Australia is not usually where the world's biggest watch auction stories happen. Geneva gets them. Hong Kong gets them. New York almost always gets them.
This time, Sydney might.
A rare Rolex Rainbow Daytona is set to feature in First State Auctions' upcoming luxury watch sale, with specialists predicting it could become the most expensive watch ever sold at an Australian auction.
The estimate is in excess of $500,000, which would comfortably clear the current local record for a wristwatch. Tha
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