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

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

Wristwatches were made so one would not need to to reach into their pocket for the time. Now it has come full circle where people reach back into their pocket. I’ve been a watchmaker for years, hence my ID "isochronism" (So I have more than a few) I also have a few vintage guitars and amps also. Funny Clapton story: A friend who only gave guitar lessons and was a big 50’s Strat collector, received a call from Eric’s people as he was to appear on Letterman show in a few weeks and was looking for a Tweed Twun to borrow. (my friend told me of this a couple weeks prior to his appearance) My friend said: "you know I don’t have one but even if I did I wouldn’t lend it. I told his people I don’t have one, but Eric can come in for lessons anytime" 😄 True! And my friend was THAT good! Such is life.