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|title=Rolex Daytona 116519 'Beach' — White Gold, MOP & Hardstone Dials | | |title=Rolex Daytona 116519 'Beach' — White Gold, MOP & Hardstone Dials | Rolexopedia | ||
|description=Rolex Daytona 116519: 18k white gold, engraved gold bezel, leather strap, cal 4130, c.2000-2016. The four 'Beach' dials with matching lizard straps, plus sodalite, grossular garnet, meteorite and gem-set layouts, with production dates from Rolex's own catalogue. | |description=Rolex Daytona 116519: 18k white gold, engraved gold bezel, leather strap, cal 4130, c.2000-2016. The four 'Beach' dials with matching lizard straps, plus sodalite, grossular garnet, meteorite and gem-set layouts, with production dates from Rolex's own catalogue. | ||
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[[File:Ref 116519 hero.webp|thumb|center|640px|alt=Reference 116519 in 18k white gold with the turquoise Beach dial and matching blue lizard strap, shown with box and Attestation de Chronometre Officiel. Bonhams, Hong Kong, 28 May 2024, lot 806.|Reference 116519 in 18k white gold with the turquoise Beach dial and matching blue lizard strap, shown with box and Attestation de Chronometre Officiel. Bonhams, Hong Kong, 28 May 2024, lot 806.]] | |||
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The 116519 is the 18k white gold, leather-strap Daytona of the in-house cal 4130 generation, the strap counterpart to the bracelet-mounted [[Reference:116509|116509]] and the successor to the Zenith-era [[Reference:16519|16519]]. Christie's dates the launch to Baselworld 2000, where the reference arrived with the rest of the cal 4130 family. Rolex's own catalogue carried it into early 2016, and the ceramic-bezel [[Reference:116519LN|116519LN]] took its place at Baselworld in March 2017. | The 116519 is the 18k white gold, leather-strap Daytona of the in-house cal 4130 generation, the strap counterpart to the bracelet-mounted [[Reference:116509|116509]] and the successor to the Zenith-era [[Reference:16519|16519]]. Christie's dates the launch to Baselworld 2000, where the reference arrived with the rest of the cal 4130 family. Rolex's own catalogue carried it into early 2016, and the ceramic-bezel [[Reference:116519LN|116519LN]] took its place at Baselworld in March 2017. | ||
The | The reference is documented with four pastel “Beach” dial colours, plus sodalite, grossular garnet, meteorite, and gem-set layouts. Auction records sometimes include colour-matched lizard straps, wallets, or boxes with individual watches. Archived Rolex pages and auction catalogues together show a broad model-code range, but they do not provide a complete dial-by-code history. | ||
==Core facts== | ==Core facts== | ||
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==Where it sits in the line== | ==Where it sits in the line== | ||
Rolex launched the cal 4130 Daytona across five configurations in 2000, split by case material and by bracelet-or-strap. The steel 116520, the Rolesor 116523 and the yellow gold 116528 shipped on Oyster bracelets; the yellow gold 116518 and the white gold 116519 shipped on leather. The 116519 is the white-metal watch sold on a strap, with no factory Oyster bracelet option. | Rolex launched the cal 4130 Daytona across five configurations in 2000, split by case material and by bracelet-or-strap. The steel 116520, the Rolesor 116523 and the yellow gold 116528 shipped on Oyster bracelets; the yellow gold 116518 and the white gold 116519 shipped on leather. The 116519 is the white-metal watch sold on a strap, with no factory Oyster bracelet option. The bracelet-mounted white-gold configuration is the [[Reference:116509|116509]], which remained in the catalogue into the 2023 transition. | ||
The predecessor is the [[Reference:16519|16519]], the Zenith-based cal 4030 white gold Daytona on leather. The 2000 changeover brought the in-house movement, the 72-hour reserve and a redrawn dial-printing programme; the case profile, the engraved white gold bezel and the strap-and-deployant configuration carried over. The successor is the 116519LN, which arrived in March 2017 with a black monobloc Cerachrom bezel and an Oysterflex strap. That leaves the 116519 as the last engraved-white-gold-bezel Daytona Rolex delivered on leather. | The predecessor is the [[Reference:16519|16519]], the Zenith-based cal 4030 white gold Daytona on leather. The 2000 changeover brought the in-house movement, the 72-hour reserve and a redrawn dial-printing programme; the case profile, the engraved white gold bezel and the strap-and-deployant configuration carried over. The successor is the 116519LN, which arrived in March 2017 with a black monobloc Cerachrom bezel and an Oysterflex strap. That leaves the 116519 as the last engraved-white-gold-bezel Daytona Rolex delivered on leather. | ||
