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	The <code>116500LN</code> is the steel ceramic Daytona, produced from 2016 to 2023. Two dials, one movement, one bracelet. The reference is best known not for what it changed mechanically but for what it did to the secondary market: a seven-year run during which authorized-dealer allocation became the defining story of modern Rolex retail.		The <code>116500LN</code> is the steel ceramic Daytona, produced from 2016 to 2023. Two dials, one movement, one bracelet. The reference is best known not for what it changed mechanically but for what it did to the secondary market: a seven-year run during which authorized-dealer allocation became the defining story of modern Rolex retail.

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	\|description=The Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 116500LN — the ceramic-bezel steel Daytona produced from 2016 to 2023. Black-bezel, white-dial Panda and inverse Black-dial Panda variants, caliber 4130, the reference that inherited the long-run 116520 spot.		\|description=The Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 116500LN — the ceramic-bezel steel Daytona produced from 2016 to 2023. Black-bezel, white-dial Panda and inverse Black-dial Panda variants, caliber 4130, the reference that inherited the long-run 116520 spot.
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	\|title=Rolex Daytona 116500LN — BezelBase		\|title=Rolex Daytona 116500LN — BezelBase
	\|description=The Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 116500LN — the ceramic-bezel steel Daytona produced from 2016 to 2023. Black-bezel, white-dial Panda and inverse Black-dial Panda variants, caliber 4130, the reference that inherited the long-run 116520 spot.		\|description=The Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 116500LN — the ceramic-bezel steel Daytona produced from 2016 to 2023. Black-bezel, white-dial Panda and inverse Black-dial Panda variants, caliber 4130, the reference that inherited the long-run 116520 spot.
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	[[File:Ref 116500LN hero panda.webp\|thumb\|right\|340px\|alt=116500LN Panda hero\|Panda 116500LN]]		[[File:Ref 116500LN hero panda.webp\|thumb\|right\|340px\|alt=116500LN Panda hero\|Panda 116500LN]]

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	[[File:Ref 116500LN hero panda.webp\|thumb\|right\|340px\|alt=116500LN Panda hero\|Panda 116500LN]]		[[File:Ref 116500LN hero panda.webp\|thumb\|right\|340px\|alt=116500LN Panda hero\|Panda 116500LN]]

	The <code>116500LN</code> is the steel ceramic Daytona. Two dials, one movement, one bracelet, and the watch that turned the modern Daytona into the ~~market’s~~ waitlist shorthand.		The <code>116500LN</code> is the steel ceramic Daytona. Two dials, one movement, one bracelet, and the watch that turned the modern Daytona into the market's waitlist shorthand.

	What makes the reference a landmark is not the spec sheet but the market behavior. The 116500LN turned the modern Daytona into the shorthand waitlist watch and stayed there for years.		What makes the reference a landmark is not the spec sheet but the market behavior. The 116500LN turned the modern Daytona into the shorthand waitlist watch and stayed there for years.
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	\| case		\| case
	\| 40mm 904L Oystersteel, ~~approximately~~ 12.2mm thick, screw-down pushers		\| 40mm 904L Oystersteel, about 12.2mm thick, screw-down pushers
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	\| CHF 11,800 / EUR 11,300 / USD ~~approximately~~ 12,400		\| CHF 11,800 / EUR 11,300 / USD about 12,400
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	===Case===		===Case===

	The case is 40mm in 904L Oystersteel, ~~approximately~~ 12.2mm thick, with brushed top surfaces and polished case-flank treatment. Lug-to-lug runs at roughly 47mm, consistent with the 116520 that came before it. Rolex did not resize the case for the 116500LN; the bezel change did not require case tooling changes. The result is that a 116520 and a 116500LN wear identically on the wrist save for the bezel material. Anyone buying the 116500LN for the ceramic alone was getting the identical case and bracelet the 116520 had carried since 2000.		The case is 40mm in 904L Oystersteel, about 12.2mm thick, with brushed top surfaces and polished case-flank treatment. Lug-to-lug runs at roughly 47mm, consistent with the 116520 that came before it. Rolex did not resize the case for the 116500LN; the bezel change did not require case tooling changes. The result is that a 116520 and a 116500LN wear identically on the wrist save for the bezel material. Anyone buying the 116500LN for the ceramic alone was getting the identical case and bracelet the 116520 had carried since 2000.

