Rolex is a name synonymous with luxury watches. The prices associated with some of these coveted pieces of watchmaking genius and artful material design can often be mind numbing. For instance, in October 2017, Paul Newman's Rolex Daytona was auctioned for $17,752,500. And, it's almost certain that this record will find adequate competition and might even be toppled up, potentially by another Rolex. So what makes Rolex watches so special? Here is looking into some of the possible reasons. • Their 904L steel is so famous and beautiful simply because it is an expensive version of the metal, which is also very difficult to produce.
• The company has a lab of its own where top technicians are committed to continually evolving and improving their watch making mechanism.
• Literally, everything, from movement parts to bracelets, is assembled by hand after thorough testing.
• Even their gold is their own, manufactured by their in-house foundry.
• Their proceedings are so secret that even the top government agencies do not have any information on them.
• They have the best technologies known to watchmakers across the globe.
• There is so much attention to detail that it takes at least a year to make one Rolex watch.
• They have their own gemologist to look over every single piece of watch manufactured.
• Absolutely nothing is outsourced.
"15 MOST EXPENSIVE ROLEX WATCHES EVER SOLD"
15. THE STEVE MCQUEEN 1967 ROLEX SUBMARINER - $234,000
14. DR. RAJENDRA PRASAD'S GOLD ROLEX OYSTER - $440,000
13. JAMES BOND 1973 ROLEX 5513 - $450,000
12. ROLEX GMT 116769TBR - $547,000
11. ROLEX 6062 GOLD - $895,000
10. PAUL NEWMAN'S 1969 ROLEX DAYTONA - $1.1 MILLION
9. 1950 ROLEX SLEEPING BEAUTY - $1.14 MILLION
8. 1942 ROLEX CHRONOGRAPH - $1.16 MILLION
7. 1949 ROLEX OYSTER PERPETUAL - $1.22 MILLION
6. ERIC CLAPTON'S 1971 ROLEX DAYTONA - $1.185 MILLION
5. PAUL NEWMAN'S ROLEX DAYTONA OYSTER SOTTO 6239 -$1.95 MILLION
4. ROLEX SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH 4113-$2.45 MILLION
3. 1958 ROLEX GMT MASTER - $3.5 MILLION
2. ROLEX BAO DAI - $5.1 MILLION
1. PAUL NEWMAN'S ROLEX CHRONOGRAPH DAYTON -
$17.8 MILLION
So yes, Paul Newman has been breaking records with his Rolex collection for such a long time now that you are probably bored. But the price at which his latest Cosmograph Dayton went under the hammer would put his own brand value to shame. Known as the 'Paul Newman' watch, it was a gift from his wife Joanne Woodward who bought it from a Tiffany & Co store in New York in 1968. The 'drive carefully' was engraved while Newman was trying his hands in motor racing. The Oscar winner has used this watch for 15 years, before his gifting it to his daughter's then boyfriend James Cox in 1984. Even after their breakup, they remained good friends, and put it up on auction, proceedings from which went to the Newman's Own Foundation and the Nell Newman Foundation. 700 people were present in the auction with participants from 43 different countries by phone, one of whom finally bagged the treasure.
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