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==Production outline== | ==Production outline== | ||
Rolex's own catalogue tracks the reference's life closely enough to bracket both ends. The earliest archived 116519 model page dates to December 2007, and pages for individual dial codes stay live through the 2008–2015 period. The last 116519 model page resolves in March 2016; after that every code redirects away, while sibling references at the same URL pattern keep resolving normally. The first 116519LN page appears in April 2017. The | Rolex's own catalogue tracks the reference's life closely enough to bracket both ends. The earliest archived 116519 model page dates to December 2007, and pages for individual dial codes stay live through the 2008–2015 period. The last 116519 model page resolves in March 2016; after that every code redirects away, while sibling references at the same URL pattern keep resolving normally. The first 116519LN page appears in April 2017. The archived pages bracket the catalogue change between March 2016 and the Baselworld 2017 launch of the replacement. That bracket does not establish the final case-production date. | ||
Case serials follow the chronology shared across the cal 4130 family. Pre-2010 production uses the Rolex letter-prefix system; from mid-2010 onward case serials switch to the random eight-character alphanumeric format that has no public year mapping. See [[Reference:Serial-numbers]] for the full key. | Case serials follow the chronology shared across the cal 4130 family. Pre-2010 production uses the Rolex letter-prefix system; from mid-2010 onward case serials switch to the random eight-character alphanumeric format that has no public year mapping. See [[Reference:Serial-numbers]] for the full key. | ||
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Cal 4130 is Rolex's first wholly in-house chronograph movement, and the 116519 is the white gold leather-strap entry into that transition. Thirty-seven years of bought-in chronograph bases ended with it: the Valjoux 72 family from 1963, the Zenith El Primero base from 1988. | Cal 4130 is Rolex's first wholly in-house chronograph movement, and the 116519 is the white gold leather-strap entry into that transition. Thirty-seven years of bought-in chronograph bases ended with it: the Valjoux 72 family from 1963, the Zenith El Primero base from 1988. | ||
The vertical clutch | The 4130 uses a vertical clutch and column wheel. Those are movement-construction facts; a particular watch's rate still depends on condition, service, and adjustment. Rolex's spec wording for the 116519 reads "officially certified Swiss chronometer (COSC)" throughout the run; the tighter −2/+2 seconds-per-day Superlative Chronometer language arrives with the references that replaced it. For the full caliber lineage and the 4030-to-4130 architecture comparison, see [[Reference:Movements#cal-4130]]. | ||
==Dial map== | ==Dial map== | ||
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File:Ref 116519 slate.webp|The slate dial, Rolex model code M116519-0160, with Arabic numerals and red chronograph accents on a brown alligator strap. | |||
File:Ref 116519 meteorite.webp|Meteorite dial with Roman numerals and red chronograph hands, on brown alligator. Christie's Hong Kong, 2011. | |||
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The standard end of the catalogue is quieter than the reference's reputation suggests. White, white-and-black and slate account for most surviving examples, and the meteorite entered the range around 2011 as part of a wider push of meteorite dials across the gold Daytonas. The slate dial is the odd one out among the plain layouts: Rolex's own render shows Arabic numerals and red chronograph hands | The standard end of the catalogue is quieter than the reference's reputation suggests. White, white-and-black and slate account for most surviving examples, and the meteorite entered the range around 2011 as part of a wider push of meteorite dials across the gold Daytonas. The slate dial is the odd one out among the plain layouts: Rolex's own render shows Arabic numerals and red chronograph hands where the rest of the line uses applied markers. | ||
==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown== | ==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown== | ||
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==Strap, clasp, and packaging== | ==Strap, clasp, and packaging== | ||
The cited 116519 catalogues and auction lots show leather, lizard, or alligator straps with an 18k white-gold folding clasp. Rolex's spec grid calls the clasp an Oysterlock safety clasp. The reference was catalogued as the strap version; bracelet fitment belongs to the separate 116509. Standard-dial watches came on alligator or crocodile in black, brown and tobacco; the Beach watches came on lizard in the dial colour. | |||
