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<small>[[Reference:Daytona|Daytona]] -> '''116505'''</small>
<small>[[Reference:daytona|Daytona]] › '''116505'''</small>


The 116505 is the first Daytona made entirely in Rolex's Everose gold. Launched at Baselworld 2008, it shares the cal 4130 architecture and 40mm Oyster case profile of the steel 116520 and full-yellow-gold 116528, finished in the warm pink alloy Rolex patented in 2005 to keep rose-gold colour stable across the life of the watch. Production ran fifteen years on a single reference number before the cal 4131 successor 126505 took over in early 2023.
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[[File:Ref 116505 hero.webp|thumb|center|640px|alt=116505 in Everose gold with black dial and rose-gold subdial rings, three-quarter view|116505 in Everose gold with black dial and rose-gold subdial rings]]
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What sets the 116505 apart from its yellow-gold and Rolesor siblings is dial breadth. The Everose case carries a wider catalogue of dial colours and stone treatments than any other cal 4130 generation Daytona — chocolate, black, ivory, sundust pink, and (from 2021) meteorite, with diamond-marker and baguette variants layered onto each base. The watch sits between the engraved-bezel 116528 yellow gold and the Cerachrom-bezel 116515LN as the engraved-Everose option of the modern Daytona line.
The 116505 is an Everose-gold Daytona introduced in 2008. It uses caliber 4130 in the 40mm Oyster case shared by the 116520 and 116528, with an engraved Everose tachymeter bezel. Rolex replaced the reference in the 2023 generation with the 126505 and caliber 4131.
 
Catalogue and auction records document chocolate, black, ivory, pink or “sundust,” diamond-marker and meteorite configurations. Availability varies by year and suffix, so a dial record should be tied to the individual watch rather than treated as a complete catalogue list.


[[File:Ref 116505 hero.webp|thumb|right|340px|alt=Rolex Daytona 116505 in Everose gold|116505 in brushed Everose gold with black dial, formerly in the collection of Eric Clapton CBE. Sotheby's Important Watches 2021, lot 2068.]]


==Core facts==
==Core facts==


{| class="wikitable"
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! detail !! value
! detail !! value
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| family || Daytona (Cosmograph, automatic)
| family || Daytona (Cosmograph, automatic)
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| production || 2008–2023 (fifteen years)
| production || approximately 2008–2023
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| case || 40mm, 18k Everose gold
| case || 40mm, 18k Everose gold
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==Where it sits in the line==
==Where it sits in the line==


The 116505 is the engraved-Everose-bezel chronograph in the cal 4130 generation. It launched in 2008, eight years into the cal 4130 production run that started with the 116520. Yellow-gold and Rolesor versions on Oyster bracelets had carried the in-house movement since 2000; the 116505 added pink to the catalogue without changing the case profile or the movement.
The 116505 joins the 4130 Daytona generation launched in 2000. Its case, screw-down pushers and engraved-metal bezel are closely related to the 116528, while the metal is Everose. The Cerachrom-bezel 116515LN provided a parallel Everose option from the 2010s. Rolex introduced the 126505 and caliber 4131 in the 2023 generation, replacing the 116505 family.
 
The reference holds the same case, bracelet, and movement architecture as the [[Reference:116528|116528]] yellow-gold Daytona — same 40mm Oyster shell, same screw-down pushers, same engraved metal tachymeter bezel, same 78509 / Everose-cast SEL Oyster bracelet — finished in the 2005 Everose alloy. Rolex describes Everose as a copper-rich rose-gold variant stabilised by a small platinum addition that prevents the copper-driven colour fade typical of conventional rose-gold alloys, cast in Rolex's own foundry rather than bought in.
 
The Cerachrom-bezel Everose Daytona [[Reference:116515LN|116515LN]] launched alongside the 116505 in 2011, and the two ran in parallel for twelve years. The 116505 is the engraved-bezel option for buyers who wanted the same case and movement without the ceramic insert. The 2023 [[Reference:126505|126505]] (cal 4131) replaced both the engraved-bezel 116505 and the engraved-bezel 116528 with a single thinner-cased successor; the 116505 is therefore the last engraved-Everose Daytona Rolex made.


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


Production runs 2008 to early 2023 — fifteen years on a single reference number. The reference launched at Baselworld 2008 with chocolate, black, and ivory dials documented at introduction. Sundust (a soft pink lacquer) appeared in the catalogue alongside the launch dials within the early production window. Meteorite, the slate-grey iron-nickel mineral dial Rolex had used on Day-Date and earlier Daytona references, joined the 116505 catalogue in 2021 — late in the run, alongside the parallel meteorite rollout on the 116515LN, 116518LN, and 116519LN.
The published production window is approximately 2008–2023. Early catalogue and auction records document chocolate, black and ivory dials; pink/sundust and meteorite variants appear in later material. Serial formats changed during the modern period, so a serial is a dating clue rather than proof of a precise production year. Rolex’s Chromalight system is documented for this generation, but dial and service-lume details should be checked on the individual watch.


