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Old 10 February 2016, 06:01 PM   #1
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Rolex placement: NCIS Los Angeles

Flipping thru one of the shows I watch and saw what appears to be a Rolex sub.

Can anyone confirm looking at the photo if you the agent Sam is actually wearing a sub?

Do TV and movies use genuine pieces or (shudder) fakes?

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Old 11 February 2016, 01:11 AM   #2
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It is a ceramic sub date
I think most actors wear their personal watches on set
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Old 11 February 2016, 01:39 AM   #3
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Uh, those crown guards and crown look a bit "off" to me! Not entirely convinced it is real.
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Old 11 February 2016, 01:41 AM   #4
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The Green Milgauss was a key plot device in one of the episodes of NCIS LA.
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Old 13 February 2016, 02:31 PM   #5
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Uh, those crown guards and crown look a bit "off" to me! Not entirely convinced it is real.
Hmmmm that's what I thought.
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Old 13 February 2016, 02:47 PM   #6
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Uh, those crown guards and crown look a bit "off" to me! Not entirely convinced it is real.

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Old 13 February 2016, 03:29 PM   #7
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In a lot of TV shows the actors can be seen wearing their own personal watches and this is probably the case in some movies too but I have also read (here I think) that when they are provided for the film by costume designers they use fakes. In the particular post I read it was from somebody in the business who said that in their daily work they are too busy with other things to also have to look after wacthes worth thousands of dollars when they use them for filming.
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Old 14 February 2016, 01:07 AM   #8
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If not the actors own then usually fakes as they're all from wardrobe/costume departments and real one's wouldn't last long.
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Old 14 February 2016, 01:24 AM   #9
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Crown looks too far out?
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Old 14 February 2016, 03:22 AM   #10
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Old 15 February 2016, 02:57 AM   #11
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I can attest that all of the above is correct. Fakes ARE used. But for the most part wardrobe departments reachout to collectors/dealers/watch-companies to use the real thing.

I have personally worked with dozens of tv/movies to place watches in their productions.

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Old 15 February 2016, 05:43 AM   #12
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That's a very strange one. The width of the lugs suggest a Sub C. However the markers are small, and the pearl is flat, suggesting an earlier Sub version. Also the crown guards are too long and thin, also looking like a 16610.
I would think this is either a fake or a homage.


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