Rare Rolex `John Player Special` Paul Newman Daytona offered at Heritage Auctions
(Artdaily.org)

An extremely rare 14K Gold `Paul Newman” Rolex is headed to auction for the first time ever in Heritage Auctions’ Watches & Fine Timepieces Auction Oct. 24 in New York. A Rolex, Very Fine and Rare 14k Gold Ref. 6241 `John Player Special` Cosmograph Dayton with `Paul Newman` dial, Circa 1969, with a reserve of $350,000, is one of the most rare and desirable Daytona models among vintage Rolex collectors. With its distinctive art deco-inspired dial, it is named after the Rolex Daytona’s most famous owner, iconic actor and racing driver Paul Newman, who lent his name to this model and is the namesake of the signature dial. Nicknamed `John Player Special” after the Formula One car of the Brazilian legend Ayrton Senna and regarded as one of the most beautiful racing vehicles of all time, the car of Team Lotus sported the John