God doesn't need to know what time it is.


Value of anything is a most fascinating subject to me.

Eric Clapton hasn't owned this  Rolex Daytona for nearly 20 years. It 's probably been in storage since he dumped it and is expected to fetch north of $1.6M?

For that much I'd want his playing ability AND his stereo system.

 

 

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Have worn my dad's Oyster pretty much every day for twenty years- only had to have the strap repaired once and serviced occasionally- keeps spot on time and still looks new despite daily abuse. Don't own a mobile phone

Always been disappointed with my bro's twin reverb- always seems to hum too much despite servicing; maybe find a better tech

I don't know which model Daytona Clapton has.  Some rare ones are very valuable.  But it won't be worth anything like $1.6m.  Paul Newman's 60's Daytona fetched $17.8m.  Newman is not 10 times more famous than Clapton but his car racing exploits including at Daytona raised the value.

I cannot understand the recent fetish for owning generic kit that has been owned by famous people.  There has always been such interest, but currently the price premium has multiplied enormously.  Each Rolex Daytona of a particular model is the same as all the others.

Auction houses have latched onto this and now routinely sell the furnishings and personal possessions of the rich and famous either when they are down-sizing, need the money, or mostly their children cashing in after they pass away.

It is interesting stars can cash in on their fame, and make a lot of extra money merely for being famous.  Possibly they should game this by owning a lot more stuff than they need, even more than they actually do.

@keithsax      Yes Rolexes do seem to keep good time if properly regulated.  When you say 'spot on time' what do you mean?  I have a Submariner that gains about 1.6s a day.  I reckon that's pretty good.

 

@bdp24    Each to his own, please.  I have about 13 good watches and no guitars.   I suppose you think I'm missing out?

Probably loses about a minute a month if that- can't remember the last time I had to adjust it- always run my watch/ clock 2-3 minutes fast anyway so I'm never late.....

Have about 20 saxes and over 40 pushbikes but one watch

One of the posters made me snort my morning coffee.

When I retired it was about the same time my son left school and was looking for work.

Since I had 3 wristwatches I told him he could have whichever of mine he wanted?

"why wd I need a watch?"

So you cd know the time"

He held up his I phone -I stared at it for maybe 5 minutes before the penny dropped