Now there's a Daytona Rainbow to go with the Ice

[Game Hunter]

My Rolex dealer sourced me a Platinum Daytona with diamonds a little while ago and I really like it. And so did my wife but she said that the rainbow was more her thing.

I asked the AD if they could source the Daytona Rainbow for my wife and they were a little cagey but called to say that there was one in the safe I could have if we could sign off on a commission for them to make a necklace I'd briefed them on for her birthday. We did the deal and I wore it home and stuck it in the safe. They'll resize it for her when I hand it over to her in a few months.

They had previously sold the watch in 2019 to another of their regular VIP customers who found the piece a bit overwhelming in the flesh. He took it home overnight but returned it next day unworn. I kind of see where they're coming from. Given the prices on the secondary market, I'm surprised they didn't just sell it into the secondary market. It goes to show that Rolex and PP watches are now sold as effective sales incentives. The only small catch was that the warranty started in 2019 but that's not a huge issue.

The 116595 RBOW has 36 baguette-cut sapphires around the dial and 56 brilliant-cut diamonds. It's a bit of a showstopper.

[SLWoodster]

?? These two are different rainbows.

[LightOnAHill]

Super sweet score!!

[Tanuki]

Originally Posted by SLWoodster

?? These two are different rainbows.

[minute_man]

Originally Posted by SLWoodster

?? These two are different rainbows.

Originally Posted by Tanuki

[omar-rye]

Originally Posted by SLWoodster

?? These two are different rainbows.

Originally Posted by Tanuki

Originally Posted by minute_man

[shaunylw]

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[drrd]

Originally Posted by SLWoodster

?? These two are different rainbows.

Definitely no expert but it looks that way.

Newer model Everose on the left. Previous version in yellow gold on the right.

[harvey]

Originally Posted by SLWoodster

?? These two are different rainbows.

They are, aren’t they?!

[watch3r]

Weird, you posted your platinum Daytona a couple weeks ago that preceded the purchase of your rainbow Daytona, but this picture was on Instagram over a year ago…..

[Old Expat Beast]

Originally Posted by drrd

Definitely no expert but it looks that way.

Newer model Everose on the left. Previous version in yellow gold on the right.

Dial with the steering wheel has numerals at 15/30/45.

[SS Oyster]

I don't know which I like better, but you have two?

[watch3r]

Originally Posted by SS Oyster

I don't know which I like better, but you have two?

The diamonds on the dial are definitely different shapes….

[drrd]

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

Dial with the steering wheel has numerals at 15/30/45.

Yes, and the older white and yellow gold models had coloured hands and round instead of baguette diamonds on the dials.

Interesting fact I heard from an AD SA (which may or may not be true). On the SS Daytona the main chronograph hand is steel not the usual white gold. Apparently 18ct gold might bend on the reset swing.

It’s possible that the white and yellow rbow pieces also had painted steel chronograph hands and maybe the Everose metal is a bit harder and could tolerate the accelerations better - hence the Everose chronograph hands.

I’m guessing

[rambo99]

Originally Posted by watch3r

Weird, you posted your platinum Daytona a couple weeks ago that preceded the purchase of your rainbow Daytona, but this picture was on Instagram over a year ago…..

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which means this is another troll post from OP?

[Hemdog]

Cool story bro

[minute_man]

Originally Posted by rambo99

which means this is another troll post from OP?

We'll know in 9 days...

[Giangos]

Is this going to be popcorn thread?


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[omar-rye]

Originally Posted by watch3r

Weird, you posted your platinum Daytona a couple weeks ago that preceded the purchase of your rainbow Daytona, but this picture was on Instagram over a year ago…..

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[Riic]

Sounds made up

[ninjin]

This troll's bubble has burst just like the Rolex one...

[AlanH]

"another of their regular VIP customers".
Wish I was a VIP customer

[jasond07]

The forum is full of surprises lol

[Devildog]

Seriously, a UK Rolex AD had a 116595 RBOW sitting in the safe unsold for 3 years?

I don't think so ......

The AD would have had to have paid Rolex UK for it. No business sits on an extremely expensive (at cost to them) stock item for 3 years that they can sell 10 times over.

And that's before we consider that you've posted pictures of 2 different watches.

Just as a point of interest, the OP has used two different image hosts for the picture of the platinum Daytona and the Rainbow Daytona. And the exif data has been completely stripped from both images.

Call my cynical but....

[JSolution]

Originally Posted by Devildog

Seriously, a UK Rolex AD had a 116595 RBOW sitting in the safe unsold for 3 years?

I don't think so ......

The AD would have had to have paid Rolex UK for it. No business sits on an extremely expensive (at cost to them) stock item for 3 years that they can sell 10 times over.

And that's before we consider that you've posted pictures of 2 different watches.

Just as a point of interest, the OP has used two different image hosts for the picture of the platinum Daytona and the Rainbow Daytona. And the exif data has been completely stripped from both images.

Call my cynical but....

How the heck do you delete that data off of images?

[Old Expat Beast]

Originally Posted by JSolution

How the heck do you delete that data off of images?

Just do a screen cap.

[WILLIWALKER]

Originally Posted by watch3r

Weird, you posted your platinum Daytona a couple weeks ago that preceded the purchase of your rainbow Daytona, but this picture was on Instagram over a year ago…..

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I was going to post, and then I realize that this is an 80% troll!

Credulous and naive that I am, I was going to take my car to go to Bucherer and my local AD to ask him for a Rainbow... on a misunderstanding...

I find it hard to believe notwithstanding the photo which speaks for itself. For example my AD (which is a historic AD in Switzerland (not as much as Bucherer)) has only received one piece for all these years. And it goes without saying that it had been let to a client for several generations... it's a foregone conclusion.
Ditto in Lausanne for example where families have been customers for several generations with AD Rolex or Patek for example. So zero chance !

[Devildog]

Originally Posted by JSolution

How the heck do you delete that data off of images?

Screen cap, or it can be deleted (or modified) with image processing software. Facebook also strips exif data from all images uploaded.

Even my iphone 14 lets me change the exif data.

[Trailboss516]

Lol sure thing mate. Troll

[dk65]

Originally Posted by Tanuki

Originally Posted by minute_man

Originally Posted by omar-rye

Originally Posted by SLWoodster

?? These two are different rainbows.