HONG KONG CHINA: A red Paul Neuman roger dubuis replica is displayed for sale by an exhibitor at the Antique and Modern Watch Jewelry Show in a Hong Kong hotel, 26 August 2005. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE

Why Paul Newman?

Why are there so few real Paul Newmans? Human greed is the answer. A roger dubuis replicaDaytona dialed with Paul Newman commands a substantial premium over the manual-wound Daytona dialed with regular dial. What is the exact amount? There are some variations, but in general a pump-pusher with a dial that is normal will cost around USD40,000.roger dubuis replica A 6241 Daytona retails at around USD40,000 while a Newman dial ref. 6241 is usually sold between USD150,000 and USD175,000. The premium is even higher when it comes to Daytona screw-pusher.

Paul Newman's non-Paul Newman reference 6241

Paul Newman Daytona ref. 6241

A screw-pusher with a dial that is normal. A 6263 retails for about USD50,000. 6263 is sold between USD250,000 and USD350,000. They can also go higher. Christie's set the record price for a roger dubuis replicaon 11 November 2013 -- USD 1,089,186 for a Paul Newman RCO ref with a black dial. 6263. The RCOref was replaced on 14 May 2016 by a new one. Phillips auctioned 6263 for CHF 1,985,000. Christie's says that this is the only three-color Paul Newman Daytona screw pusher type known to exist. There are less than a dozen examples.

Non-Paul Newman Daytona ref. 6263

Paul Newman Daytona ref. 6263.

Another reason why there are so many fakes is because it's very difficult, if you can call it that, to authenticate a Paul Newman dial Daytona. The watches were sold without any documentation as Exotic Dial Daytonas. (The name "Newman Dial" was given to the watch only in the 1980s.) The watches looked amazing, but they were a huge failure.Omega Seamaster 007 Replica Watches At least 20 Daytonas with normal dials were sold for every Paul Newman. Dealers could swap out dials, even if the watches had a Newman dial. This made it difficult to define what an original Paul Newman Daytona was.