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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. The gold-case dial options include 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. The gold-case dial options include 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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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. | ||
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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. | ||