Here’s a piece of trivia about the “Albino” timepiece. Generally, Rolex combines two colors in its Daytona series to allow contrast between the dial and the chronograph totalizer. This unique Cosmograph Daytona has the same color in both components, with no apparent contrast. Now you know why it’s called Albino.

Back in 2003, at Sotheby auction in New York, the Oyster Albino was sold for a mere $505,000. The price was considered very expensive at that time, and it topped as the most expensive Rolex back then. But in 2015, that price tag was completely obliterated when the same piece was auctioned for an astronomical price of $1.4 million at Philips auction house in Geneva.

Considering the limited copies of the 1971 Cosmograph Daytona, it might be extremely difficult to come by these pieces. But the next rime Eric Clapton’s finely-tuned Albino wristwear or any of its very few brethren show up at the auction block, we might witness, yet again, one of the most insanely expensive wristwatch sales ever.

7. 1969 Paul Newman Oyster Sotto Cosmograph Daytona

Sold for $1.95 million in 2016

Right out of the bat, this is the rarest wristwatch to be ever made by Rolex. Only two of these are known to exist on our planet, with Paul Newman claiming original ownership to one of the units. Whether the second copy still exists or not is a question we might never find an answer to.

Besides being a rare piece, this 1969 Cosmograph Daytona breaks the brand’s norm with typical Cosmograph Daytona designs.

“Oyster Sotto” is Italian for “Oyster below,” which is why the dial of a Cosmograph Daytona Rolex usually has the inscription “Rolex/Cosmograph/Oyster” (also known as RCO). But this unique Paul Newman Oyster Sotto reads “Rolex/Oyster/Cosmograph,” defying the RCO nickname.

Any vintage watch collector would give their right arm to own this watch. Little wonder when it showed up at Philips auction in 2016, it sold for a staggering $1.95 million. Until this day, the 1969 Paul Newman Oyster Sotto Chronograph Daytona remains one of the world’s rarest, unusual, and most expensive Rolexes ever sold.