The assortment, which comprises timepieces crafted by renowned watchmakers Rolex, F.P. Journe, and Audemars Piguet, have been made available for purchase by the Schumacher family. Schumacher, who suffered a serious head injury in a skiing accident in 2013, received two of these watches as Christmas gifts from his former Ferrari team principal Jean Todt in 2003 and 2004.
One of these watches, an F.P. Journe with symbolic references to Schumacher’s seven F1 Driver’s Championships, is projected to fetch up to 2 million Swiss francs ($2.21-Million) when it goes up for auction next week.
Schumacher achieved an unprecedented seven F1 Championships, securing two with Benetton in 1994 and 1995 before joining Ferrari in 1996 and claiming an additional five championships with them between 2000 and 2004.
After initially retiring from F1 at the conclusion of the 2006 season, Schumacher made a comeback with Mercedes in 2010, leading the team that evolved from Brawn GP. He ultimately retired for good at the conclusion of the 2012 F1 season.
Schumacher held the record for the highest number of wins (91) and poles (68) until Lewis Hamilton (103 wins and 104 poles) surpassed him after taking over his position at Mercedes in 2013. Hamilton secured his seventh F1 Title in 2020, now matching Schumacher’s record.
(Reported by Noele Illien, Additional reporting by GrandPrix247)