This all started with a loving wife reminding her husband to drive carefully. Firstly, the Rolex Daytona watch wasn't particularly desirable in the late 1960s - its large graphic typeface and cream on black dial was flashy, in an Art Deco sort of way, and not many customers gravitated toward it. Realizing that it was a tough sell, Rolex limited production for the model and unknowingly created a crackerjack that would come to mystify vintage watch collectors decades later. Lot 2104, A Rare and Highly-Desirable Rolex "Paul Newman" Daytona, 1968; Estimate $150,000 - $300,000 It wasn't until Joanne Woodward - actress and wife of the mega movie s...
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