"Actor's Watch" focuses on watches worn by actors in movies, television, etc.
In this 102nd installment, we will be introducing the watch of Antonio Banderas, one of Hollywood's most handsome Latin actors.
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Antonio Banderas's role as Carlos, a young man with glasses, in Women on the Brink of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) directed by Spanish master Pedro Almodóvar was a turning point for him, and he quickly rose to the top of the Spanish film industry. After entering Hollywood, he made his international breakthrough with his lead role in Desperado (1995), in which he played a Mexican guitar player (El Mariachi) who is hell-bent on revenge against the gangster who killed his girlfriend. He established himself as a sexy Latin action star with a sweet face.
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Antonio Banderas has transformed from a naive young man into a sexy Latin star with a well-trained physique. This time, we will be focusing on the watches he wore in the film.
Assassin
ASSASSINS (1995)
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A top-class veteran assassin, Las ( Sylvester Stallone ), is asked to assassinate a corrupt politician, but is overtaken by an ambitious young assassin, Miguel ( Antonio Banderas ). Las' next job is to assassinate a female hacker, "Electra," who has top secret files. However, Miguel appears again and the assassination fails. On the contrary, Las ends up on the run with Electra.
Miguel plans to become the "world's best assassin" by killing Russ. The "organization" hires Miguel to track down Russ and Elektra to retrieve the top-secret data. In the Caribbean, where Russ has taken refuge, the final battle between the old and new assassins is about to begin...
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The 1995 action blockbuster " Assassins " depicts the battle between a top assassin who wants to retire from his underworld career and a young assassin who wants to dethrone him and take the title of "World's Greatest Assassin." In this film, Antonio Banderas, who plays the ambitious young assassin Miguel, wears a watch that appears to be a Breitling Colt Ocean (Ref. A17035 ) .
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By the way, the watch worn by Sylvester Stallone, who plays the veteran assassin Russ in this film, is a Pulsar Quartz (Ref. unknown ). Judging from the logo with only a capital "P", it is likely a model from the 1970s before the company was acquired by Seiko.
Miguel, who aims to be the best in the world, chooses the status-bearing Breitling, while Russ, who wants to retire, chooses the practical quartz watch. In this respect, I think the watches effectively express the contrast between the characters.
The Egg: Aim for the Romanov Treasure
THE CODE (2012)
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The legendary thief Ripley ( Morgan Freeman ) is aiming for the "Imperial Easter Egg", a treasure of the Romanov dynasty worth $40 million, in his last big job before retiring. He and his partner, the thief Gabriel ( Antonio Banderas ), devise a perfect plan and break into the museum where the treasure is stored, but one accident after another occurs and the plan falls apart.
Ripley and Gabriel both had "secrets" as they went to work. The Russian mafia's plot to get the treasure and the NYPD's desire to arrest Ripley come into play, and Ripley's final job develops into an unexpected situation...
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The adult crime film " The Egg" (2012) features a series of plot twists and turns between characters who each have a big secret. Antonio Banderas, who plays the somewhat unreliable thief Gabriel, wears an IWC Aquatimer Chronograph (Ref. IW371918) in this film.
So why is Gabriel, who is nothing more than a thief, wearing a designer watch? This choice of prop may also be a clue to understanding the story of "Deception," so don't miss it.
Genius: Picasso
GENIUS (2018)
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Pablo Picasso ( Antonio Banderas ), known as the greatest painter of the 20th century, is a name known to everyone around the world. This film unravels his life, and explores why he changed his style so frequently. Why did he paint "Guernica" when he hated being involved in politics? It highlights the thoughts of Picasso that were embedded in his many masterpieces.
Picasso loved many women throughout his life, and romance was the driving force behind his creativity. What influence did these women have on his work?
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The biographical drama series " Genius " broadcast on the National Geographic Channel explores the unknown faces of historical geniuses. In the second season, " Genius: Picasso " (2018), which depicts the life of Pablo Picasso, Antonio Banderas, who is also Spanish, plays Picasso in his middle age.
In this film, he is wearing what appears to be a Jaeger-LeCoultre watch from around the 1950s (Ref: Unknown/Reference Image) , which features teardrop-shaped lugs.
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Why was a Jaeger-LeCoultre watch chosen for this film? Because Picasso actually wore a Jaeger-LeCoultre watch. The model is said to be the Triple Calendar Moon Phase ( Ref. 141.008 ) .
In the drama, a simpler model with teardrop-shaped lugs was chosen, perhaps to make it less conspicuous when the hands are shown up close.
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What did you think.
Action stars often appear in movies wearing robust but inexpensive and rugged digital watches such as G-Shocks . However, I have not been able to find any films in which Antonio Banderas wears such a watch, and he appears to either wear a sporty yet elegant watch like the model introduced here, or no watch at all.
Coming from Spain, the "country of passion," it may be that he has a fashion policy that does not want to sacrifice an elegant atmosphere, even in action movies.
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In " The Expendables 3 " (2014), which featured a cast of action stars, Antonio Banderas broke away from his previous image as a "silent Latin playboy" and played a "veteran, talkative mercenary ," showing a character transformation in a good way.
He has also been confirmed to appear as a companion to Professor Indy, played by Harrison Ford, in " Indiana Jones and the Dial of Fate " (2023), scheduled for release this summer, and I'm really looking forward to seeing what new character he will show us. I'm looking forward to seeing it as soon as it's released!
see you!