{"id":425259,"date":"2026-05-04T19:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/425259\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T19:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:26:10","slug":"inside-the-sale-of-drakes-500000-take-care-rolex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/425259\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Sale of Drake\u2019s $500,000 Take Care Rolex"},"content":{"rendered":"

It didn\u2019t take long for the 6 God-blessed Rollie to find a new home. The week it went up for sale, Wind told me he received \u201ctwo offers a bit below the ask,\u201d in addition to several conversations with people who were interested but had not yet extended offers.<\/p>\n

One of those on-the-fence parties reached out to Justin Zhou<\/a>, a collector and founder of watch community JZO Club, for guidance after seeing one of Zhou\u2019s Instagram Reels on the topic<\/a>. The lucky buyer\u2014probably blasting \u201cHYFR\u201d in his penthouse right now\u2014wound up bringing Zhou on to advise on the deal, which gave him the opportunity to try on this iconic piece of hip-hop memorabilia.<\/p>\n

I spoke with Zhou about connecting with this mysterious buyer, what it was like having an all-time grail on his wrist, and what happened at the dinner that finalized the purchase.<\/p>\n

GQ: Did you know the buyer prior to this deal?<\/p>\n

Zhou: I didn’t know him at all. We were total strangers until a few days ago. He watched my content and he liked and knew how much I liked Drake. So, when this watch first came up for purchase, I made this video where I specifically said, \u201cI\u2019d love to manifest being a part of this transaction.\u201d I was able to manifest a meeting with the CEO of Audemars Piguet, Ilaria Resta. I was able to manifest getting a [Rolex Daytona] \u201cPanda\u201d at retail. So, yeah, I\u2019m a big believer in manifestation. It\u2019s not my hottest video, but I want to get it out there. The buyer sees it and slides in my DMs.<\/p>\n

The power of asking.<\/p>\n

So he messages me: \u201cI\u2019m likely going to buy the Drake Watch. If you want to be involved, please let me know.\u201d And he puts his phone number and adds, \u201cYou\u2019re the man, would love your help.\u201d So for me, when I saw this, I was suspicious at first. Because usually when big watch collectors reach out to me, we have mutuals and I can ask around. But we only had one mutual and that person wasn\u2019t even a watch collector.<\/p>\n

But then, the day after, he sends me another follow-up: \u201cBumping this if you\u2019re interested. And he emails me too. So that\u2019s when I knew, like, shit, this guy might be serious.<\/p>\n

If he\u2019s trying to murder you, he\u2019s really putting in the legwork.<\/p>\n

Yeah, for sure. And so I respond and say I\u2019d love to help and ask what his reasons are for buying it. He gave me an elaborate story of how he built his business, and Drake\u2019s music was a huge part in growing it. He’s a big Drake guy and Take Care is his favorite album, blah, blah, blah. It\u2019s a great story. I quickly found out that he’s a very legit, very successful guy, and we ended up going to dinner last night.<\/p>\n

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