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The 16518 is the yellow gold leather-strap Zenith Daytona, produced from 1988 to 2000 alongside its yellow gold bracelet sibling 16528. The case is 40mm in 18k yellow gold, the movement Rolex cal 4030 on the modified Zenith El Primero base, and the MK1 through MK7 dial chronology runs in parallel with the steel 16520. Twelve years of production carried it through the Singer-to-Rolex dial transitions, the Patrizzi-eligible window and the tritium-to-Luminova switchover. On top of that shared chronology sits a gold-only dial layer the steel reference never carried: champagne, white Panda, mother-of-pearl, lapis, sodalite, diamond and pavé. The Van Cleef & Arpels "Le Roi Soleil", catalogued by Phillips in 2018, is the retailer-signed outlier. | The 16518 is the yellow gold leather-strap Zenith Daytona, produced from 1988 to 2000 alongside its yellow gold bracelet sibling 16528. The case is 40mm in 18k yellow gold, the movement Rolex cal 4030 on the modified Zenith El Primero base, and the MK1 through MK7 dial chronology runs in parallel with the steel 16520. Twelve years of production carried it through the Singer-to-Rolex dial transitions, the Patrizzi-eligible window and the tritium-to-Luminova switchover. On top of that shared chronology sits a gold-only dial layer the steel reference never carried: champagne, white Panda, mother-of-pearl, lapis, sodalite, diamond and pavé. The Van Cleef & Arpels "Le Roi Soleil", catalogued by Phillips in 2018, is the retailer-signed outlier. | ||
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