Los Angeles—Kruse GWS Auctions set a world record this weekend when it sold a Rolex once owned by actor Marlon Brando for nearly $50,000. The “Archives of Hollywood & Music Auction” featured a 31 mm stainless steel Rolex Datejust gave to Brando after he won the Oscar for Best Actor in 1973 for his portrayal […]
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]]>The “Paul Newman” Rolex Daytona is probably the most mythical and legendary wristwatch in existence. And now it has become the most expensive wristwatch in existence, hammering for $17,752,500 including buyer’s premium. This is a world record for a wristwatch at auction. The “Paul Newman” predicate is used to denote a Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Oyster […]
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]]>The Rolex Paul Newman Daytona watch—the model the late actor personally wore—was, since 1984, thought to be lost. That year, the actor switched out his daily timepiece for another Rolex Daytona, and the original watch was never seen in public again. Until this year, that is. It was revealed this spring that the watch had simply been in the possession […]
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