Watch Icons looks at the documented relationship between notable people and the watches they wore. Today: Elvis Presley and a Tiffany & Co.-signed Omega ref. H6582/D96043.
A milestone made wearable
On 25 February 1961, RCA Records presented Elvis Presley with an 18-karat white-gold Omega wristwatch at a charity luncheon and concert in Memphis. The gift marked 75 million records sold. Its caseback was engraved: “To Elvis, 75 Million Records, RCA Victor, 12-25-60.”
The watch
The ref. H6582/D96043 is a restrained 32.5 mm dress watch with a manually wound Omega calibre 510, a silvered dial signed by Tiffany & Co., subsidiary seconds and a bezel set with 44 brilliant-cut diamonds. Phillips records an Omega Extract from the Archives among the documents accompanying the watch.
Proof on the wrist
Photographs show Presley wearing the watch at the charity concert. Phillips also documented the photographs and provenance when the watch appeared at the Geneva Watch Auction: Seven in May 2018. The Swatch Group reported that the Omega Museum acquired it for CHF 1,500,000.
Sources
- Phillips: Elvis Presley’s Omega Comes to Auction This May
- Phillips: Omega ref. H6582/D96043 auction lot
- Swatch Group: Elvis Presley’s Omega sells for a world record
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