The serial format on the 116505 is the random alphanumeric system that Rolex moved to in mid-2010, applied across the entire catalogue. Every 116505 from 2010 onward carries an eight-character random serial; only the earliest two years of production (2008–mid-2010) carry the conventional letter-prefix serial. See [[Reference:Serial-numbers]] for the full key.
==Movement notes==


The lume across the run is Chromalight blue rather than the cream-to-white Super-Luminova that bracketed the 116520 production. Chromalight had rolled across the modern Rolex catalogue by 2008 and the 116505 carries it from launch.
Caliber 4130 sits inside every 116505, the same first in-house Rolex chronograph that launched on the 116520 in 2000. It couples the chronograph through a vertical clutch and handles start, stop, and reset on a column wheel, running at 28,800 vph on 44 jewels with a 72-hour reserve and COSC certification. The blue Parachrom hairspring is standard on production from around 2005 onward. The chronograph layout places the hour and minute counters on one side of the movement. Service work and replaced parts should be recorded separately from the factory specification.


==Movement notes==


Caliber 4130 sits inside every 116505 — the same first-in-house Rolex chronograph that launched on the 116520 in 2000. Vertical-clutch chronograph coupling, column-wheel start-stop-reset switching, 72-hour power reserve, 44 jewels, 28,800 vph, COSC certification, blue Parachrom hairspring on production from around 2005 onward. Hour and minute counters share a single side of the movement; mainspring replacement does not require uncasing.
The 116505 is described as COSC-certified, and later Rolex documentation uses the post-2015 Superlative Chronometer standard. The certification language and warranty documentation should be read from the period of the individual watch.
 
The 116505 runs the Rolex Superlative Chronometer specification across its production span. Rolex tightened the specification from −2/+2 to the modern −2/+2 Superlative chronometer rating during the cal 4130's life, and 116505 production from the early 2010s onward carries the tighter spec.


For the full caliber lineage and the architecture comparison with the predecessor cal 4030, see [[Reference:Movements#cal-4130]].
For the full caliber lineage and the architecture comparison with the predecessor cal 4030, see [[Reference:Movements#cal-4130]].
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==Dial map==
==Dial map==


The 116505 has a broader dial catalogue than any other cal 4130 generation Daytona. The Everose case invited colour and stone variations that the steel 116520 never received and that the yellow-gold 116528 only partially shares. The variants below are the configurations documented in Rolex catalogue editorial across the production run.
The cited catalogue and auction records document the following 116505 dial families. Availability and suffixes vary by year and market; the table is a working record, not a complete factory census.


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! Variant !! Period !! Distinguishing features
! Variant !! Period !! Distinguishing features
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| Chocolate || 2008–2023 || Warm dark-brown lacquer base; black sub-dial rings on the most common -0013 / -CHOCBKI variant; applied gold five-minute markers; reads as the signature 116505 dial colour and the most-photographed configuration in the auction record
| Chocolate || documented in early and later catalogues || Warm dark-brown lacquer base; sub-dial-ring color and suffix vary by configuration; applied gold markers
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| Black || 2008–2023 || Black lacquer base with pink (Everose-tone) sub-dial rings; applied gold markers; carries the red Daytona script above the six o'clock sub-register on most production
| Black || documented across the generation || Black lacquer base with Everose-tone sub-dial rings in some configurations; marker and script details vary by dial
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| Ivory || 2008–2023 || Off-white cream lacquer base with three sub-dials in the same ivory tone; applied gold markers; runs the entire production span
| Ivory || documented across the generation || Off-white lacquer base with applied gold markers; exact sub-dial treatment varies by suffix
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| Sundust (pink) || ~2009–2023 || Soft pink-rose lacquer base; black or matching-tone sub-dials depending on suffix code; reads as the "rose on rose" configuration that defines a portion of the late-production market
| Sundust / pink || documented in later catalogues || Soft pink lacquer base; sub-dial and marker treatments vary by suffix
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| Meteorite || 2021–2023 || Slate-grey Gibeon-meteorite mineral base showing the natural Widmanstätten crystal pattern; applied gold markers; introduced 2021 alongside the parallel meteorite rollout on 116508 / 116509 / 116515LN / 116518LN / 116519LN
| Meteorite || documented in late-generation catalogues || Iron-nickel meteorite dial with a natural Widmanstätten pattern; the exact meteorite source and introduction year should be tied to the catalogue or watch in hand
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| Diamond-marker variants || 2008–2023 || Applied diamond hour markers on chocolate, black, ivory, sundust, or meteorite base; documented across the production run rather than on a single sub-period
| Diamond-marker variants || 2008–2023 || Applied diamond hour markers on chocolate, black, ivory, sundust, or meteorite base; documented across the production run rather than on a single sub-period
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The white mother-of-pearl dial documented on the 116509 white-gold Daytona did not formally enter the 116505 catalogue. The catalogue overlap between the gold Daytonas of the 4130 generation is broad but not total, and the 116505's dial branches are the ones above.
A white mother-of-pearl dial is documented on the 116509 white-gold Daytona; the cited sources do not establish it as a regular 116505 catalogue option. Dial fitment should be checked against the reference, suffix and papers.


