AR / ITEM / 00100511
Elvis Presley’s White-Gold Omega Wristwatch
RCA Records presented this diamond-set white-gold Omega to Elvis Presley in 1961 to commemorate the sale of 75 million records.
- Date
- Presented 1961
- Collection
- Omega Museum
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Record
RCA Records presented this diamond-set white-gold Omega to Elvis Presley in 1961 to commemorate the sale of 75 million records. Phillips sold it in Geneva in May 2018 for about $1.8 million, then an Omega auction record; the buyer was the Omega Museum. The object is individually identifiable rather than merely an example of its model, which is important for Arcarel’s object-level record. The cited Phillips source supplies the key provenance, event or institutional facts used here. No unnamed buyer or owner has been inferred, and fields not established by the source are left blank. Its significance comes from the combination of the physical watch and the documented people, events, institutions or market history attached to this specific specimen.
- Culture
- Swiss
- Medium
- white gold|diamonds
- Origin
- Switzerland
In the Tapestry
- Presented to
- Elvis PresleyA
- Associated with
- RCA RecordsA
- Owned by
- Omega MuseumA
Sources
- A
Phillips, 'Auction Results: Geneva Watch Auction SEVEN'
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