The New York Watch Auction : XIII, which included the sale of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola’s custom watch , became the highest-grossing watch auction in history on Sunday.

The auction’s 10th anniversary for Phillips in association with Bacs & Russo also extended Phillips Watches ’ streak to five consecutive years of 100 percent-sold “white glove” live auctions in New York.

Coppola’s one-of-a-kind F.P. Journe FFC Prototype led the auction, selling for $10.8 million to an anonymous bidder on the phone. The sale marked a new world auction record for F.P. Journe and a new record for a watch by an independent watchmaker.

The New York Watch Auction : XIII, which included the sale of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola’s custom watch , became the highest-grossing watch auction in histor

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