The blue 116509, and the two years Rolex made no blue white gold Daytona at all.
The 116509 is the white gold Daytona on the white gold Oyster bracelet from the generation that ran on calibre 4130, with the tachymetric scale engraved into a solid white gold bezel. Rolex gave it many dials over its long run: silver, black with diamond markers, an Arabic-numeral dial and, from 2016, the sunburst blue this page is about.
When the Daytona moved to calibre 4131 in 2023, the 116509 was discontinued and the new 126509 did not take the blue dial with it. Blue only came back in 2025, as 126509-0005, which Monochrome reported as the replacement for 116509-0071. For two years the 116509 was the only blue white gold Daytona on a bracelet, and many clients who ask for one still mean this watch.
Being discontinued, it is found on the secondary market rather than ordered, which puts the dial, the condition and the set in your hands. Tell us how strict you are on each, and whether the 2025 126509 would also do; availability and timing are confirmed for your request before you commit to anything.
- Sunburst blue dial, added in 2016 and carried until 2023
- Engraved 18 ct white gold tachymetric bezel, not Cerachrom
- Calibre 4130, about 72 hours of power reserve
- Sourced to your brief; availability confirmed for each request
