Two of late actor and race-car driver Paul Newman’s watches are likely to fetch more than a million dollars each when they come up for auction at Sotheby’s. See these timepieces and two others that were previously auctioned.
One of the most coveted provenances in horology is having been strapped to Mr. Newman’s wrist. “We can tie vintage watch collecting, vintage Rolex collecting to him,” said Andrew Shear, a watch dealer in New York City.The first watch Sotheby’s will have on offer is a 1993 Rolex reference 16520 “Zenith” Daytona with a pearly white dial.It was awarded to Mr. Newman in 1995 when his racing team won the 24 Hours of Daytona Race in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Mr. Newman before competing in an endurance race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, in 1979. Photo: Jean-Pierre Prevel, Gabriel Duval/AFP/Getty Two other watches once owned by the Newman’s Own founder have previously fetched millions of dollars at auction.In 2020 Phillips auction house sold a Rolex reference 6263 watch—nicknamed Big Red—given to Mr. Newman by his wife, carrying the inscription “Drive slowly, Joanne” on the caseback, for nearly $5.5 million.The sale of Mr. Newman’s Rolex Daytona reference 6239 for $17.8 million three years prior remains the high-water mark for his horological assets.
, Ms. Woodward likely purchased it for around $300 at Tiffany’s. On its caseback is—you guessed it—the inscription “Drive Carefully, Me.”
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