Vintage Watches
Could This Be the World's Most Expensive Rolex?
Hodinkee's vintage expert goes hands-on with a Rolex Triple Calendar Moonphase Reference 6062 owned by Bao Dai, Vietnam's last emperor.
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Originally published by Louis Westphalen on Hodinkee.
Imagine two of the greatest Rolex dealers and experts in the United States (if not the world), Andrew Shear (seen here) and Eric Ku (seen here), being asked by a room full of collectors "If you could only own one Rolex, what would it be?" and them both answering the same thing. This actually happened, and I was there for it. Their joint response was not some gilt exclamation mark underline Submariner, or some super-duper rare Oyster Paul Newman, but rather, a small 36mm yellow gold watch that in fact has the same case as as your average Datejust. But that's where the similarities end between the apple of both these experts' eyes and a typical Rolex.