{"id":114425,"date":"2024-01-31T13:13:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T13:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/?p=114425"},"modified":"2024-01-31T13:13:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T13:13:10","slug":"lusting-after-marlon-brandos-apocolypse-now-rolex-heres-a-2195-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/lusting-after-marlon-brandos-apocolypse-now-rolex-heres-a-2195-alternative\/","title":{"rendered":"Lusting after Marlon Brando’s Apocolypse Now Rolex? Here’s a \u00a32,195 alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
A Rolex GMT Master, once owned by Marlon Brando and worn during filming of Apocalypse Now, remains impounded by a Swiss court after a Christie’s auction descended into chaos.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The watch had Mr Brando’s name engraved into its caseback and he had removed its 24 hour bezel, making it look more like the sort of field watch that might have been worn by a crazed military man in a Vietnamese jungle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is no end in sight for the legal dispute playing out in Geneva for the Brando Rolex, but an alternative has just come to the attention of WatchPro in the form of a limited edition 101 Mark II from British independent watchmaker, Freese, which bears a more than passing resemblance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n