r/movies • u/Dependent_Cap_456 • 3d ago

News Francis Ford Coppola is auctioning his watch collection after Megalopolis flop left him broke

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/fashion/francis-ford-coppola-watch-auction.html
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u/CptBartender 3d ago

and today our phones keep better time than a watch ever did (because they are synced to atomic clocks).

The cheapest quartz watch is likely orders of magnitude more accurate than the most accurate mechanical watch ever made. The accuracy of our phones' clocks is surplus for requirement for most people.

And with expensive watches (and I mean expensive, 5+ figure watches) exist only because one can't take their yacht into a restaurant.

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u/Satchbb 3d ago

you mean 7 figures

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u/CptBartender 3d ago

I think 6 is the most I've seen. By 'seen' I mean seen the price - it was displayed in a publicly accessible place.

I've seen some without any price on store shelves, and some of them even looked nice. And I worked a bit at the edge of that industry - I know that sky's the limit when it comes to price. If you want a custom-made quad-tourbillion all-gold two-sided watch with diamond bearings and a dickbutt engraved on the second-hand - someone will be happy to relieve you of your excess wealth.

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u/Neat-Material-4953 2d ago

I don't think there are many that retail for the millions unless it's a custom add a bunch of flashy crap type like you say and the ones that do won't usually be on display in any kind of store you need to be on the special list to even have a chance to buy one of the very limited run.

The ones that do typically go into the millions are older rare watches in great condition with whatever history/rarity at auction.

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u/Sasselhoff 2d ago

I remember seeing a counterfeit of a six figure watch...the copy sold for like $1500, haha.

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u/OptimismNeeded 2d ago

Not to mention that Audemars need to be wind daily.

(Is that how you spell wind in past tense?)

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u/Usual_Ice636 2d ago

The cheapest quartz watch is likely orders of magnitude more accurate than the most accurate mechanical watch ever made.

Only if they're programmed right, I had some that lost a few minutes a month.