Movie star Marlon Brando made this GMT famous in Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam War epic, "Apocalypse Now." Boutros tells CNBC that the stainless steel and rubber strap Rolex was Brando's most treasured timepiece.Phillips says during the filming, Brando was instructed by a crew member to remove the watch because the Rolex was too flashy for his notorious character, Col. Walter E. Kurtz.
Boutros says very few people knew the Academy Award winner had a penchant for engraving things. When Boutros got his hands on the piece, he was shocked to discover "M. Brando" carved into it.Backside of Brando's Rolex GMT-Master Ref. 1675 shows his signature engraved on the timepiece.Phillips says a Rolex GMT-Master Ref. 1675 like Brando's from the 1970s would typically sell for around $20,000.
But Brando's star power and the unusual customizations he made set up Brando's watch to fetch much more at auction.Other experts tell CNBC that Boutros is being conservative with his estimate and predict Brando's watch could sell for millions.Jack Nicklaus' Rolex Day-Date Ref. 1803
jacknicklaus The ppl who pay millions for a watch worn by someone else deserve to rot in hell. There are homeless ppl, starving ppl & these scum spend 120,000 on a banana w/ ducttape etc. No soul.
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MakeIt A watch is a watch Why buy a big ticket watch when a cheap watch does the exact same thing
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