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Lot Essay
With Rolex International Service Guarantee dated 19 February 2015.
Introduced at the 2004 Basel Fair, the gold Daytona Chronograph reference 116598SACO immediately had the horology world talking about it due to its outlandish design. With diamond hour markers on the dial with a leopard print background which is echoed on the strap, the bezel is encrusted with 36 baguette-cut yellow sapphires, the hoods between the lugs is encrusted with 48 brilliant-cut diamonds and with 8 diamond-set numerals. Once again Rolex manages to reinvent the rules of contemporary horology.
The present watch is set with 36 yellow sapphires weighing approximately 5.00 carats and 56 diamonds weighing approximately 1.50 carats.
Introduced at the 2004 Basel Fair, the gold Daytona Chronograph reference 116598SACO immediately had the horology world talking about it due to its outlandish design. With diamond hour markers on the dial with a leopard print background which is echoed on the strap, the bezel is encrusted with 36 baguette-cut yellow sapphires, the hoods between the lugs is encrusted with 48 brilliant-cut diamonds and with 8 diamond-set numerals. Once again Rolex manages to reinvent the rules of contemporary horology.
The present watch is set with 36 yellow sapphires weighing approximately 5.00 carats and 56 diamonds weighing approximately 1.50 carats.