Francis Ford Coppola’s F.P. Journe Sells for $11 Million at Auction
The New York Times • • general
Key Points:
- Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, who nearly went broke financing his film "Megalopolis," has been selling personal items, including watches, to raise funds.
- In a recent auction at Phillips, an F.P. Journe watch from Coppola's collection sold for nearly $11 million, marking it as the sixth-most-expensive watch ever sold at auction.
- The watch, called the FFC, was designed by Coppola in collaboration with Swiss watchmaker F.P. Journe in 2014 and features a unique openwork (skeleton dial) design with a gloved hand that changes configuration with the hour.
- Notably, this watch is the only one among the top six most expensive auctioned watches