Showing posts with label Rolex in movie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rolex in movie. Show all posts

Sunday, June 4, 2017

A Cure for Wellness and Rolex Air King



An ambitious young executive Lockhart (Dane DeHaan) is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps. He soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem. When he begins to unravel its terrifying secrets, his sanity is tested, as he finds himself diagnosed with the same curious illness that keeps all the guests here longing for the cure. From Gore Verbinski, the visionary director of THE RING, comes the new psychological thriller, A CURE FOR WELLNESS.
Release date: February 17, 2017 (Finland)
Director: Gore Verbinski
Box office: 26.6 million USD
Budget: 40 million USD
Story by: Gore Verbinski, Justin Haythe
It is long as 2 hours 26 minutes more, an extravagant B-movie homage that is longer, darker, and more unwieldy than the genre demands. However, it is a visually-stunning work, the Castle was beautifully pictured and I wish I could go there for a Final Treatment!










There are a few scenes that the Director camera spots the watch Lockhart wears, It is a Rolex Air-King,
Model Ref 5700 circa 1970s.
First time he visited the reception and he was asked to come back next day a visiting time had passed. He looked at his Rolex… Big Close Shot…the time on the watch is 3:07




Horrible scene that someone drilled his front tooth without any anesthesia.

Looks at His Air-King again, time is also 3:07


 
Another one was he was lying in bed woke up after three days after the car accident. He looked as his Air King again…and it was stopped at again 3:07.  

Is there a hint on what 3:07 means to the Story?



This is the last scene showing his Air-King.






It Air-King an inserted advertisement from Rolex?
Lockhart's Air-King Model Ref 5700 circa 1970s.

Ref 5700
Air King Stainless steel “Precision” is a manual Oyster Perpetual 34mms watch.
It has a smooth bezel, screw down Rolex Twinlock winding crown, baton hour markers, signed Rolex, T Swiss T marked dial. Polished baton hand.
The history of the Rolex Air King is quite extensive.
Often dubbed the "Warrior Watch," the Rolex Air King is a magnificent watch though it does not seem carry a lot of story nor talking point. Air-King is the Simplest watch from Rolex, it simplicity is its beauty., John McCain is known for his Rolex Air King. 
The RAF (British Royal Air Force) members were regarded as heroes in the 1930's. These men flew countless missions, and in the face of such danger triumphed in spite of overwhelming odds and meager aircraft. Discarding their standard-issue, low-quality watches, these brave pilots instead used Rolex Oyster Perpetual religiously in their missions.
The founder of Rolex Hans Wilsdorf was pleased that he chose to honor these air borne heroes by creating a dedicated line of manual wind Oyster watches fit for the sky.
Rolex started producing bigger watches and gave them names such as "Rolex Air Lion," "Rolex Air Tiger," "Rolex Air King," and even "Rolex Air Giant" before WWII.
Big Watch meant 32-34mm only at that time, don’t compare with current 47, 54 mm!
In the end, most of this line never became popular with the general public. However, Rolex decided to continue a single model within this line, the "Rolex Air King".
One of the most iconic Air King models is the Air King 5500. The Rolex Air King 5500 history covers 37 years. For a majority of these years, the Rolex Air King 5500 was left untouched and was considered to be a classic and very coveted model. 
The Rolex Air King is currently one of the longest continuously-manufactured models within Rolex.


In 2016 Rolex has launched a New Air-King Ref 116900 as shown So this is so called Air-King which is currently be obtainable at Rolex AD, Hong Kong.
List Price HK$48,000.
No Discount for this model at AD unless going to gray dealer.
you can get it with HK$45,000.

HK Snob






Sunday, May 18, 2014

Christian Bale Wears Rolex Day Date Ref 1803 in "American Hustle 2013"


Christian Wears Only One Watch; it is A Rolex in the Movie.
This is the best posture of Amy Adams...   :)

 Jennifer Lawrence acts as wfe of Christian in the movie!
She is beautiful!

This is my best Shot for the Watch Christian Wears, is it a Rolex Day Date Ref 1803?

Another View of Christian Bale's Rolex Day Date


A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Take it! It 's a Rolex!


Danny's Watch in the film does not look like Rolex!



An interesting science fiction-comedy Movie Mars Attacks (1996) with big cast  Jack Nickoson. Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Sarah Jessica Parker, Natalie Portman, Tomes Jones, Lukas Haas, Rod Steiger, Michael J Fox, Lisa Marie and more. Directed by Tim Burton.
It all about the misunderstanding of the purpose of the Martian visiting the Earth, which ended in tragedy.
We found that the only way to kill Martians was to play Slim Whitman high pitch songs to make their heads explode.
Danny who was a lawyer wanted to surrender with his Rolex to free his life under the nozzle of the Martian’s gun, but he was shot death by the Martian…
Conclusion, Rolex is only Famous on Earth, but not yet in Mars!
HK Snob

Saturday, October 26, 2013

National Treasure and Rolex Submariner


Nicolas Cage wears Rolex Submariner in this Movie.

