Admittedly we already presented a Daytona last week, on the wrist of Jérôme Lemoine, but that of today is so exceptional that we absolutely wanted to offer it a dedicated space.
The Grail of the Art Market
The Rolex Daytona known as "Paul Newman" has entered the history of the art market in 12 minutes. It must be said that it was the Rolex Daytona "Paul Newman" by Paul Newman, a Talisman offered by his wife, with the inscription on the back: "Drive Carefully Me". Finally, 12 short minutes, that's all it took for this auction of more than $ 17 million, in New York, definitively devotes the Daytona as the symbol of all watch sales records.
Appeared in 1963, it was Paul Newman who immortalizes the daytona by carrying it, in 1969, on the shooting of the film Turn. But if we are Chauvin, we will have retained Jean Paul Belmondo, who also sports him, at the same time, in Fear on the cityOr the alpine.
In this case, our Rolex Daytona is a mythical reference 6263, and has an exceptional "Paul Newman" dial.
The first waterproof reference
The reference 6263 is one of the most iconic references of the Daytona Cosmograph. Produced from 1969, it is the more efficient version which replaces and dethroned the 6240.
A more important box, a beautiful black telescope, a new caliber and the pushers screwed so many innovative elements which give the watch its modern appearance and make it a real professional watch.
A Paul Newman & Panda dial
The beautiful MK II dial nicknamed "Panda", due to black meters as opposed to the white background, has damy indexes and Arabic figures according to a very special typography, in an almost "art deco" style, allowing better readability. It is this exotic dial that earned it its renown. Very few were produced by the manufacture which made them extremely rare.
The accumulation of these two peculiarities makes this watch a real Saint Grail for all collectors. At the crossroads of the world of cinema and motor racing, it is a real watchmaking legend, far beyond the simple investment.
Rolex. Daytona Ref. 6263 Paul Newman Panda dial
Admittedly we already presented a Daytona last week, on the wrist of Jérôme Lemoine, but that of today is so exceptional that we absolutely wanted to offer it a dedicated space.
The Grail of the Art Market
The Rolex Daytona known as "Paul Newman" has entered the history of the art market in 12 minutes. It must be said that it was the Rolex Daytona "Paul Newman" by Paul Newman, a Talisman offered by his wife, with the inscription on the back: "Drive Carefully Me". Finally, 12 short minutes, that's all it took for this auction of more than $ 17 million, in New York, definitively devotes the Daytona as the symbol of all watch sales records.
Appeared in 1963, it was Paul Newman who immortalizes the daytona by carrying it, in 1969, on the shooting of the film Turn. But if we are Chauvin, we will have retained Jean Paul Belmondo, who also sports him, at the same time, in Fear on the cityOr the alpine.
In this case, our Rolex Daytona is a mythical reference 6263, and has an exceptional "Paul Newman" dial.
The first waterproof reference
The reference 6263 is one of the most iconic references of the Daytona Cosmograph. Produced from 1969, it is the more efficient version which replaces and dethroned the 6240.
A more important box, a beautiful black telescope, a new caliber and the pushers screwed so many innovative elements which give the watch its modern appearance and make it a real professional watch.
A Paul Newman & Panda dial
The beautiful MK II dial nicknamed "Panda", due to black meters as opposed to the white background, has damy indexes and Arabic figures according to a very special typography, in an almost "art deco" style, allowing better readability. It is this exotic dial that earned it its renown. Very few were produced by the manufacture which made them extremely rare.
The accumulation of these two peculiarities makes this watch a real Saint Grail for all collectors. At the crossroads of the world of cinema and motor racing, it is a real watchmaking legend, far beyond the simple investment.