{"id":1637,"date":"2018-02-07T07:17:52","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T07:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swisswatchexpo.com\/TheWatchClub\/?p=1637"},"modified":"2025-08-02T16:04:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T16:04:45","slug":"love-stories-behind-famous-watches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swisswatchexpo.com\/thewatchclub\/2018\/02\/07\/love-stories-behind-famous-watches\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Stories Behind Famous Watches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Watches make the ideal romantic gift for many reasons. Ever-present on the wrist, it not only tells time, but serves as a daily reminder of a couple\u2019s commitment to spend time together. Given on a special occasion, it becomes a marker of a particular moment or memory. Chosen carefully, it can last for decades and generations, which gives it true sentimental value.<\/p>\n

Throughout history, there have been watches that captured the interest of the public, mainly because of the men and women who owned them. Some of them are more than just watches worn by famous people, but were presents given out of love and devotion:br<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Paul Newman\u2019s \u201cPaul Newman\u201d <\/span>Rolex Daytona<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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There is perhaps no other watch with greater provenance than Paul Newman\u2019s very own \u201cPaul Newman\u201d <\/span>Rolex Daytona<\/a>. The sought-after watch with an exotic dial was a gift from Newman\u2019s wife, actress Joanne Woodward after they starred in the 1969 movie,\u00a0<\/span>Winning.<\/em><\/p>\n

Newman\u2019s race car driving character started his interest in the sport. Woodward, worried for his safety but still ever so supportive, gave him the ultimate <\/span>racing watch<\/a> \u2013 the <\/span>Rolex Daytona<\/a>. She engraved a sweet message on its caseback: \u201cDRIVE CAREFULLY ME\u201d.\u00a0<\/span>Photo<\/a> from 20th Century Fox, Public Domain and Phillips Auction on Instagram
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