramic-Everose Daytona; the 126515LN is the current cal 4131 generation.		The 2023 126515LN cal 4131 successor took over the ceramic-Everose Daytona slot at Watches & Wonders Geneva, alongside the parallel 126500LN steel transition. The 126515LN inherited the same Cerachrom-Everose-Oysterflex configuration and the same 40mm case footprint with a slightly thinner profile. The 116515LN is the discontinued cal 4130 generation of the ceramic-Everose Daytona; the 126515LN is the current cal 4131 generation.

	==Production outline==		==Production outline==

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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 ==

	* [https://www.rolex.com/watchmaking/features/materials/everose "Everose - Materials, Watchmaking Features", Rolex]		* [https://www.rolex.com/watchmaking/features/materials/everose "Everose - Materials, Watchmaking Features", Rolex]

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	Production runs Baselworld 2011 to 2023 on a single reference number. The 2017 strap transition is the practical generation marker within the run, and the 2023 126515LN transition closes the cal. 4130 116515LN generation.		Production runs Baselworld 2011 to 2023 on a single reference number. The 2017 strap transition is the practical generation marker within the run, and the 2023 126515LN transition closes the cal. 4130 116515LN generation.

	The 2011 launch configuration is the leather strap. Black alligator-leather strap with stitched edges and an 18k Everose Oysterlock fold-over clasp, the same clasp architecture Rolex used on the leather-strap 116519 white-gold Daytona. The leather configuration ran from launch through early 2017. ~~WatchBase catalogues the~~ suffix codes ~~that~~ map this period: -0004 chocolate / leather, -0009 sundust pink / leather, plus the standard ivory and black-dial leather variants. The leather era is roughly six years of production.		The 2011 launch configuration is the leather strap. Black alligator-leather strap with stitched edges and an 18k Everose Oysterlock fold-over clasp, the same clasp architecture Rolex used on the leather-strap 116519 white-gold Daytona. The leather configuration ran from launch through early 2017. The suffix codes map this period: -0004 chocolate / leather, -0009 sundust pink / leather, plus the standard ivory and black-dial leather variants. The leather era is roughly six years of production.

	The 2017 Baselworld release moved the reference to Oysterflex without changing the reference number. Rolex described the change as the same Daytona on a sportier strap; the case, movement, dial, and bezel carry over. The Oysterflex era is the longer of the two, running 2017 through 2024 and counting at the time of writing.		The 2017 Baselworld release moved the reference to Oysterflex without changing the reference number. Rolex described the change as the same Daytona on a sportier strap; the case, movement, dial, and bezel carry over. The Oysterflex era is the longer of the two, running 2017 through 2024 and counting at the time of writing.
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	===Leather strap (2011–2017)===		===Leather strap (2011–2017)===

	The launch configuration is a black calf-leather strap with stitched edges and an 18k Everose Oysterlock fold-over deployant clasp. The clasp blade carries the Rolex crown on the underside; the leather strap itself is interchangeable with Rolex's service stock and was sold separately as a service replacement during the leather era. ~~WatchBase catalogues the~~ leather-strap suffix codes through 2017, and the four core dial-on-leather configurations (chocolate, black, ivory, sundust) define the production market for the leather era.		The launch configuration is a black calf-leather strap with stitched edges and an 18k Everose Oysterlock fold-over deployant clasp. The clasp blade carries the Rolex crown on the underside; the leather strap itself is interchangeable with Rolex's service stock and was sold separately as a service replacement during the leather era. The leather-strap suffix codes run through 2017, and the four core dial-on-leather configurations (chocolate, black, ivory, sundust) define the production market for the leather era.

	===Oysterflex strap (2017–present)===		===Oysterflex strap (2017–present)===

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