Vintage Rolex Daytona From Original Family Leads Heritage’s Watches & Fine Timepieces Auction Beyond $2.5 Million

Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar Chronograph and Longines ‘Doppia Lancetta’ also among event’s highlights DOWNLOAD DIGITAL PRESS KIT DALLAS, Texas (June 4, 2024) — More than two dozen bids poured in for a Rolex, Rare 14k Yellow Gold Cosmograph, Ref. 6265 “Sigma Dial” Circa 1978, Associated Gold Bracelet, With Box, Original 14k U.S.A. Band(For Repair) and Stamped Warranty that eventually sold for $143,750, leading Heritage’s Watches & Fine Timepieces Signature® Auction to $2,571,945 June 3. “This is a remarkable timepiece that has remained in good hands throughout its existence,” says Jim Wolf, Director of Watches & Fine Timepieces at Heritage Auctions. “It was sold more than 40 years ago, and has remained in the original owner’s family ever since.” A Patek Philippe, Fine Perpetual Calendar Chronograph, Ref. 3970ER-012 Circa 2000 Full Set sold for $90,625 to lead more than 20 watches by the last family-owned Genevan watch manufacturer. It features an opaline dial, with faceted baton hour markers and Feuille hands, all housed in a 36mm 18k rose gold case. Another Patek Philippe highlight was a Superb Ref. 5960P, Brand New Single Sealed, Circa 2014 Full Set that climbed to $55,000. Presented as brand new and including all of its original accessories, it boasts a silver dial with triple aperture to show the day, date and month, with applied hour indices and luminous hands, in a 40mm platinum case. A Longines, Very Rare and Fine Stainless Steel Ref. 5699 “Doppia Lancetta” Circa 1940s With Extract more than doubled its high pre-auction estimate when it closed at $78,125. It features a silver dial with a blue central “snail scale” track, an outer open “Mileage” track, dual sunken sub-registers for subsidiary seconds, elapsed chronograph hours, luminous Arabic hour indices and blued luminous hands, all encased in a 39.5mm stainless steel case. Seventy-nine Rolexes found new homes in the auction, including a Rolex, Ref. 6265 Stainless Steel Oyster Cosmograph “Big Red Floating Daytona” Wristwatch, Circa 1975 that sold for $52,500. This magnificent watch was consigned to Heritage Auctions by the original owner nearly 50 years after it was purchased. A Rare Stainless Steel Submariner, Ref. 16610 “Panama Canal” No. 4/75 Circa 1999, From the Original Owner, which was among a group of four beautiful watches celebrating the return of the Panama Canal from the United States to Panama, sold for $50,000. Another prize from the group, a rare 18k Yellow Gold Yacht-Master II, Ref. 116688 Made to Commemorate Centennial Anniversary of the Panama Canal, One of 30 Made Circa 2014, ended at $37,500. Other top Rolexes in the auction included, but were not limited to:   • An 18k “Everose” Daytona, Ref. 116505 Circa 2019 Box and Guarantee: $43,750   • A Fine 18k Everose Daytona Ref. 116505 Circa 2019 Full Set: $42,500   • An 18k Yellow Gold Day-Date “40” Ref. 228348RBR Circa 2013: $41,250   • An As-New 18k Rose Gold Sky-Dweller Circa 2019 Full Set: $41,250 Other top lots in the auction included, but were not limited to:   • An A. Lange & Sohne, Platinum Grand Lange 1 Ref. 115.025 Circa 2008 Box and Papers: $41,250   • A Vacheron Constantin, Fine Perpetual Calendar Chronograph, Patrimony Traditionelle Ref. 47292/000R-9392: $40,000   • An Omega, 18k yellow Gold Speedmaster “Apollo XI” Circa 1969, Serial no. 75: $40,000 Complete results can be found at HA.com/5556. Heritage Auctions is the largest fine art and collectibles auction house founded in the United States, and the world's largest collectibles auctioneer. Heritage maintains offices in New York, Dallas, Beverly Hills, Chicago, Palm Beach, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Hong Kong and Tokyo. Heritage also enjoys the highest Online traffic and dollar volume of any auction house on earth (source: SimilarWeb and Hiscox Report). The Internet's most popular auction-house website, HA.com, has more than 1,750,000 registered bidder-members and searchable free archives of 6,000,000 past auction records with prices realized, descriptions and enlargeable photos. Reproduction rights routinely granted to media for photo credit. For breaking stories, follow us: HA.com/Facebook and HA.com/Twitter . Link to this release or view prior press releases . Hi-Res images available: Steve Lansdale, Public Relations Specialist 214-409-1699 or SteveL@HA.com