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The base chronology is the MK1-through-MK7 sequence shared with the 16520: floating text, four-line restoration, late tritium, then the Super-LumiNova switch. The gold-case references also offered dial finishes unavailable on the steel 16520. | The base chronology is the MK1-through-MK7 sequence shared with the 16520: floating text, four-line restoration, late tritium, then the Super-LumiNova switch. The gold-case references also offered dial finishes unavailable on the steel 16520. | ||
[[File:Ref 16518 dial.webp|thumb|right|250px|White Panda dial, gold Daytona on leather]] | |||
[[File:Ref 16518 dial-angle.webp|thumb|right|250px|White dial, 3/4 angle]] | |||
Champagne is the standard dial and the configuration most examples survive in. White Panda is the most-tracked alternative, with black and mother-of-pearl behind it, and none of them departs from the underlying Zenith-era chronology. Sodalite and lapis lazuli push further out, into Rolex's hard-stone dial programme. | Champagne is the standard dial and the configuration most examples survive in. White Panda is the most-tracked alternative, with black and mother-of-pearl behind it, and none of them departs from the underlying Zenith-era chronology. Sodalite and lapis lazuli push further out, into Rolex's hard-stone dial programme. | ||
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=== The Van Cleef & Arpels "Le Roi Soleil" 16518 === | === The Van Cleef & Arpels "Le Roi Soleil" 16518 === | ||
[[File:Ref 16518 dial-detail.webp|thumb|right|250px|The V.C.&A. signature above "COSMOGRAPH," the only known retailer-signed 16518]] | |||
The signature 16518 outlier is the Van Cleef & Arpels-signed Le Roi Soleil, catalogued by Phillips at the May 2018 Daytona Ultimatum sale in Geneva. It remains the only known retailer-signed modern self-winding Daytona from Van Cleef & Arpels, and the surviving VCA paperwork anchors the attribution. | The signature 16518 outlier is the Van Cleef & Arpels-signed Le Roi Soleil, catalogued by Phillips at the May 2018 Daytona Ultimatum sale in Geneva. It remains the only known retailer-signed modern self-winding Daytona from Van Cleef & Arpels, and the surviving VCA paperwork anchors the attribution. | ||