Paul Newman's Rolex Daytona

Year: 1960s

Proving that provenance matters as much as brand name, actor/race car driver Paul Newman's Rolex Daytona, a gift from his wife Joanne Woodward in the 1960s, fetched over $17.75 million when it came up for auction in 2017.

Price

$17,752,500

Features

Black and off-white dial, red seconds scale, Art Deco-style font, sundials, small gap between the outer minute track and the subdials

History

Received the watch from his wife in the late 1960s. Gifted it to James Cox in 1984. Proceeds from the sale went to the Nell Newman Foundation and Newman's Own Foundation.

Rarity

Rolex only produced exotic dial versions in limited numbers, making Paul Newman Daytonas rare today.

Newman was an actor and philanthropist who changed the way people viewed watches and the conversation around watch collecting

$17,000,000.00

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