Rolex 4130
High confidenceReplaced the Zenith El Primero-based caliber 4030 in the Daytona. The change is a hard dating boundary for the model and one of the more useful single facts about the reference: a Daytona presented as pre-2000 with a 4130 inside is describing two different watches.
Specifications
- Movement manufacturer
- Rolex
- Production
- 2000–?
- Frequency
- 28,800 vph (4 Hz)
- Jewels
- 44
- Power reserve
- 72 hours
- Winding
- automatic
- Complications
- Chronograph · Centre seconds · Small seconds
- Balance
- Free-sprung Glucydur balance, Microstella nuts, full balance bridge
- Certification
- Officially Certified Chronometer (COSC)
Architecture
In-house integrated chronograph with a vertical clutch and column wheel, designed with a markedly reduced part count compared with the modular chronographs it replaced.
Related calibers
Preceded by
Zenith El Primero 400Via the El Primero-derived Rolex 4030, which the 4130 replaced.
Preceded by
Rolex 4030Succeeded by
Rolex 4131
References using this caliber
- Rolex 116520Factory
Daytona · Whole production
- Rolex 116500LNFactory
Daytona · Whole production
Provenance of this record
Sources & Evidence
Rolex — Perpetual movements (official technical pages)
Rolex SA
- Accessed
- 2026-08-18
Cited for
Dowling, James M. & Hess, Jeffrey P. — The Best of Time: Rolex Wristwatches
Schiffer Publishing
- Published
- 2006-01-01
Cited for
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