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A Screen Icon?s Watches on the Auction Block

This week, Sotheby?s announced that they?ll be auctioning off a selection of Sylvester Stallone?s watches, and his collection is full of heavy hitters, to say the least. We?ve long known Stallone to be a watch guy, and he?s perhaps best known for wearing Panerais on screen and in public. Many, in fact, credit him with popularizing the brand in the mainstream as it rose to prominence twenty years ago. But Sly?s collection, as it turns out, goes way deeper than Panerai. Among the watches that will be auctioned are timepieces from Audemars Piguet, Cartier, and Rolex, as well as several Patek Philippes. The most notable of the Pateks, without a doubt, is a 6300G-010 Grandmaster Chime, the brand?s most complicated wristwatch. Stallone?s example is the first ever to be sold at auction. What?s more, it?s in completely untouched condition. It?s literally still in the sealed plastic bag it came in, straight from Switze...