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Interesting thread this, thanks.
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Daytona "Winner's Watch" - 24H LeMans und 24H Daytona
The Winner’s Watch as we know it today (the iconic Daytona) began with Rolex’s sponsorship of the 2000 race, if I recall correctly.
In 1999 Bill France Jr. chose to take Grand American racing in that direction after some really lean years in the early ‘90’s. It became the Rolex24 and Rolex provided the watches. Now it’s very possible there were trophy Rolex watches before then but each year depended upon the receipts from the prior season and GrandAm. Because the 24 hour race is the first one of each new season, they never knew which teams would enter (and entry fees determined purses and awards). So any early watches would’ve been coming out of GrandAm’s pocket. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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You are sure 77T, not earlier???
I think the give in Daytona the watches since the 90s, so it starts with the 16520s, or? No one knowes? |
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Rolex didn't get involved in awarding watches until the 90s and awarded those to overall winners only until a few years later. Paul Newman's teammates were not awarded watches in 1995, so unless that was a special gift from Rolex to him personally (a bit odd that they wouldn't award watches to his teammates), he obtained the Daytona in that photo some other way. I'm currently in the final weeks of a project about Daytona winners and their watches. |
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Thank you Zagato, interesting, tell us more.
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I think if you won at Daytona you get one. I don't know if this applies still but if you won the duels you received a Rolex. Dale Earnhardt estate brought out a few rolexes for the public to see and on the back it said twin 125 winner. If you win the pole for the Daytona 200 motorcycle race you get a Rolex. If you win he race you also get a Rolex.
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So is it correct that they start in 1991?
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And again the Brabham Le Mans Daytona.
This time at the unique „Daytona only“ Auction by Phillips, see http://rolexpassionreport.com/25962/...pucci-papaleo/ |
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Follow Ref. 116520 A highly rare stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with guarantee and fitted presentation box awarded to David Brabham, winner of the Rolex 24 of Le Mans in 2009 Estimate 50-100.000 CHF https://www.phillips.com/detail/ROLEX/CH080318/25 |
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Le Mans Winners Watch
https://www.phillips.com/detail/ROLE...s&searchPage=1 Ref. 116520 "The Winner" A highly rare stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with guarantee and fitted presentation box awarded to David Brabham, winner of the Rolex 24 of Le Mans in 2009 Circa 2009 39.5mm diameter Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed Estimate CHF50,000 - 100,000 SOLD FOR CHF60,000 |
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Cool!
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that Sotheby's daytona winner that went for 75k is not a correct watch or maybe photo. i won the race overall in 2003. the watches were white and the engraving looks different. fyi
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Congrats on that win - what an unusual result that I think still stands as only time the GT’s bested the Prototypes. Ya know what they say - pics? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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Any more pics or infos?
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It’s Le Mans 24H week, show us more of your Daytonas at Racetracks
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2018 Le Mans Winners Watch in black SS
24 HOURS OF LE MANS 2018 TROPHY AND ENGRAVED ROLEX OYSTER PERPETUAL COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA PRESENTED TO THE WINNERS OF THE RACE |
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I posted this a while ago
https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=591844 and added some pics. I don't think he's selling any of his, but each one is very well deserved!
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It was „Le Mans“ not Daytona at the beginning ;-)
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Next winners Daytona at auction.
1994 Daytona 16520 - Estimate is 60-90.000 Euro Special thread about the auction in Monaco https://www.rolexforums.com/showthre...ghlight=Monaco |
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Next one at Auction - Phillips HK 27.11.2018
Details https://www.phillips.com/detail/ROLEX/HK080218/965 |
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