Nordic treasure Mads Mikkelsen's watch ~Actor's Watch #44~

"Actor's Watch" focuses on watches worn by actors in movies, television, etc.
This time in the 44th installment, we will be introducing "Mads Mikkelsen's watch."

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Mads Mikkelsen gained worldwide popularity when he played James Bond's villain Le Chiffre in the 2006 film Casino Royale . Since then, he has played many intelligent and coherent middle-aged roles in Hollywood blockbusters such as Star Wars: Rogue One and Doctor Strange , as well as hit TV series such as Hannibal , and is now regarded as the world's most popular "cool older man actor."

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He has also appeared in Death Stranding, the first game after going independent by Hideo Kojima, the world-famous game designer behind the Metal Gear series. He uses motion capture to play Cliff, a veteran special forces soldier, demonstrating his flexibility and generosity in not hesitantly taking part in new media of expression.

Now, let's take a look at the wrist of Mads Mikkelsen , one of Denmark's most talented actors and a popular actor known as the " treasure of Scandinavia ."

Hannibal

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HANNIBAL (2013)

Anthony Hopkins played the sadistic murderer Hannibal Lecter in the 1991 Academy Award-winning film "Silence of the Lambs ." The TV reboot series "Hannibal" utilizes the character and moves the setting to the present day.

Mads Mikkelsen plays the lead role of Hannibal Lecter, a famous psychiatrist who is also a cannibalistic murderer who cooks the people he kills and serves them to others. He also plays the role of Dr. Lecter, an intellectual who is knowledgeable about history and art, a swordsman, and a gourmet, with a gentlemanly and intelligent manner.

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The watch that Dr. Lecter wears in this drama is the Zenith Chronomaster El Primero Triple Calendar Moon Phase (Ref. 02.0240.410) . It is equipped with the famous chronograph El Primero, and is also classically elegant.

This elegant luxury sports model is perfect for Dr. Lecter, who displays an abundance of culture while also occasionally showing glimpses of his high level of physical ability.

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Those Left Behind -The North Pole-

ARCTIC (2018)

An Icelandic survival film about a pilot (Mads Mikkelsen) whose plane crashed in the Arctic Circle and is trying to survive in the freezing cold. Even the helicopter that arrived to rescue him crashed in a blizzard, and the female passenger was seriously injured. In order to save her life, the pilot decides to risk his life by relying on a map she had with him and heading to an observation base with medical facilities.

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In the film, Mads Mikkelsen wears a Seiko Sportura Solar Chronograph Perpetual (Ref. SSC357), a solar-powered wristwatch with a perpetual calendar and chronograph up to the year 2100.

What is needed for extreme survival is a "reliable tool" that will not break down or stop even in the harshest of environments. In that case, it is only natural that the watch of choice would be one made in Japan .

Incidentally, the watch worn by the late Naoki Uemura, a leading Japanese adventurer, was also a Seiko Prospex . In terms of reliability, it seems that Japanese products still have an edge.

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69th Cannes Film Festival Opening Ceremony (2016)

Let's take a look at the watches that Mads Mikkelsen has worn at film festival ceremonies, etc. First up is the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.

Mads Mikkelsen, who appeared in a formal attire of tuxedo and bow tie, is wearing a Montblanc Heritage Chronometro Exo Tourbillon (Ref. 112542) , a complex mechanism equipped with a tourbillon and one-push chronograph.

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Mads Mikkelsen served as a judge for the competition section of the Cannes Film Festival that year, and this watch is both elegant and impressive, worthy of the important role.

71st Cannes Film Festival Red Carpet (2018)

Next up is 2018. This is a scene from the Cannes Film Festival in the year that director Hirokazu Koreeda's "Shoplifters" won the Palme d'Or. Mads Mikkelsen visited Cannes to promote "Left Behind," which we introduced earlier. In stark contrast to the 2016 opening ceremony, he was dressed casually in a collared shirt with no tie.

The watch he is wearing is a Ulysse Nardin Executive Skeleton Tourbillon (Ref. 1712-139) . With a base plate that has been hollowed out to the maximum extent possible and a structure that uses the indexes as bridges, this mysterious watch gives the viewer the sensation that the movement is floating in mid-air.

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Ulysse Nardin has given this watch the concept of "a watch for those who have conviction and are not afraid to take on challenges," which perhaps embodies Mads Mikkelsen himself, who is always unafraid to try new genres and mediums of expression.

summary

Mads Mikkelsen is intelligent, cool, and above all fashionable, but he is also known as "the guy who loves jerseys ." On the Internet, he is often seen wearing Adidas with three stripes that are sold at sports shops, not "Y-3" or the like, which seems appropriate for going to Don Quijote.

He said , "If someone is playing basketball in the city, I can join right away, right? I'm a physical person, so I like to dress like this." This kind of unadorned appearance is also attractive.

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He looks sharp in formal attire and unadorned in everyday clothes.
It seems that this gap between "hare" and "ke" further enhances Mads Mikkelsen's charm.

In the same way, the watches he wears range from extreme watches that can withstand harsh environments to delicate tourbillon watches, showing off a ``gap'' in his style to suit the situation.

Why not try making a big change in your fashion style and the watch you wear between work and off-duty to create an attractive "gap" between your work and off-duty time?
You may discover a new side of yourself that you didn't even know existed.

see you!