{"id":34429,"date":"2025-09-24T03:53:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T03:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/34429\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T03:53:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T03:53:16","slug":"why-mark-zuckerberg-once-refused-a-585000-watch-and-instead-chose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/34429\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Mark Zuckerberg once refused a $585,000 watch and instead chose&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/mark-zuckerberg.jpg\" alt=\"Why Mark Zuckerberg once refused a $585,000 watch and instead chose...\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that he once turned down an early model of a luxury timepiece worth over half a million dollars and opted for its prototype instead because of his self-described &#8220;builder&#8221; persona. The Facebook-co-founder revealed the choice during an interview with the platform Drip, where he showcased his Greubel Forsey Nano Foudroyante watch, which retails for around $585,000.According to a report by Business Insider, the Swiss watchmaker&#8217;s creation was a limited-edition piece, with only 22 timepieces available at its debut.\u201cThey said that if I wanted, I could get one of the early ones that they made,\u201d Zuckerberg explained. \u201cI&#8217;m more of a work-in-progress, builder type of person, so I actually just asked them if I could get the prototype,\u201d he added, noting that he was unsure if the company normally accommodates such requests but that they \u201cfigured out how to do that for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Why Greubel Forsey&#8217;s Nano Foudroyante is so expensive <\/p>\n<p>The Nano Foudroyante is Greubel Forsey&#8217;s 10th \u201cFundamental Invention\u201d and is notable for its intricate \u201cfoudroyante\u201d complication, a subdial that measures fractions of a second with a hand completing one revolution per second. The watch is also a feat of engineering, as it is designed to be significantly more energy-efficient than traditional models.Zuckerberg&#8217;s watch collection is extensive, ranging from a humble $120 Casio to a flashy yellow-gold Rolex. The Nano Foudroyante is not his only Greubel Forsey timepiece; he also owns a Hand Made 1, which has a reported value of $900,000.Last year, a video went viral on social media, showing Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, having a conversation with Anant when Chan noticed his wristwatch.\u201cThat is cool,\u201d Chan said, to which Zuckerberg responded, &#8220;I know. I told him already.&#8221; She then asked Anant, &#8220;Who makes that?&#8221; Anant replied that the watch was a Richard Mille.Zuckerberg seemed particularly impressed by the timepiece. &#8220;I never really wanted to get a watch. But&#8230;&#8221; he said, showing his appreciation, as Priscilla added, &#8220;I might want that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>iOS26 now available: Things to know<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that he once turned down an early model of a luxury timepiece&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28817,28819,28814,85,46,28815,28813,1430,28816,28818,125],"class_list":["post-34429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-expensive-watches","tag-facebook-co-founder","tag-greubel-forsey-nano-foudroyante","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-luxury-timepiece","tag-mark-zuckerberg-watch","tag-meta","tag-meta-ceo","tag-prototype-watch","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}