Rolex in particular excels at the incredibly time-consuming job of setting well-matched and beautiful stones. Since the 1980s, the manufacture has perfected the art of merging precious materials with sports watches, giving birth to a completely new genre of tool watches - one that is glamorous, luxurious and eye-catching.

A dazzling, factory original version of the famous Cosmograph Daytona, one cannot help but be impressed by the striking baguette-cut pink sapphire-set bezel fitted on this rare reference 16588.

Additionally with this reference, the bezel was designed with fixed gold bars, that perfectly align with the diamond-set dial’s sapphire-set hour markers, making it quite legible. Housing the caliber 4030, Rolex’s self-winding Zenith-El Primero-based movement, it’s a sought after feature that gives the watch a somewhat vintage feel. As an even nicer touch, the present watch still retains its original green caseback sticker.

Clearly, reference 16588 is already a classic. It is fitted with the legendary calibre 4030 and belongs to a generation of Cosmographs when fancy case and dial decorations were the exception. Consequently, it is much rarer than its peers from today's production and a true collectable in its own right.