A 1999 platinum Rolex Daytona is heading to auction on Sunday at Sotheby’s Geneva, and could sell for up to $1.7 million. The ...

Cosmograph Daytona, Ref. 16516, in platinum with diamond-set mother-of-pearl dial has an estimate is $800,000 - $1.6 million ...

When it comes to collectible Rolex ... features a mother-of-pearl dial, diamond indices, and an automatic movement from Zenith. (The manufacturer’s famous El Primero powered the Daytona from ...

Rolex watches are often described in dramatic terms. Flawless. Rare. Ruinously expensive. Just occasionally a Rolex appears that could even be described – with a straight face – as mythical.

The watch is made from platinum, a material Rolex did not use on Daytona models until 2013. Its face is mother-of-pearl, set with 10 diamonds. Unlike nearly every other Rolex on the market ...

extremely rare Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, custom-made for a client, and never offered at auction, is heading to the block. The watch in question is a platinum ref. 16516 from 1999, set with a mother-of ...