Marlon Brando’s Rolex From ‘Apocalypse Now’ Resurfaces

Then, in 2017, Paul Newman’s famous Rolex Daytona made headlines when it resurfaced, and was auctioned off for charity for a staggering $17.8 million. The Fischers heard about the sale and realized the value of their own piece of horological history. “I just feel like it’s lost in our drawer at home,” Ms. Brando Fischer, 47, said from her home in London, where she is a lawyer and mother of two.

In December, the Brando Rolex will be auctioned off by Phillips in New York, with a portion of the proceeds funding a new charitable foundation for children suffering abuse, hardship and neglect. Ms. Brando Fischer said that would be a fitting tribute to her father’s activism on behalf of the disenfranchised. (At the 1973 Academy Awards, Brando famously sent a young Apache woman named Sacheen Littlefeather to decline his best actor Oscar for “The Godfather,” as a protest of Hollywood’s portrayal of Native Americans.)

“He put himself at risk for all his beliefs,” she said. “He hated oppression. He despised racism. I think he was really before his time.”

While Brando generally eschewed the trappings of Hollywood, he did have a thing for nice timepieces. The two-time Academy Award winner flashed a number of Rolexes over the years, including the gold Datejust seen in “Last Tango in Paris.” In a 1989 interview with Connie Chung, he wore two watches at once: a Rolex GMT (not the “Apocalypse Now” watch) on one wrist, and a two-tone Tag Heuer on the other.

Source: The New York Times

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