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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]]
[[File:Ref 16518 dial-detail.webp|thumb|right|250px|The V.C.&A. signature above "COSMOGRAPH," the only known retailer-signed 16518|alt=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.