Sinatra's, McQueen's, Roosevelt's, Sammy Davis Jr.'s Watches for auction

[Miss_Bella_Hell]

http://www.antiquorum.com/eng/press/2009/209106/juneny09auction.html

Up for auction:

1. 14K gold Movado watch retailed by Tiffany and Co. that was given to President Roosevelt on the occasion of his 63rd and last birthday by his son-in-law, Col. John Boettiger on January 30, 1945. Est. $ 50,000-$60,000.

2. Frank Sinatra's Gruen watch and gold chain necklace. This timepiece is a fine and very thin14K pink gold wristwatch with a pink gold-plated brick link bracelet and is accompanied by a 49 cm gold-plated necklace with 12 letter-links spelling “Frank Sinatra.” Est. $ 10,000 - $ 15,000

3. Sammy Davis Jr.’s Cartier Pasha. Est. $10,000 - $ 20,000

4. Steve McQueen's Heuer “Monaco” wristwatch worn by him during the filming of the 1971 movie “Le Mans”. Est. $ 10,000 - $ 20,000.

5. Steve McQueen’s Rolex, Ref. 5512 Submariner produced in 1967. Est. $ 10,000 - $ 20,000.

Among others!

 

[Sefton]

For me it's #4. Beautiful and unique watch.

 

[DBLIII]

Agreed, #4 would be stunning. Since it's spoken for, I'll take #5.

 

[Ethan Bentley]

#1 I think would be a favourite for me.

 

[Atterbury Dodd]

I wonder if #1 is the large watch you often see FDR wearing in the WWII era pictures. Some nice watches!

 

[repeatclicks]

Gahhh one of my favorite car films ever! If I cant have the Porsche he drove, Ill take the watch.

Interesting fact about LeMans (the film): obviously the production company needed Ferraris to race in the film so they contaced Ferrari themselves. Ferrari refused to loan out any of their cars simply because of the fact that a Porsche won the race, so they had to source their cars from a company in Belgium.