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Lot Essay
With Rolex punched Garantie stamped by Edward Jewels and dated September 1995, fitted presentation box, outer packing and sales tag. Furthermore delivered with a hard cover mini version of Ultimate Rolex Daytona by Pucci Papaleo.
Some manually wound Daytonas present dials that with time change color: the black paint reacts with light and other environmental factors and turns a variety of colors, from dark chocolate to nearly orange. These dials are the so-called tropical dials, and are in very high demand among collectors. This process can occur also on Zenith Daytonas, however it usually affects the white chapter rings, which turn brown, and can occur only on watches manufactured between 1993 and 1997, while with manually wound Daytonas it can occur on any watch. Consequently, one can infer that Zenith Daytonas with tropical dials are even more rare than manually wound ones.
The present watch not only is one of such rare gems - and one with an incredibly even and warm tropicalization of the chapter rings, now a deep chestnut color - but it also comes in absolutely "new old stock condition even still retaining the green sticker to the back.
Due to its stunning condition, rarity and perfectly even tropicalization of the subsidiary dials, the present watch has to be considered extremely collectible and it is no surprise that it was included and prominently described in one of the most comprehensive and detailed publications about Rolex Daytona collecting: Ultimate Rolex Daytona by Pucci Papaleo, Pucci Papaleo Editore, pp. 556-559.
Some manually wound Daytonas present dials that with time change color: the black paint reacts with light and other environmental factors and turns a variety of colors, from dark chocolate to nearly orange. These dials are the so-called tropical dials, and are in very high demand among collectors. This process can occur also on Zenith Daytonas, however it usually affects the white chapter rings, which turn brown, and can occur only on watches manufactured between 1993 and 1997, while with manually wound Daytonas it can occur on any watch. Consequently, one can infer that Zenith Daytonas with tropical dials are even more rare than manually wound ones.
The present watch not only is one of such rare gems - and one with an incredibly even and warm tropicalization of the chapter rings, now a deep chestnut color - but it also comes in absolutely "new old stock condition even still retaining the green sticker to the back.
Due to its stunning condition, rarity and perfectly even tropicalization of the subsidiary dials, the present watch has to be considered extremely collectible and it is no surprise that it was included and prominently described in one of the most comprehensive and detailed publications about Rolex Daytona collecting: Ultimate Rolex Daytona by Pucci Papaleo, Pucci Papaleo Editore, pp. 556-559.