The world of online auctions are booming and there are many collectors who bid on the net for acquiring both a wristwatchAs an Pocket Watch, as 19th century paintings exclusive, among many other items.
Last year, the auction of a Rolex watch, has exceeded all established records and has reached a total of almost 18 million dollars (more than 15 million euros to change). A world-wide and historical record in the sale of wristwatches, both new and second-hand.
The model is specifically the Rolex Paul Newman Daytona and it became very popular because actor Paul Newman appeared with him on the cover of an Italian magazine in the 80s. Since then his popularity has not stopped growing and collectors around the world are interested in the Rolex Daytona model .
Although the figure reached is one of the most important in the field of online watch auctions, it has not been the watch for which it has been paid the most. The 1932 Henry Graves pocket watch holds the current record since 2014 and its auction ended with a total of more than 19 millones de euros.
1932 Henry Graves pocket watch, online auction record
This watch is considered the most complicated in the world. The term "complication" in watches refers to the additional features that the watch has in addition to giving the time. And The Supercomplication, as they usually call it, has 24 extra features that include chimes in the style of London's Westminster Abbey, a perpetual calendar, sunrise and sunset times, and a celestial map of New York, such and as seen from the Graves Junior apartment on Fifth Avenue.
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