Breaking Information: Marlon Brando’s Rolex GMT-Grasp From ‘Apocalypse Now’ Will Be Auctioned At Phillips

You realize that feeling you get while you discover one thing that you just assumed was misplaced? That feeling of pure bliss, as in case you virtually cheated the chances and have been granted a present from on excessive? Properly, in case you’re somebody within the historical past of Rolex watches, cinema, or each, this could get your blood going: Phillips has unearthed the Rolex GMT-Grasp worn by legendary actor Marlon Brando as Colonel Kurtz in 1979’s Apocalypse Now. This was was lengthy assumed to be misplaced to time, however right here it’s, within the metallic, able to hit the public sale block this winter in New York Metropolis.

The watch itself is extraordinarily distinctive. In some ways, it is a traditional matte dial ref. 1675 GMT-Grasp. However then issues get a bit bizarre. On the set of Apocalypse Now, somebody on the crew thought the watch regarded too good, so Brando popped the bezel off, leaving the watch within the state wherein you see it right here. Including to the ruggedness is an “M. Brando” engraving on the caseback that Brando did himself with a easy engraving pen. It seems suitably tough and suits the watch properly. The watch is fitted to a black strap, not an Oyster bracelet, that’s not too dissimilar from the strap on which Brando wore the watch within the movie (although it’s not the unique).