AR / ITEM / 00100402
Paul Newman's Rolex Daytona
The Rolex Cosmograph Daytona given to Paul Newman by Joanne Woodward, the watch behind the 'Paul Newman' dial nickname, sold at Phillips in 2017 for $17.75 million.
- Date
- Reference 6239; c. 1968
- Reference
- Reference 6239
- Catalogue
- Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Ref. 6239
Plate not recorded
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Record
Joanne Woodward gave her husband Paul Newman this Daytona, engraved 'DRIVE CAREFULLY ME', around the time he took up motor racing; accounts place the gift in 1968–69 or 1972. Newman wore it daily for years, and photographs of him wearing it gave the 'exotic' dial its nickname. In 1984, after receiving another Daytona, he gave it to James Cox, the boyfriend of his daughter Nell. Phillips sold it at its 'Winning Icons' auction in New York on 26 October 2017 for $17,752,500 after a twelve-minute contest that opened with a $10 million phone bid, then the record for a wristwatch.
- Culture
- Swiss
- Medium
- Stainless steel; 'exotic' dial
- Origin
- Switzerland
In the Tapestry
- Worn by · c. 1968–1984
- Paul NewmanB
- Associated with
- Joanne WoodwardAmedium confidence
Sources
- A
Wikipedia, 'Rolex Daytona'
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Phillips, 'Paul Newman's "Paul Newman" Rolex Daytona Sets World Record, Fetches $17.8 Million'
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