Clasp stamps recorded on documented examples include 16519-D, 16519 AB, DE, PJ, DT and 24650 MA. A clasp code dates the clasp, not the watch head, so a correct case can sit on a replaced strap or a later clasp and each component has to be verified on its own. Straps | Clasp stamps recorded on documented examples include 16519-D, 16519 AB, DE, PJ, DT and 24650 MA. A clasp code dates the clasp, not the watch head, so a correct case can sit on a replaced strap or a later clasp and each component has to be verified on its own. Straps are replaceable components. A clasp or strap code dates that component, not the watch head, and cannot by itself establish original delivery. | ||
Packaging is where the Beach watches separate themselves. Documented lots carry a colour-matched lizard presentation box, a matching wallet or card holder, and in some cases a spare strap in the same colour, all keyed to the dial. One oversized electric-blue "Daytona Beach" presentation box has come up at auction on its own, without a watch. For the wider Daytona bracelet and clasp chronology, see [[Reference:Bracelets]]. | Packaging is where the Beach watches separate themselves. Documented lots carry a colour-matched lizard presentation box, a matching wallet or card holder, and in some cases a spare strap in the same colour, all keyed to the dial. One oversized electric-blue "Daytona Beach" presentation box has come up at auction on its own, without a watch. For the wider Daytona bracelet and clasp chronology, see [[Reference:Bracelets]]. | ||
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===The Beach dials=== | ===The Beach dials=== | ||
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File:Ref 116519 beach.webp|All four Beach dials together: yellow and pink mother-of-pearl, green chrysoprase and turquoise, each on its matching lizard strap. Christie's Hong Kong, 27 November 2021, lot 2205. | |||
File:Ref 116519 beach-turquoise.webp|Turquoise Kallait dial on its matching blue lizard strap. Bonhams, Hong Kong, 28 May 2024, lot 806. | |||
File:Ref 116519 beach-pink.webp|Pink mother-of-pearl on pink lizard, the dial Sotheby's records under the name Candy Rose. | |||
File:Ref 116519 beach-yellow.webp|Yellow mother-of-pearl with its colour-matched lizard box, wallet and chronometer certificate. | |||
File:Ref 116519 beach-green.webp|Green chrysoprase with the green lizard presentation box and a spare strap in the same skin. Bonhams, 14 December 2022, lot 88. | |||
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Four colours make up the Beach series: yellow, pink, turquoise and green. Sotheby's presents Rolex's own names for them as Champagne Nacre and Candy Rose for the two mother-of-pearl dials, Kallait for the turquoise hardstone, and chalcedony for the green, better known to collectors as chrysoprase. Each shipped with a lizard strap and matching packaging in the dial colour, and all four carry Roman numerals. | Four colours make up the Beach series: yellow, pink, turquoise and green. Sotheby's presents Rolex's own names for them as Champagne Nacre and Candy Rose for the two mother-of-pearl dials, Kallait for the turquoise hardstone, and chalcedony for the green, better known to collectors as chrysoprase. Each shipped with a lizard strap and matching packaging in the dial colour, and all four carry Roman numerals. | ||
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The launch date is genuinely disputed. Bonhams dates the series to 2000; Christie's has written that the four-colour offering came in 2002, and catalogues its own four-watch group as "circa 2000 to 2002". The end of the run is disputed in the other direction: Time+Tide gives 2001 to 2005, while Antiquorum has sold turquoise and chrysoprase examples with December 2005 sale dates and a chrysoprase made in 2006, and Christie's has catalogued a turquoise example circa 2006 with a 2006-dated guarantee. | The launch date is genuinely disputed. Bonhams dates the series to 2000; Christie's has written that the four-colour offering came in 2002, and catalogues its own four-watch group as "circa 2000 to 2002". The end of the run is disputed in the other direction: Time+Tide gives 2001 to 2005, while Antiquorum has sold turquoise and chrysoprase examples with December 2005 sale dates and a chrysoprase made in 2006, and Christie's has catalogued a turquoise example circa 2006 with a 2006-dated guarantee. | ||
What the blue dial is actually made of has never settled either. Christie's, Sotheby's and Bonhams | What the blue dial is actually made of has never settled either. Christie's, Sotheby's, and Bonhams catalogue the blue dial as turquoise hardstone, sometimes using the name Kallait. Erik Slaven at Monochrome describes a blue lacquer interpretation. Because the descriptions conflict, the material should be stated as the catalogue's attribution for each individual watch rather than as a settled universal identification. The green is more consistently read as chrysoprase or chalcedony, though "mint green mother-of-pearl" turns up in collector writing. | ||