==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown==
==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown==


The 116505 case is 40mm in 18k Everose gold — the same nameplate dimension as the steel 116520 and the yellow-gold 116528. Lug-to-lug and case thickness track the rest of the cal 4130 generation. Whether the gold case runs to the marketed 40mm or carries the same machining tolerance offset that puts the steel 116520 at a measured 38.5mm is not separately documented; gold and platinum cases in Rolex's modern catalogue generally run closer to the marketed figure than the steel forgings.
The case is described as 40mm in 18k Everose gold, with dimensions otherwise shared broadly with the 4130 Daytona family. Published catalogue measurements can differ from measured examples, so case diameter and thickness should be recorded from the watch rather than inferred from the nameplate.


The bezel is engraved 18k Everose gold with the tachymeter scale machined into the metal. There is no insert, no ceramic, no PVD-printed scale — the numerals and graduations are cut directly into the bezel surface, the same engraved-bezel architecture the 116520 and 116528 carry. Cerachrom did not arrive on the Everose Daytona until the parallel 116515LN launched in 2011. Buyers who wanted ceramic on the Everose case had to cross to the LN reference; the 116505 stays engraved across its full run.
The bezel is engraved 18k Everose gold, with the tachymeter numerals and graduations cut directly into the metal rather than printed onto an insert. It is the same engraved-bezel architecture the 116520 and 116528 carry. Cerachrom reached the Everose Daytona only with the parallel 116515LN in 2011, so anyone who wanted ceramic on an Everose case had to cross to the LN reference. The 116505 stays engraved across its full run.


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 sit on either side of the crown. The pushers must be unscrewed before the chronograph can be started — the cal 4130 generation's standing trade-off for the case's water rating, identical across steel, gold, and Everose variants.
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 sit either side of the crown and have to be unscrewed before the chronograph will start, the cal 4130 generation's standing trade-off for the case's water rating and identical across steel, gold, and Everose.


==Bracelets, end links, and clasps==
==Bracelets, end links, and clasps==


The bracelet is the 18k Everose gold Oyster SEL — solid end links integral to the first link rather than a separable stamped piece, machined entirely in Everose gold. The bracelet is the gold-cast parallel to the steel 78490 that carried the 116520 across its run; the 116505's gold bracelet reference number is documented in the boxed-set paper rather than on the bracelet itself, and auction catalogue text generally identifies the bracelet by material rather than by reference number.
The bracelet is the 18k Everose gold Oyster with solid end links, integral to the first link rather than a separable stamped piece, machined throughout in Everose. It is the gold parallel to the steel 78490 that carried the 116520 across its run. Auction catalogues generally identify the bracelet by material; record any bracelet reference from the watch or its paperwork rather than inferring it.


The clasp is the modern Oysterlock with the Easylink 5mm comfort extension — the lever-and-keeper micro-extension Rolex added to the cal 4130 generation around 2002–2003. Every 116505 carries Easylink from launch; the early-production Oysterlock-without-Easylink configuration that defines a small share of 116520 / 116528 production never reached the Everose reference. The clasp blade carries a year code per the Millenary Watches key — single letter through 2010, three-character random alphanumeric from 2011 — and on SEL bracelets the date code, part number, and Rolex crown are stamped into the underside of the end link itself rather than the clasp blade alone. See [[Reference:Bracelets]] for the full date-code key.
The clasp is the modern Oysterlock with the Easylink 5mm comfort extension, the lever-and-keeper micro-extension Rolex added to the cal 4130 generation around 2002–2003. The cited 116505 examples use Easylink; whether an early exception exists should be checked from the clasp and period documentation rather than assumed. Clasp and bracelet codes date those components, not automatically the watch head. Record the code and its location, then compare it with the bracelet and service history. See [[Reference:Bracelets]] for the date-code guide.


