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The 116523 is the Rolesor (steel-and-gold) Daytona of Rolex's first in-house chronograph generation. Steel case, 18k yellow gold bezel, steel-and-gold Oyster bracelet, caliber 4130 inside. It launched at Baselworld 2000 alongside the steel [[Reference:116520|116520]] and the full yellow gold 116528, ran for sixteen years, and gave way to the revised yellow-gold-bezel 116503 in 2016. It is the steel workhorse's dressier sibling, the same cal 4130 architecture in a finish aimed at a different buyer. | The 116523 is the Rolesor (steel-and-gold) Daytona of Rolex's first in-house chronograph generation. Steel case, 18k yellow gold bezel, steel-and-gold Oyster bracelet, caliber 4130 inside. It launched at Baselworld 2000 alongside the steel [[Reference:116520|116520]] and the full yellow gold 116528, ran for sixteen years, and gave way to the revised yellow-gold-bezel 116503 in 2016. It is the steel workhorse's dressier sibling, the same cal 4130 architecture in a finish aimed at a different buyer. | ||
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== Special branches == | == Special branches == | ||
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=== The 2011 Rolex 24 At Daytona GT Champion 116523 === | === The 2011 Rolex 24 At Daytona GT Champion 116523 === | ||
[[File:Ref 116523 gt-champion-caseback.webp|thumb|right|280px|alt=GT Champion caseback engraving|GT Champion caseback engraving]] | |||
The signature variant of this reference is a single watch, not a configuration. The 2011 Rolex 24 At Daytona — the season-opening endurance race at Daytona International Speedway, that year presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 — was won in GT class by The Racer's Group, whose #67 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup was shared by Andy Lally, Spencer Pumpelly, Brendan Gaughan, Wolf Henzler, and Steven Bertheau. The trophy watch awarded to the winning team was a Rolesor 116523, G-serial circa 2010, with a grey-rhodium soleil dial and a caseback engraved with the 2011 GT Champion mark. The watch later surfaced NOS with full box and papers, and that listing remains the canonical published documentation of the example. | The signature variant of this reference is a single watch, not a configuration. The 2011 Rolex 24 At Daytona — the season-opening endurance race at Daytona International Speedway, that year presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 — was won in GT class by The Racer's Group, whose #67 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup was shared by Andy Lally, Spencer Pumpelly, Brendan Gaughan, Wolf Henzler, and Steven Bertheau. The trophy watch awarded to the winning team was a Rolesor 116523, G-serial circa 2010, with a grey-rhodium soleil dial and a caseback engraved with the 2011 GT Champion mark. The watch later surfaced NOS with full box and papers, and that listing remains the canonical published documentation of the example. | ||
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The 2016 renumbering to the 116503 reset Rolesor Daytona pricing along the same line as the steel 116520 to 116500LN transition. The 116523 became the last COSC-only Rolesor Daytona, and used prices have climbed in the years that followed, particularly for full-set examples with the early Sotheby's-documented gold-trim configurations and for the rarer sunburst and Tahitian MOP dials. | The 2016 renumbering to the 116503 reset Rolesor Daytona pricing along the same line as the steel 116520 to 116500LN transition. The 116523 became the last COSC-only Rolesor Daytona, and used prices have climbed in the years that followed, particularly for full-set examples with the early Sotheby's-documented gold-trim configurations and for the rarer sunburst and Tahitian MOP dials. | ||
== Related references == | == Related references == | ||