Eric Bailly Watch Collection - Every Watch He's Been Spotted Wearing
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Introduction to Eric Bailly
Eric Bailly is a professional footballer born on April 12, 1994, in Gagnoa, Ivory Coast. A central defender by trade, Bailly came through the ranks at Espanyol before making his name at Villarreal, where his physicality and reading of the game attracted attention from Europe's top clubs. Manchester United signed him in 2016 under José Mourinho, making him the club's first Ivorian player. His career has taken him through loans to Marseille and a move to Brest, and he has been a long-serving presence in the Ivory Coast national team, earning well over 30 caps. Injury setbacks have punctuated his career at the highest level, but his talent and presence on the pitch have never been in serious doubt among those who follow the game closely.
The Eric Bailly watch collection, from what we have been able to document, points firmly toward Rolex — specifically the upper end of the catalogue. On New Year's Day, Bailly was photographed celebrating a Manchester United victory wearing the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Rainbow in 18KT Everose Gold, reference 116595RBOW. This is not a subtle choice. The 116595RBOW is set with a graduated rainbow of sapphires across the bezel and features a diamond-paved dial, making it one of the most visually loaded references Rolex produces. Under the dial sits the Calibre 4130, Rolex's in-house chronograph movement built around a column wheel and vertical clutch — a configuration widely respected by serious collectors for its reliability and clean feel on the pusher.
The Rainbow Daytona in Everose Gold occupies a specific position in the Rolex hierarchy: it is expensive at retail, almost impossible to acquire through normal channels, and carries a strong premium on the secondary market. For a Premier League footballer celebrating a win, the choice of this particular reference over a more conventional sports Rolex says something concrete about where Bailly's taste sits — toward the decorative and rare end of the Rolex range rather than the utility-focused sports models.
Eric Bailly Spotted Wearing 18KT Everose Gold Rolex Rainbow Daytona Ref. 116595RBOW
Inserted 30/11/2022
The Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 116595RBOW is one of the most technically demanding watches Rolex produces, requiring individual gem-setters to hand-select and calibrate 36 baguette-cut sapphires across the bezel in a precisely graduated chromatic sequence — a process that can take days for a single piece. Manchester United defender Eric Bailly chose New Year's Day, and a winning performance, as the occasion to showcase the Everose gold Rainbow Daytona — a watch that commands multiples of its already eye-watering six-figure list price on the secondary market.
