PRESS RELEASE
PHILLIPS TO OFFER HOLLYWOOD LEGEND
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA’S
UNIQUE F.P.JOURNE FFC PROTOTYPE WRISTWATCH
To Headline The New York Watch Auction: XIII on 6-7 December,
Estimated in Excess of $1 Million
One of Seven Watches in the Sale from the Personal Collection of the Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker
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F.P.Journe, Francis Ford Coppola’s Unique FFC Prototype Estimate in Excess of $1 million |
Francis Ford Coppola, 2025 |
NEW YORK – 23 OCTOBER 2025 – Continuing the celebration of its 10th year, Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo is honored to announce the top lot of The New York Watch Auction: XIII — Francis Ford Coppola’s one-of-one wristwatch, made specifically for the legendary filmmaker. Born of a conversation in 2012 between the two titans when they met at Coppola’s Inglenook winery in Napa Valley in which Coppola asked Journe if a human hand had ever been used to indicate time, this watch is the first timepiece in history to employ such a feature. The two became so captivated by the concept of using one human hand to convey a twelve-hour period that discussions and prototyping continued for years, culminating with this prototype watch resulting from Coppola’s idea. The FFC is the first and only Journe timepiece whose idea came from someone other than François-Paul. This historic timepiece will be offered alongside six other watches from Coppola’s personal collection in the December sale, including the F.P.Journe Résonance gifted to Coppola by his wife Eleanor in 2009 that led to Coppola’s pivotal 2012 meeting with François-Paul Journe. Expected to realize in excess of $1 million, this FFC Prototype will lead The New York Watch Auction: XIII on 6-7 December following a world tour to London, Geneva, and Hong Kong, and is poised to become one of the top lots of the season across the watch auction industry.
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