The Beach watches appear in multiple auction records, including complete four-watch groups. Those sales document the lots offered; they do not establish a population total or a general rarity ranking. The Beach dial was also not strictly a 116519 property: Christie's has catalogued a baguette-diamond-bezel ref. 116589 as a "Daytona 'Beach' mother of pearl model", case K553636, circa 2001. | |||
===Hardstone and mineral dials=== | ===Hardstone and mineral dials=== | ||
Sodalite is a separate branch and gets conflated with the Beach series constantly. It is a deep blue speckled stone, usually paired with Arabic numerals, and it sits on the standard 116519 with a | <gallery mode="packed" heights="180"> | ||
File:Ref 116519 sodalite.webp|Blue sodalite with Arabic numerals, unworn with box and papers. Christie's Geneva, 2017. | |||
File:Ref 116519 rubellite.webp|Grossular garnet rubellite with diamond hour markers. Christie's Hong Kong, 10 March 2023, lot 2. | |||
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Sodalite is a separate branch and gets conflated with the Beach series constantly. It is a deep blue speckled stone, usually paired with Arabic numerals, and it sits on the standard 116519 with a plain alligator strap and none of the colour-matched lizard kit. Bonhams treats it as a distinct dial; Antiquorum has titled sodalite lots "Blue Daytona Beach", which is where the confusion starts. | |||
The cited grossular-garnet/rubellite example is a dark red hardstone dial with diamond hour markers. Meteorite is a separate catalogue material. The reviewed records do not establish that either material ran continuously throughout the reference's life. | |||
===Commissioned and personalised dials=== | ===Commissioned and personalised dials=== | ||
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==Auction record== | ==Auction record== | ||
The auction table includes a complete four-watch Beach group and individual mineral and personalised examples. Results are lot-specific and should not be used as a general price ranking. | |||
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The reference also carries the strongest single piece of provenance in the cal 4130 generation. Sotheby's sold Paul Newman's own 116519 in June 2023, a black-dial example with a Z-serial case, from the property of Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman. Woodward gave it to him with the caseback engraved "DRIVE VERY SLOWLY JOANNE", the | The reference also carries the strongest single piece of provenance in the cal 4130 generation. Sotheby's sold Paul Newman's own 116519 in June 2023, a black-dial example with a Z-serial case, from the property of Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman. Woodward gave it to him with the caseback engraved "DRIVE VERY SLOWLY JOANNE", the third in a run of caseback messages she put on his Daytonas: "Drive carefully me" on the [[Reference:6239|6239]] around 1968, "DRIVE SLOWLY JOANNE" on the Big Red [[Reference:6263|6263]] in 1983, and this one on a watch made nearly forty years after the first. | ||
The public auction record is weighted toward Beach, mineral, gem-set, and personalised examples. The table is not a complete record of dealer or private transactions. | |||
==Related references== | ==Related references== | ||
* [[Reference:116509|Daytona 116509]] | * [[Reference:116509|Daytona 116509]]: White gold on bracelet, stone dials. | ||
* [[Reference:16519|Daytona 16519]] | * [[Reference:16519|Daytona 16519]]: White gold Zenith, 1989–2000. | ||
* [[Reference:116519LN|Daytona 116519LN]] | * [[Reference:116519LN|Daytona 116519LN]]: White gold Cerachrom on Oysterflex, 2017–2023. | ||
* [[Reference:116518|Daytona 116518]] | * [[Reference:116518|Daytona 116518]]: Yellow gold on leather, 2000–2015. | ||
* [[Reference:116520|Daytona 116520]] — Steel, cal 4130, 2000–2016 | * [[Reference:116520|Daytona 116520]] — Steel, cal 4130, 2000–2016 | ||
* [[Reference:116506|Daytona 116506]] | * [[Reference:116506|Daytona 116506]]: Platinum, 50th anniversary, 2013. | ||
See also the [[Reference:daytona|Daytona family index]], [[Reference:daytona-glossary|Daytona glossary]], [[Reference:Movements|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets|bracelet and clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers|serial numbers by year]]. | See also the [[Reference:daytona|Daytona family index]], [[Reference:daytona-glossary|Daytona glossary]], [[Reference:Movements|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets|bracelet and clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers|serial numbers by year]]. | ||