The watch from the masterpiece that changed the history of crime movies, "Pulp Fiction" - Actor's Watch #47

"Actor's Watch" focuses on watches worn by actors in movies, television, etc.
This is the 47th installment, and we will be focusing on the watches that appear in the movie "Pulp Fiction."

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"Pulp Fiction" is the second film directed by Quentin Tarantino , a hit maker who is now considered a master. It is a masterpiece of crime film that won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1994 and the Palme d'Or (the highest award) at the Cannes Film Festival, and made Tarantino's name known to the world. Many people probably have Dick Dale 's heavy surf guitar tune "Miserable" playing in their heads just by hearing the title of this film.

So let's take a look at the watches that appeared in Pulp Fiction, a film that changed the history of crime suspense and left a lasting impression on both the record and the memory.

Christopher Walken's Watch

In a flashback scene, Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis) , a professional boxer who was approached about fixing a match, is approached by Captain Koontz (Christopher Walken) , a superior officer of Butch's father who died in the Vietnam War, and he hands over his father's watch to Butch as a child. The Lancet gold watch, purchased by Butch's great-grandfather and passed down through World War I (great-grandfather), World War II (grandfather), and the Vietnam War (father), can be said to be the history of the Coolidge family itself.

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Butch wins the match without fixing it, but fearing retribution from the gang, he plans to run away with his girlfriend, but then realizes that he left his precious watch in his room . When he returns to retrieve the watch, knowing full well that it will be a risk, he runs into a hitman... The watch, which contains the family's history, is a key item that moves the story forward.

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Lancet watches were actually given as gifts to British and American officers during World War I, and in this film they appear as props faithful to historical fact , including their design, such as the cobra hour hand.

Harvey Keitel's Watch

Hitmen Vincent (John Travolta) and Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) are pursuing a low-level gangster who stole their boss's important briefcase. Although they manage to retrieve the briefcase, a gun goes off in the car, shooting and killing one of the gang members. As the situation will end up becoming a police matter, they call in Mr. Wolf (Harvey Keitel) , a professional cleaner from the underworld who cleans up crime scenes and bodies as if nothing had happened.

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Mr. Wolf is a tough-guy-ish man in a black tuxedo, bow tie and moustache. Harvey Keitel, who gave a convincing performance as the leader of a gang of robbers in Tarantino's debut film , "Reservoir Dogs," plays the role with glee and pretentiousness.

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Mr. Wolf is wearing a gold Gucci quartz watch , which adds to his pretentiousness. If you look at the websites of overseas watch stores, you will find pages that refer to the watch by nicknames such as "WOLF WATCH," and it seems that the watch is already counted among the "famous watches that appear in movies" among movie and watch lovers.

John Travolta's Watch

"Pulp Fiction" is a movie that once again propelled John Travolta , who had not had a memorable performance since "Saturday Night Fever," into stardom by casting him in the lead role. The scene where Travolta plays the long-haired, scruffy hitman Vincent and Uma Thurman , the wife of a gangster boss, dance in a restaurant is so cool it reminds us of "Saturday Night Fever"!

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In the film, Vincent wears a watch with a leather strap that looks like a Seiko . It has a very ordinary round case, and there are no close-up shots, so it's unfortunately difficult to identify the brand or model from the footage.

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It is hard to say that this watch suits the short-tempered, easily-angered, typical "bad middle-aged man" Vincent, but it is an adult watch that exudes honesty. I have my own fantasy about the backstory, such as "Maybe he is wearing it as a memento of someone who helped him in the past."

By the way, Samuel L. Jackson , who plays the other assassin Jules, is wearing a gold bracelet on his left wrist and no watch.

Quentin Tarantino's watch

Next, we will introduce the watch worn by Quentin Tarantino , the director of Pulp Fiction. The watch is the IWC Big Pilot's Watch (Ref. IW501001) .

Tarantino's style is characterized by its offbeat 70s style, which attracts fans' attention while paying homage to classic works of the past, and the Big Pilot, which uses the design codes of traditional pilot watches but features a large case and large crown that are somewhat unconventional, seems to share a common policy.

summary

Director Tarantino has always said that he will retire after making 10 feature films in his lifetime . If we count Kill Bill 1 and 2 as one film, he has already directed nine films, with only one more to go.

1. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
2. Pulp Fiction (1994)
3. Jackie Brown (1997)
4. Kill Bill Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 (2003-2004)
5. Death Proof (2007)
6. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
7. Django Unchained (2012)
8. The Hateful Eight (2015)
9. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

I was hoping that the 10th movie would be a movie that would bring attention to watches again, like "Pulp Fiction," but rumors say it will be the latest sci-fi movie "Star Trek." This makes it a little tough for brand watches to appear. There's no other way, so let's hope for a short film or an anthology movie like "Four Rooms" (1995).

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