Rolex Daytona 116515

Dial Variations and Collector Preferences

The 2017 refresh brought sunray-finished dials with contrasting black subdials across the gold Daytonas, and it is the dial — far more than condition or year — that drives where a 116515LN sits in the market.

Chocolate Arabic

Reference 116515LN-0015, and the enthusiast's choice. Warm brown sunray dial with applied Arabic numerals instead of the usual baton indices, which is unusual enough on a modern Rolex sports chronograph to have built its own following. It is the variant we are asked for most often, and it is the one that holds value best. If you like the tone but want to see it across the wider catalog, we group them in Rolex rose gold chocolate dials.

Sundust

Rolex's Everose-toned dial — a soft champagne-pink that shifts with the light and reads almost monochrome against the case, with black subdials for contrast. The most cohesive of the four, and the most subtle. It photographs far better than it describes.

Black

The most conservative configuration and the most liquid on resale. Black sunray dial, Everose case, black bezel, black Oysterflex — the version that dresses down furthest and draws the least attention to the gold. If a 116515LN is going to be worn daily, this is usually the one.

Diamond-set pink

The dressiest end of the reference, with factory diamond hour markers on a pink dial. It trades in a narrower market than the other three, which cuts both ways: fewer competing sellers, but also fewer buyers, so condition and completeness carry more weight than usual.

Rolex 116515 Price

The cost of a 116515 Rolex Daytona in our store ranges from $34,999 to $44,999 depending on the condition of the timepiece.

Related Daytona Models

• Rolex 126515LN