Woman finds rare Rolex worth $191,000 hidden inside $25 thrift-store sofa four years after buying it

A Canadian woman bought a sofa for $25 at a thrift shop and never imagined it would become one of the most talked-about watch finds in recent memory. Four years later, while retrieving her dropped phone from between the cushions, she discovered a rare Rolex Paul Newman Daytona hidden inside, a watch that went on to fetch $191,000 at auction, according to Bob’s Watches and JCK.

The discovery reads like a collector’s fantasy, but it happened in real life. The sofa was bought for $25, the watch was found by accident, and the final sale price was nearly 7,600 times the cost of the couch!

Read more about it, as per the reports, here:What the watch wasThe watch was a reference 6241 Rolex Paul Newman Daytona, a vintage chronograph with a distinctive Art Deco-style dial that collectors prize above almost any other Rolex variant. Bob’s Watches notes that the presence of a Paul Newman dial can multiply a vintage Daytona’s value several times over.The watch remained in exceptional condition despite spending years between the cushions of a couch.