The Grey NATO – 305 – Drafting Our Favorite Watches In Movies
This week, The Grey NATO returns with a special draft episode that has Jason and James drafting some of their favorite watch appearances in movies. From classic ’70s spy thrillers to stealing stealth planes, LA crime epics, jungle misadventures, and plenty of undersea storytelling, it’s a draft that had the TGN boys recalling some truly great pairings for movies and watches.
From the get-go, Jason has his Defender back, and James is on the mend following a week in bed. Stay in the mix for a Final Notes that will have you free-diving in the waters of Korea while you take a closer look at the history of the Porsche GT3RS.
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2:01 Jason’s Defender
7:05 Elliot Brown Holton GMT
7:50 Citizen Aqualand JP2007-17W
10:03 Citizen US Promaster Discount Code: GREYNATO
12:02 Doxa Sub 300 - Three Days of the Condor (1975, Pollack)
14:14 Bulgari Diagono Ch35S Chrono – Heat (1995, Mann)
16:39 Casio F-100 - Alien (1979, Scott)
21:18 Omega CK2129 - Dunkirk (2017, Nolan)
27:28 Tag Heuer Link Chronograph (2002, Liman)
31:03 Rolex GMT Master 16753 - Firefox (1982, Eastwood)
33:40 Seiko Golden Tuna 7549-7009 - North Sea Hijack (1980, McLaglen)
37:37 Suunto Dive Compass on Bund – Deliverance (1972, Boorman)
41:55 Seiko Willard and Rolex GMT Master – Apocalypse Now (1979, Coppola)
52:44 “The Last of the Sea Women” (Apple TV)
54:54 “The GT3RS - A Long and Complicated History” (Speeed, Youtube)
“You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies – all of life's riddles are answered in the movies.” - Steve Martin.
I was hoping for Keanu Reeves' square Casio G-Shock DW-5600C-1V from Speed. Seems exactly like what a young LAPD officer might have been wearing in 1994. (Or, frankly, today.)
[https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/keanu-reeves-wears-a-casio-g-shock-on-a-speeding-bus-in-speed]
I loved the discussion of appropriate watches that add to our understanding of the character -- Borne, Kurtz, Willard, etc. Great ep!
In Robert Ludlum's Bourne Identity novel (1980), Bourne pawned a gold Girard-Perregaux that he lifted off someone for a Seiko chronograph and 800 francs. Ludlum writes "Everything had a value in relationship to its practicality; the chronograph was shockproof."