The Daytona never adopted the Glidelock micro-extension Rolex rolled onto the Submariner-line clasps in 2010. Easylink remains the only on-bracelet adjustment the 116505 ever offered.
The Daytona never adopted the Glidelock micro-extension Rolex rolled onto the Submariner-line clasps in 2010. Easylink remains the only on-bracelet adjustment the 116505 ever offered.
Finishing follows the standard modern precious-metal Daytona formula, with brushed outer links, polished centre links, and a polished clasp cover.


==Special branches==
==Special branches==


The 116505 does not carry the kind of single-artifact provenance lots that anchor the 16520 (Newman), 6263 (RCO / Big Red), or 116528 (Clapton). What it has instead is a documented dial-variant programme — chocolate, black, ivory, sundust, meteorite, with diamond and baguette layered on each — that Rolex used the Everose case to differentiate the reference from the engraved yellow-gold 116528.
The cited records document chocolate, black, ivory, sundust and meteorite dials, with diamond and baguette markers in some catalogues. Each configuration remains tied to its period source and individual watch.


The meteorite-dial 116505 is the headline late-run variant. Rolex introduced meteorite dials across the cal 4130 generation gold Daytonas in 2021 — 116505 alongside 116508, 116509, 116515LN, 116518LN, and 116519LN — and the variant ran for two production years before the 2023 cal 4131 transition. The Gibeon-meteorite mineral base shows the natural Widmanstätten crystal pattern; no two examples are identical. The variant carries a documented secondary-market premium over the lacquer-dial 116505.
The meteorite dial is documented in later catalogue records. The cited material does not establish a single introduction year or how long it was available before the 2023 cal 4131 transition. The meteorite base shows a natural Widmanstätten pattern, so individual dials differ. Dealer descriptions sometimes distinguish the meteorite dial by price, but that does not establish a reference-wide rule.


Tiffany & Co. and other retailer-double-signed 116505 examples have not surfaced in the public auction record at the volume that defines the earlier 16528 generation. By the late 2000s the retailer dial-signing programme that produced the documented Tiffany Daytonas of the 1980s and 1990s had largely ended at most of the historical partners; the 116505 sits on the post-programme side of that transition.
The related metal references use different bezel and bracelet combinations: the white-gold 116519LN pairs a black Cerachrom bezel with Oysterflex, while the yellow-gold 116508 and Everose 116505 use engraved metal bezels and Oyster bracelets. The 116505’s documented configuration is the Everose case, engraved bezel and Oyster bracelet.
 
The cited auction record does not include a Tiffany & Co.-signed 116505. Earlier signed Daytona examples belong to a different period and should not be used to infer a 116505 branch.


==Historical market and auction record==
==Historical market and auction record==


The 116505 trades primarily through dealer and private channels rather than at major auction. Sotheby's, Christie's, and Phillips have catalogued individual 116505 lots across the production span, with chocolate-dial and meteorite-dial examples carrying the strongest bids. The reference does not host the kind of headline single-artifact record that defines the vintage Daytona market; collected-on-material-and-movement-terms is the working frame.
Auction and dealer records cover multiple 116505 dial and metal configurations. Results depend on condition, dial, completeness, venue and provenance; the cited sources do not establish a reference-wide price hierarchy.
 
[[File:Ref 116505 historical-example.webp|thumb|right|280px|alt=116505 formerly in the collection of Eric Clapton CBE, Sotheby's Important Watches October 2021, lot 2068|A brushed Everose 116505 formerly in the collection of Eric Clapton CBE, sold at Sotheby's Important Watches, Hong Kong, October 2021, lot 2068 — an individual auction example.]]
 
== Related references ==
 
* [[Reference:116500LN|Daytona 116500LN]] (ceramic bezel, 2016–2023)
* [[Reference:116508|Daytona 116508]] (yellow gold, caliber 4130, 2016–2023)
* [[Reference:116520|Daytona 116520]] (steel, caliber 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]].


Specific lot results vary year to year and are best read in current auction catalogues rather than fixed in a static article.
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File:Ref 116505 hero.webp|Everose-gold 116505 with black dial
File:Ref 116505 historical-example.webp|Everose 116505 auction example
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==Sources==
== Sources ==


* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolex Wikipedia, "Rolex" — general company history]
* [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]
* [https://millenarywatches.com/what-is-rolex-everose-gold-a-complete-guide/ "What is Rolex Everose Gold? A Complete Guide", Millenary Watches]
* [https://millenarywatches.com/what-is-rolex-everose-gold-a-complete-guide/ "What is Rolex Everose Gold? A Complete Guide", Millenary Watches]
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