# 2000 Rolex Daytona 116520 Black Dial Stainless Steel

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- Published: 2025-10-15T23:11:47-04:00
- Author: Michael Martucci

## Details

- Stock number: 177QM
- Availability: Out of stock
- Case Material: Stainless Steel
- Brand: Rolex
- Year: 2000
- Reference: 116520
- Dial Color: Black
- Condition: Pre-owned
- Movement: Automatic
- Case Size: 40mm
- Offered by: Palazzo Watches & Gems, Jersey City, NJ

The Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 116520 is the steel-bezel generation of Rolex’s flagship
chronograph, and this 2000 example is from the very first year of production. The
116520 succeeded the 16520 in 2000 and was the first Daytona ever to be powered 
by an in-house Rolex chronograph — the Caliber 4130 — ending the brand’s reliance
on the modified Zenith El Primero movement that had powered Daytonas for the prior
twelve years. The 40mm Oystersteel case carries the engraved tachymeter on the polished
steel bezel that distinguishes the 116520 from the later 116500LN ceramic-bezel 
generation, with screw-down Triplock crown and screw-down chronograph pushers preserving
100 meters of water resistance. The black dial features applied luminous hour markers,
three contrasting white subdials at 3, 6, and 9 — the 30-minute counter at 3, small
seconds at 6, 12-hour counter at 9 — and the red “Daytona” script above the running
seconds. Caliber 4130 is a column-wheel, vertical-clutch chronograph composed of
290 parts and 44 jewels, beating at 28,800 vibrations per hour with a 72-hour power
reserve, and Superlative Chronometer certified. Pre-owned, 2000 first-year example
of the in-house Daytona era.