Rolex Daytona 16518 - 1991 - minty
Yellow Gold, White Dial, Zenith Movement. - very nice case and running like new
There are Daytonas, and then there are early automatic gold Daytonas.
This Rolex Daytona reference 16518 represents the beginning of a new era for the model, the moment Rolex moved from manual wind to automatic chronograph and elevated the Daytona into a modern icon.
The Zenith Era
Introduced in 1988, the 16518 was part of the first generation of automatic Daytonas powered by the modified Zenith El Primero based calibre 4030. Rolex refined the movement extensively, lowering the beat rate and upgrading components to meet their own reliability standards. The result was a robust, high performance automatic







