Time Will Tell - Episode 1 - The Paul Newman Rolex Daytona from Greece

Every watch has a story, but some are more deserving of the spotlight than others. Time Will Tell is a new series produced by Bobs Watches that highlights the history of some of the watches that have found their way to us. In this 1st episode, Paul Altieri, the CEO of Bobs Watches, discusses the rare Rolex Daytona ref. 6239 (aka Paul Newman) with an exotic dial, that traveled to us all the way from Greece. Our customer, Vasileios Koloniaris, explained to us that the watch was an engagement gift to his father, purchased by his grandfather in 1971. Shockingly enough, his father had traded the Rolex with a friend, and for a Seiko! Years later, his mother had found out that the watch had been traded, and demanded that he retrieve his engagement gift. And not because of the value of the watch, but simply because it was a gift. It wasn't until Christmas Eve in 2016 when Vasileios started browsing Google for "sell a Rolex" for hints at what the watch might be worth. To his family's surprise, they discovered the watch in their possession was actually quite rare. So they submitted a request on www.BobsWatches.com to determine the true value of his fathers Rolex watch. We ended up flying Vasileios in first class from his home in Greece to our location in Huntington Beach, California, so he could personally trade in his father's watch - for DOUBLE what he was expecting to receive. Of course, he couldn't resist leaving here without first buying a pre-owned black Rolex Submariner of h