	===Bezel===		===Bezel===
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	Few Rolex references have moved the secondary market the way the 116500LN did. At launch in spring 2016, grey-market dealers were selling the white dial at close to seventy percent over list within days of Baselworld. Year-by-year market tracking through the late 2010s showed the reference compounding that premium: roughly €17,000 in 2016, €20,000 in 2018, €23,000 across 2019–2020, then a steep acceleration into 2021 when white-dial examples traded routinely above €30,000 and peak Chrono24 listings went past €35,000. GBP prices tracked similarly — retail around £10,500, Q4 2021 at roughly £32,000, peak listings at £35,000.		Few Rolex references have moved the secondary market the way the 116500LN did. At launch in spring 2016, grey-market dealers were selling the white dial at close to seventy percent over list within days of Baselworld. Year-by-year market tracking through the late 2010s showed the reference compounding that premium: roughly €17,000 in 2016, €20,000 in 2018, €23,000 across 2019–2020, then a steep acceleration into 2021 when white-dial examples traded routinely above €30,000 and peak Chrono24 listings went past €35,000. GBP prices tracked similarly — retail around £10,500, Q4 2021 at roughly £32,000, peak listings at £35,000.

	The 116500LN also anchored the broader 2020–2022 luxury-watch speculation bubble. Authorized-dealer waitlists ran for years. Successful applicants had to ~~demonstrate~~ long purchase histories with the dealer, often on lesser references, before an allocation opened. Flipping was actively policed, with Rolex restricting future allocations to buyers who resold within windows set by individual dealers.		The 116500LN also anchored the broader 2020–2022 luxury-watch speculation bubble. Authorized-dealer waitlists ran for years. Successful applicants had to show long purchase histories with the dealer, often on lesser references, before an allocation opened. Flipping was actively policed, with Rolex restricting future allocations to buyers who resold within windows set by individual dealers.

	The market correction from early 2023 onward brought 116500LN pricing back toward the mid-$20,000s for white-dial examples and into the low $20,000s for black-dial examples by 2024. The reference still trades well above retail, consistent with its discontinued and ceramic-era status, but the multiples-of-retail era is over. For buyers entering now, the argument is less about market speculation and more about the reference itself: the last steel Daytona on the 40mm case, the last on the 4130 movement, and the first to carry Cerachrom.		The market correction from early 2023 onward brought 116500LN pricing back toward the mid-$20,000s for white-dial examples and into the low $20,000s for black-dial examples by 2024. The reference still trades well above retail, consistent with its discontinued and ceramic-era status, but the multiples-of-retail era is over. For buyers entering now, the argument is less about market speculation and more about the reference itself: the last steel Daytona on the 40mm case, the last on the 4130 movement, and the first to carry Cerachrom.

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	==Sources==		==Sources==

	* ~~Colin A. White, "~~The Vintage Rolex Field Manual", Morning Tundra		* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra
	* [https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/rolex-daytona-ref-116500ln-review Jack Forster, "A Week On The Wrist: The Rolex Daytona Ref. 116500LN", Hodinkee, 2020-01-01]		* [https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/rolex-daytona-ref-116500ln-review Jack Forster, "A Week On The Wrist: The Rolex Daytona Ref. 116500LN", Hodinkee, 2020-01-01]
	* [https://watchesbysjx.com/2016/03/introducing-the-rolex-daytona-in-steel-and-ceramic.html JX Su, "Introducing the Rolex Daytona in Steel with a Black Ceramic Bezel Ref. 116500LN", SJX Watches, 2016-03-16]		* [https://watchesbysjx.com/2016/03/introducing-the-rolex-daytona-in-steel-and-ceramic.html JX Su, "Introducing the Rolex Daytona in Steel with a Black Ceramic Bezel Ref. 116500LN", SJX Watches, 2016-03-16]

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	==Sources==		==Sources==

	* Colin A. White ~~(pseudonym Chevalier)~~, "The Vintage Rolex Field Manual", Morning Tundra		* Colin A. White, "The Vintage Rolex Field Manual", Morning Tundra
	* [https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/rolex-daytona-ref-116500ln-review Jack Forster, "A Week On The Wrist: The Rolex Daytona Ref. 116500LN", Hodinkee, 2020-01-01]		* [https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/rolex-daytona-ref-116500ln-review Jack Forster, "A Week On The Wrist: The Rolex Daytona Ref. 116500LN", Hodinkee, 2020-01-01]
	* [https://watchesbysjx.com/2016/03/introducing-the-rolex-daytona-in-steel-and-ceramic.html JX Su, "Introducing the Rolex Daytona in Steel with a Black Ceramic Bezel Ref. 116500LN", SJX Watches, 2016-03-16]		* [https://watchesbysjx.com/2016/03/introducing-the-rolex-daytona-in-steel-and-ceramic.html JX Su, "Introducing the Rolex Daytona in Steel with a Black Ceramic Bezel Ref. 116500LN", SJX Watches, 2016-03-16]

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