"Actor's Watch" focuses on watches worn by actors in movies, television, etc.
In this, the 57th installment, we will be introducing " IWC Pilot Watches that Look Great on Screen ."
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Compared to brands like Rolex , Omega , and Tag Heuer , which are well known even among those who aren't watch lovers, IWC is somewhat less well known among the general public. However, when it comes to the world of Hollywood movies, it's a different story. Many star actors have appeared on screen wearing IWC pilot watches in numerous works. I haven't counted, but I've found information on them wearing IWC pilot watches that surpasses Omega and Tag Heuer, leaving Rolex out of the running.
This time, let's focus on IWC's pilot watch , a watch that looks exceptionally good on screen .
Vanilla Sky
VANILLA SKY (2001)
David ( Tom Cruise ), a young, handsome, wealthy man with an enormous fortune, enjoys a free-spirited life of womanizing, even though he has a girlfriend, Julie ( Cameron Diaz ). David is captivated by an innocent girl, Sophia ( Penélope Kusuru ), whom he meets at his birthday party, and the two begin to make love. But one day, Julie, consumed with jealousy, attempts a double suicide with David, causing the car they are in to fall off a bridge. Julie is killed in the accident, and David, who survives, suffers serious facial injuries. Now unable to show his face to others, David loses his confidence and pride, and his life becomes rough, until he begins to have hallucinations of Julie all around him...
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A man (Zhuangzi) dreams of becoming a butterfly every time he sleeps. But is it a person dreaming of becoming a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming of becoming a person? Based on the Chinese legend " The Butterfly Dream ," this sci-fi psychological thriller depicts a world in which the boundary between reality and fantasy becomes blurred after an accident.
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In this movie, Tom Cruise, who plays the handsome millionaire, wears an IWC Pilot MARK XV (Mark 15 / Ref. IW325301) . It is a classic aviation watch that inherits the design of pilot watches from the 1930s, with a square-cut hour hand and large triangular index marks. This watch is shown in close-up at the beginning of the movie, with the brand logo also prominently displayed, so many people say they learned about the IWC watch brand from this movie . At the time, this model was also admired by many as " the watch worn by Tom Cruise ." It is dressy, but has a casual feel based on a military watch, making it the perfect model for a stylish playboy.
2012
2012 (2009)
In 2009, Indian scientists observed signs of a major tectonic shift, determining that a catastrophe would come to humanity in a few years. Upon learning of this, the President of the United States, together with the leaders of developed countries and high-ranking government officials, secretly takes countermeasures and begins plans to build a "Noah's Ark" without disclosing it to the public. Three years later, in 2012, Jackson ( John Cusack ), an unsuccessful science fiction writer, is informed by Charlie, an eccentric man who broadcasts pirate radio from Yellowstone, that "the end of the world is near." Believing this, Jackson leaves the US by plane with his ex-wife and children. They narrowly escape a massive earthquake and head for China, where the ark is said to be built...
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This sci-fi epic piggybacks on the urban legend of the end of the world, "the end of humanity in 2012," which became a hot topic as a prediction of the end of the world because the Mayan calendar ends in 2012. The director is Roland Emmerich, who is well known for "Independence Day," which depicts an alien invasion of Earth, and is said to be the best in the world when it comes to making doomsday movies (his next directorial work is said to be a panic movie about the moon colliding with the Earth).
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John Cusack plays a science fiction writer who regains his bond with his family after a disaster. In this film, he wears an IWC Pilot MARK XVI (Ref. IW325501) . It is a modern watch that inherits the design of the aforementioned Mark 15, but with a more modern size and design adjustments. It may seem a little expensive for a struggling science fiction writer who works part-time as a driver, but there is a scene where he and his family escape a difficult situation in exchange for this watch, and it feels like a forced choice because it would only work if it was a luxury watch. Of course, in a good way.
Johnny English: Analog Strikes Back
JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN (2018)
A cyberattack leaks information about MI7 agents. MI7 takes the situation seriously and calls in retired agents to try to solve the problem, including Johnny English ( Rowan Atkinson ), a former elementary school teacher. English makes a mistake and a hypnotic bomb goes off, causing the other former agents to fall asleep. MI7 assigns English the mission of capturing the perpetrator of the cyberattack, but will there be any chance of success for English, who makes mistakes in everything he does?
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You may not be familiar with the actor Rowan Atkinson, but in Japan (and maybe even around the world?) everyone knows him as " Mr. Bean ," and in this third installment of the silly spy action series he plays a brilliant intelligence agent who "solves everything with a mistake."
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The watch Rowan Atkinson wears in the film has not yet been confirmed, but Johnny English poses in the film poster wearing a blue-dial pilot's watch that appears to be the IWC MARK XVIII (Mark 18 Ref. IW327016) Petit Prince .
I think it's quite unusual to only wear it in a movie poster, but there are also photos of him wearing this watch in private and off-shots, so it seems likely that he was wearing his favorite accessory when shooting the poster. By the way, "Le Petit Prince" is a reference to Saint-Exupery 's novel "The Little Prince." The characters of Mr. Bean and Johnny English, who seem to have grown up while still retaining the mind of a child, may have been influenced by "The Little Prince."
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IWC pilot watches have actually appeared several times in past "Actor's Watch" columns, so I hope you will also take a look at those articles.
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Worn by Brad Pitt in Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
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Quentin Tarantino 's watch
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Worn by Bradley Cooper in "Aloha" (2015)
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While they are often worn by "professionals" such as pilots, soldiers, and hitmen, the biggest feature of IWC's pilot watches is that they are often worn by civilian characters, as in the films we introduced here, "Vanilla Sky" and "2012."
This is because this watch is both professional (functional) and dressy enough to look natural with a suit or shirt. Whether worn by a professional or an average person, it gives the impression of " looking good on screen, " and I think this persuasiveness is what makes it stand out and is why it has appeared in so many movies.
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So, the more IWC pilot watches that appear in the movie, the more I look into them, so there are so many IWC pilot watches that I can't introduce them all in one post. I'll continue this in the next post.
see you!