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Did any film/film character inspire you to buy a Rolex?
Always wanted a day date as a kid from watching the sopranos’s (tony soprano’s watch) and bought one in my early twenties. Almost every character in the sopranos wore a Rolex.
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The original Magnum, PI. It's why I've stayed with mostly the GMT.
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Good question. Though I've always liked the Submariner, none really sparked a serious interest until I saw Robert Redford's 1680 "Red Line" Submariner in Three Days of the Condor.
It's cool as s***
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It was Roger Moore's 007 in Live & Let Die that inspired me to want a Submariner, I must have been about 6 or 7 years old in the late 70's, I wanted 'that' James Bond watch.. I had no idea about Rolex and Rolex itself was not the product that it is today either.
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Gene Wilder rocking the 1019 Milgauss as Wonker
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Yep.
Bond. James Bond. Obviously. First the 5513. Then the 2531.80. Dammit...I should have kept those...
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“ Bond........James Bond”
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Steve McQueen, The Towering Inferno, my favorite movie of all-time.
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No.
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Tony Soprano with that Gold DD for sure! I don't own one yet, but the day is coming! May not be soon...but one day
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nope
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absolutely not.
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Magnum pi
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Not one movie or TV show.
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Rick Flair, wohhh
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I wouldn’t say overly influenced but when I decided to get a birth year watch, there was only a few options I wanted and top of the list was a 5513 that coincidentally Connery wore in a couple of Bond films. It just made it even that much cooler that a favorite character of mine also had the same watch.
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It wasn't so much a movie. When I was coming up, Omega was in the James Bond series. For me, it was, "what is the best I can afford and will stand up to wear every day?"
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Original Magnum PI for me.
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Watching Live and Let Die now and snapped this shot of Bond with the spinning bezel Sub
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Yes , Pussy Galore .
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Mine was not a film star...... but a heck of a bankruptcy attorney !
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Boris Becker...I liked his back in the mid-80s.
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Pretty Woman.
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No, it usually puts me off.
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I would say no ! Just like certain watches ,Rolex being one of them .
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I’ve never really thought about it that way. I guess I think it’s neat that people from all walks of life wear the same great watches.
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