THE Golden Bear will look bare without his golden watch – after he auctioned off one of sport’s most famous timepieces for 928,000.
Golf legend Jack Nicklaus won the last 12 of his 18 Majors after Rolex gave it to him in 1967. And the wrist is history.
A normal price for a normal owner would have been 7,000.
But Yank Nicklaus, now 79, had one of the most extraordinary careers ever.
And his 18-karat gold Rolex 1803 Day-Date was synonymous with his success, regularly photographed on his arm as he held aloft trophy after trophy.
Nicklaus added two Open titles, three US Open crowns, three Masters successes and four PGA Championship triumphs to his glorious haul of top honours after acquiring the timepiece.
And the $1million dollar raised from selling the watch will go to the Nicklaus Childrens Health Care Foundation, helping US pediatric hospitals fighting childhood illness.
Similar Rolex models from the same era usually fetch around 6,800 to 8,350.
CNBC say Marlon Brando’s stainless-steel Rolex GMT-Master, which was signed on the back and wore filming Apocalypse Now, sold at the same auction for 1.48m.
That movie lorded it at the box-office in 1979.
And you would need to rewind more than a decade for the birth of Nicklaus’ much longer reign with his own iconic watch.
