116509, Daytona, Sodalite Dial, White Gold Vintage Vacheron Perpetual removal of petite seconds

removal of petite seconds

reducing scratches from placement on a hard surface

this example is amongst the earliest OCC Submariners

Though its pairing of pink dial with white gold case is unique to ‘Jumbo’ Royal Oak

The Lange 1 is the foundation of modern Lange

116509, Daytona, Sodalite Dial, White Gold Vintage Vacheron Perpetual removal of petite secondsA ref. 116509 Daytona with a spectacular hard stone Sodalite dial. This is one of the rarest variants of 116509 dial, where most Sodalite dials feature diamonds a few were made with these 5 minute applied white gold Arabic numerals. The 116509 with sodalite dial is a Daytona that politely ignores the Daytonas raison dtre. It trades the high contrast legibility and steel pragmatism of its forebears for something closer to jewelry, yet it does so