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The Le Roi Soleil 16518 at Phillips Daytona Ultimatum is the reference's headline auction result. The lot estimate ran CHF 50,000-100,000 and the sale established the Van Cleef & Arpels signature as a documented Rolex collaboration. The white Panda and the diamond-set hour marker variants in Orrico's "Gold Standard" piece have driven the upper end of the standard-production market, both appearing at Sotheby's New York and Geneva sales through the late 2010s and early 2020s. Beach-dial and stone-dial 16518s surface intermittently and trade at a premium to the standard champagne, though below the headline retailer-signed figures.

Two Bonhams lots anchor the standard champagne market at either end of its range. A 16518 with case no. N409878, first sold on 20 March 1993 and offered at Bonhams London in December 2010, failed to sell against an estimate of GBP 6,000-8,000 — a floor-level result for an unremarkable dial in a soft market. By contrast, a case no. S868619 example from around 1994, sold at Bonhams New York in mid-2026, brought US$25,600 inc. premium against an estimate of US$15,000-25,000, exceeding the low estimate on the standard white dial with a gold folding clasp and full case/dial/movement/strap/clasp signatures. Bonhams catalogued this example's case at 39mm against the reference's usual 40mm — likely a cataloguing variance rather than a documented case difference.

== Related references ==

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* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra

* [https://www.watchtime.com/brands/watches/tracking-the-rolex-daytona-a-53-year-history Tracking the Rolex Daytona: A 55-Year History] — WatchTime Team, WatchTime

* [https://www.bonhams.com/auction/17865/lot/399/rolex-an-18ct-gold-automatic-chronograph-wristwatchdaytona-ref-16518-case-no-n409878-sold-20th-march-1993/ Rolex Daytona Ref. 16518, case no. N409878, Bonhams London, 2010-12-15]

* [https://www.bonhams.com/auction/32648/lot/233/rolex-an-18k-gold-automatic-chronograph-wristwatch-cosmograph-daytona-zenith-ref-16518-c-1994/ Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Zenith Ref. 16518, case no. S868619, Bonhams New York, 2026-06-16]

* [https://fortunaauction.com/rolex-daytona-history/ History of The Rolex Daytona] — Fortuna Auction, Fortuna Auction (NYC)

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 The Le Roi Soleil 16518 at Phillips Daytona Ultimatum is the reference's headline auction result. The lot estimate ran CHF 50,000-100,000 and the sale established the Van Cleef & Arpels signature as a documented Rolex collaboration. The white Panda and the diamond-set hour marker variants in Orrico's "Gold Standard" piece have driven the upper end of the standard-production market, both appearing at Sotheby's New York and Geneva sales through the late 2010s and early 2020s. Beach-dial and stone-dial 16518s surface intermittently and trade at a premium to the standard champagne, though below the headline retailer-signed figures.
+Two Bonhams lots anchor the standard champagne market at either end of its range. A 16518 with case no. N409878, first sold on 20 March 1993 and offered at Bonhams London in December 2010, failed to sell against an estimate of GBP 6,000-8,000 — a floor-level result for an unremarkable dial in a soft market. By contrast, a case no. S868619 example from around 1994, sold at Bonhams New York in mid-2026, brought US$25,600 inc. premium against an estimate of US$15,000-25,000, exceeding the low estimate on the standard white dial with a gold folding clasp and full case/dial/movement/strap/clasp signatures. Bonhams catalogued this example's case at 39mm against the reference's usual 40mm — likely a cataloguing variance rather than a documented case difference.
 == Related references ==
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 * ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra
 * [https://www.watchtime.com/brands/watches/tracking-the-rolex-daytona-a-53-year-history Tracking the Rolex Daytona: A 55-Year History] — WatchTime Team, WatchTime
+* [https://www.bonhams.com/auction/17865/lot/399/rolex-an-18ct-gold-automatic-chronograph-wristwatchdaytona-ref-16518-case-no-n409878-sold-20th-march-1993/ Rolex Daytona Ref. 16518, case no. N409878, Bonhams London, 2010-12-15]
+* [https://www.bonhams.com/auction/32648/lot/233/rolex-an-18k-gold-automatic-chronograph-wristwatch-cosmograph-daytona-zenith-ref-16518-c-1994/ Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Zenith Ref. 16518, case no. S868619, Bonhams New York, 2026-06-16]
 * [https://fortunaauction.com/rolex-daytona-history/ History of The Rolex Daytona] — Fortuna Auction, Fortuna Auction (NYC)
 [[Category:Daytona Zenith]]
 [[Category:Daytona]]