AR / ITEM / 00100522

Jack Nicklaus’s Rolex Day-Date Ref. 1803

Rolex

Jack Nicklaus received this yellow-gold Day-Date in 1967 and wore it for roughly fifty years, including during 12 of his 18 professional major wins.

Date
Received 1967
Reference
Case 1'608'186

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Record

Jack Nicklaus received this yellow-gold Day-Date in 1967 and wore it for roughly fifty years, including during 12 of his 18 professional major wins. Phillips sold it on 10 December 2019 for $1,220,000, with proceeds benefiting the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation. 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
18k yellow gold
Dimensions
36 mm diameter
Origin
Switzerland

In the Tapestry

Provenance and history

  1. Received 1967

    Made / first documentedA

  2. 10 December 2019

    Public saleA

    Phillips sold it on 10 December 2019 for $1,220,000, with proceeds benefiting the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation.

Sources

  1. A

    Phillips, 'Rolex Game Changers – Jack Nicklaus Day-Date'

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