One of the most highly anticipated watches at auction this year -- and maybe even ever -- the Paul Newman Rolex Daytona watch has sold, fetching a whopping $17.7 million and setting a record.

Prices for Paul Newman Daytonas have climbed quickly, from $9,257 at Antiquorum in 1992 to $871,500 at a Christie’s auction house in June of this year. And while we’re handing out credit, next ...

After 12 minutes of intense bidding at Phillips' Winning Icons sale, Paul Newman's Rolex Daytona Ref. 6239 sold for a record-setting $17,752,500, claiming the title of most expensive watch ever ...

The personal Rolex Daytona (right) of Paul Newman (left) sold at auction for a jaw-dropping $17.75 million last fall. Getty Images; Phillips Every January at the Rolex 24 at Daytona endurance race ...

With a final sale price of $17,752,500 including buyer’s premiums and fees, Paul Newman’s Rolex Daytona 6239 has officially become the world’s most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction ...

Paul Newman's Rolex Daytona watch just sold for record $17.75 million It’s the actual Rolex Daytona Newman wore in the 1969 racing film “Winning.” By Sven Gustafson ...

Newman’s “Zenith” Daytona was awarded to him when his racing team won the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1995. But Newman, ever the philanthropist, decided to include the watch in an auction in 1999 ...

While that is a relatively meager sum when stacked up against today’s celebrity-watch sales, Newman’s Rolex notched the highest sales price in the auction. That ’93 Daytona meant so much to ...

Auction records were shattered at Phillips in New York on Thursday night when Paul Newman’s 1968 Rolex Cosmograph Daytona — Reference 6239, the model made famous by the iconic actor ...

It is the first from the Paul Newman collection to be auctioned in the U.K. and is estimated to be sold at £500,000 to £1,000,000, which translates to an approximate price range of $591,000 to ...

Prices on most Rolex sport models keep falling, but not for the suddenly popular Day-Date 36 and certainly not for the impossible-to-get Daytona. Here at Shopping Time, we’ve recently brought ...

Auction Bound: Paul Newman’s Own Rolex Daytona, Jackie O.’s Cartier Tank, Bob Hope’s Jaeger-LeCoultre ... Estimated at over $1M (with many speculating a price in excess of $5M), ...