 
National Treasure
National Treasure is a 2004 American adventure heist film. It is the first film in the National Treasure franchise and stars Nicolas Cage. A historian races to find the legendary Templar Treasure before a team of mercenaries.

Cage plays Benjamin Franklin Gates, a historian and amateur cryptologist searching for a lost treasure of precious metals, jewelry, artwork and other artifacts that was accumulated into a single massive stockpile by looters and warriors over many millennia starting in Ancient Egypt, later rediscovered by warriors who form themselves into the Knights Templar to protect the treasure, eventually hidden by American Freemasons during the American Revolutionary War. A coded map on the back of the Declaration of Independence points to the location of the "national treasure", but Gates is not alone in his quest. Whoever can steal the Declaration and decode it first will find the greatest treasure in history.

Gates Said" I have this Divers' Watch, It is called Submariner!"

Time showns 2:22 on 100 Dollars Bank note, the Clue of the next Clue for treasure

Well, to find the right time that he had to go to the bell of the church. He recalled the time is printed on the 100 Dollar bank note, Gates had to asked the shopper keeper the bank note…
Gates said “Can I see one the hundred dollars bills I gave you!?
Shop lady said; “No!, Er!”
Gates, “Oh Well, ah, Here I have the diver’s Watch. It is called Submariner! As I dived with it, It is quite a value!

Nicholas Cages wears Rolex Submariner in the movie

There are two scene Gates had showed his Rolex Submariner in the movie, including he passed the watch to the shop lady in exchange of the 100 dollar bill!
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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Die Hard Rolex




1-Batman Begins
Christian Bale wears a Jaeger Le Coultre Reverso Grande Taille

2-The Big Lebowski
Walter Sobchak wears Casio DW-5900

3-   Collateral
Vincent wears IWC Vintage Ingenieur Automatic IW3233

4-Drive
Gosling wears Patek Philippe with brown strap

5- Pulp Fiction
Christopher Walken talks about the watch: Lancet

6-Back to the Future
Michael Fox wears  Casio CA53W Twincept Databank

7-Argo
Ben Affleck wears Rolex Deepsea Sea-Dweller (DSSD)

8-  15 Minutes
Robert DeNiro wears Rolex Cosmograph Daytona

9- American Psycho
Christian Bale wears Rolex DateJust

10- Blood Diamond
Leonardo DiCarpio wears Breitling Chrono Avenger

11- Aliens
Sigourney Weaver wears a Seiko Speedtimer 7A28-7000
This futuristic timepiece is a Giorgio Giugiaro Seiko Speedmaster Chronograph.

12- Crazy Stupid Love
Gosling wears a Vintage Rolex Oyster

13-Ghostbusters
The watch: Seiko M516 'Voice Note' Watch

14-Get Carter.
Michael Caines The watch: Rolex Datejust

15- Le Mans
The watch: Steven McQueen wears The Monaco by Swiss Heuer, (before the company became Tag Heuer), The watch was sold for an impressive $799,500 at auction

16-L.A. Confidential- Spacey wears a Bulova

17- The Bourne Legacy
Jeremy wears an IWC Pilot's Watch Double Chronograph Edition

18- The Departed : Matt Damon wears TAG Heuer Link Quartz Watch

19- 2001: Space Odyssey : Hamilton

20- Casino Royale: Daniel Craig and his Omega Seamaster Professional & Seamaster Planet Ocean.
Vesper Lynd: "Rolex?"
James Bond: "Omega."

Data Analysis
Out of twenty movies, there are Five watches from Rolex, and two from IWC!
 




Die Hard 1988
It came to my mind that the very first Die Hard movie, McClane (Bruce Willis) even goes so far as to drop Gruber out a window by unfastening Holly’s Rolex Lady DateJust , and in this action solves two problems at once: he kills the bad guy, but he also unfastens Holly from her symbol of success, feminine independence, and occupational authority over her husband.
And he dropped the Rolex from the Top of the skyscraper… downwards! 
What do you think that Rolex could still be survived!?
Is that Die Hard Rolex!?
So in Short, Rolex is the internally most preferred brand of watch in action films. And might a consequence by Rolex Product marketing team to participate in the Hollywood most popular action films.

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