Key Takeaways
- Cardi B bought herself an ultra-rare pink “Barbie” Rolex Cosmograph Daytona for $2.85 million, insisting on a factory-original watch authenticated by Rolex.
- The 18-karat gold Daytona features 36 pink sapphires, diamond accents and a pink alligator strap, and jeweler Eric Mavani estimates only about 10 exist worldwide.
- She also picked up a custom 7-carat diamond ring and a pink Hermès Mini Kelly, bringing her self-gifted birthday haul to roughly $4 million.
Cardi B took her ice to a new level with her latest birthday gift to herself.
On Oct. 22, the rapper posted an Instagram video of jeweler Eric Mavani handing over an ultra-rare pink "Barbie" Rolex Cosmograph Daytona.
"From Belcalis to Cardi B…a gift from me to me!!" she wrote in the caption, thanking Mavani "for searching all around the world and finding me this watch, authenticated by Rolex!"
The Daytona is not a boutique piece. It pairs a bezel set with 36 pink sapphires with an 18-karat yellow gold case, a pink dial carrying diamond hour markers, diamond-set lugs and a matching pink alligator strap.
Mavani estimated there are "probably only 10 made in the world," and said this was the only one on the market when he went looking.
In the video, Cardi praised the jeweler for scoring such a rare piece.
"I want to say thank you because I know I was driving you crazy, but I need somebody I trusted… No aftermarket shit, all factory. I deserve; I work so hard," she said.
The watch wasn’t her only pickup. Cardi also picked up a custom 7-carat natural marquise-cut diamond ring from Pristine Jewelers and a bubblegum-pink matte alligator Hermès Mini Kelly with palladium hardware. In an X Spaces chat earlier in the week, she put the full birthday tally at about $4 million, saying she has been working hard this year.
Her 34th birthday landed Sunday, Oct. 11, and the celebrating is not finished. Cardi is due to collect Billboard Canada's first-ever Global Woman of the Year award in November.
