Phillips New York · 2017
Rolex — Daytona 'Paul Newman'
Reference 6239 · Stainless Steel
$17,752,500
≈ CHF14.36M · €15.57M · £13.40M · HK$139.18M · ¥2,884,781,250
About this lot
Paul Newman's personal Daytona, gifted by his wife Joanne Woodward in the late 1960s. Caseback inscribed 'DRIVE CAREFULLY ME'. The watch that defined the exotic-dial Daytona category.
Ranks #1 of 67 Rolex auction lots we track (top 1%) · #3 of 1,119 documented luxury watch sales overall (top 0%) · all Rolex records →
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