Joanne Woodward gave Paul Newman this Daytona and had a message engraved on the back: “DRIVE CAREFULLY ME”. Collectors had long used his name for this style of dial. In 2017 his own watch sold at Phillips in New York for US$17,752,500.

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02The double signature

Patek Philippe · Ref. 5711/1A-018 · 2021

Patek Philippe made 170 of these steel Nautilus watches for the 170th anniversary of its partnership with Tiffany & Co. Both houses signed the blue dial. The first example sold at Phillips for US$6,503,500 in 2021, benefitting The Nature Conservancy.

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03The gold bezel

Audemars Piguet · Ref. 5402 · 1978

Gérald Genta acquired this example of his own design in 1978. Look at the contrast between the yellow-gold bezel and the steel bracelet. According to his family, Genta’s atelier made the bezel. Sotheby’s described the watch as possibly unique when it came to auction in 2022.

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