A unique Rolex Daytona watch was sold Thursday evening for EUR 88,800 (including buyer’s premium) at Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers in Copenhagen. The watch was won by Danish racing driver Michael Christensen in 2017 at the prestigious 24 hours of Daytona race. Michael Christensen now wants to donate the profits from the sale to Save the Children in Ukraine.
Now you have the opportunity to get your hands on a genuine winner's watch – won by the Danish racing driver Michael Christensen at the prestigious 24 Hours of Daytona race. It will be sold at Bruun Rasmussen's Copenhagen saleroom on 28 September.
Thursday evening, Bruun Rasmussen achieved yet another Danish auction record with the sale of a Rolex Daytona Cosmograph from 1964-65, also known as the “Paul Newman” watch. It was sold for the extraordinary price of DKK 1.7 million (€297,000 including buyer’s premium), which is the highest hammer price ever achieved at a wristwatch auction in Denmark.
At this summer's international auction in Copenhagen, Bruun Rasmussen offers a unique and iconic Rolex Daytona Cosmograph from 1964-65, identical to the wristwatch owned by Paul Newman, which last year went for USD 15.5 million. The auction house has never before offered this model.
A Rolex wristwatch from the early 1950s achieved a Danish record price at Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers Thursday evening, where the price passed a million Danish Kroner and continued all the way to DKK 1,527,500 (€ 205,000) including buyer's premium.
The most expensive Rolex watch in the history of Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers in Copenhagen will be up for auction on 30 November. The watch is a rare star-studded "Stilline" wristwatch from 1953, which is estimated at DKK 1.2-1.5 million. Included in the auction is also the world's most sought-after sports watch "Nautilus 3700" from Patek Philippe, which is estimated at DKK 350,000-400,000.