Phillips Spotlights Francis Ford Coppola’s Personal Watch Collection in The New York Watch Auction: XIII

Summary • Phillips will auction Francis Ford Coppola’s one-of-one FFC Prototype • Six additional watches from Coppola’s collection, including a platinum Chronomètre à Résonance, will also be offered at The New York Watch Auction: XIII in December

Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo has announced a landmark highlight for its upcoming New York Watch Auction: XIII. Leading the sale is Francis Ford Coppola’s one-of-one F.P. Journe FFC Prototype wristwatch, a remarkable timepiece born from a pivotal 2012 conversation between Coppola and master watchmaker François-Paul Journe, during which Coppola posed the question of whether a human hand had ever been used to tell time.

The FFC Prototype is defined by its groundbreaking mechanism: a sculpted automaton hand that uses its five finger