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Like a proper gentleman, Hollywood legend Clark Gable paired wristwatches to go with his outfits both on and off screen. Gable had a gold Rolex Oyster Perpetual Reference 6011 and also wore a ...

https://quillandpad.com/2024/01/25/clark-gable-wears-the-coolest-watch-of-1955-in-soldier-of-fortune-patek-philippe-reference-1526-perpetual-calendar-reprise/

Describing 'Making Time' as “the greatest watch film ever made” is a pretty bold claim, especially as it’s a film about people rather than watches. But you can judge if Ian Skellern's he...

https://quillandpad.com/2023/11/11/presenting-making-time-the-greatest-watch-film-ever-made-in-my-extremely-biased-opinion-reprise/

After Colin Alexander Smith noticed John McLaughlin wearing an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak in live footage from the 1990s along with various other interesting timepieces, he somewhat cheekily as...

https://quillandpad.com/2023/10/01/talking-watches-and-guitars-with-the-legendary-john-mclaughlin-from-miles-davis-to-mahavishnu-and-only-watch-reprise-2/

Pierce Brosnan’s personal and professional timepieces have included big names like Rolex, Cartier, Omega, Jaeger-LeCoultre, and Panerai, but also intriguingly Speake-Marin. What influence do...

https://quillandpad.com/2023/04/01/the-on-and-off-screen-watches-of-brosnan-pierce-brosnan-reprise-5/

There was a time when viewers didn't consciously pay that much attention to what kind of wristwatches movie characters wore. This often meant that actors wore their personal watches on set, so...

https://quillandpad.com/2023/01/21/the-sense-and-non-sense-of-watches-in-movies-reprise-4/

Describing 'Making Time' as “the greatest watch film ever made” is a pretty bold claim, especially as it’s a film about people rather than watches. But you can judge if Ian Skellern's he...

https://quillandpad.com/2022/12/14/presenting-making-time-the-greatest-watch-film-ever-made-in-my-extremely-biased-opinion/

Elizabeth took a look back at the meaning of time in the early seasons of 'The Walking Dead,' where the show's creators appear to take time and timepieces seriously. And don't worry, there are...

https://quillandpad.com/2022/10/30/when-the-zombie-apocalypse-strikes-what-do-you-do-watches-of-the-walking-dead-reprise/

While watching television, Ian Skellern spied a Kudoke Real Skeleton in a feature film called 'Last Looks' starring Charlie Hunnam and Mel Gibson. That watch is now being auctioned in New York...

https://quillandpad.com/2022/10/17/kudoke-real-skeleton-starring-in-feature-film-last-looks-heads-to-auction/

After Colin Alexander Smith noticed John McLaughlin wearing an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak in live footage from the 1990s along with various other interesting timepieces, he somewhat cheekily as...

https://quillandpad.com/2022/10/01/talking-watches-and-guitars-with-the-legendary-john-mclaughlin-from-miles-davis-to-mahavishnu-and-only-watch-reprise/

The first Watches and Culture Watch Forum to take place since 2018 kicked off with one of the most emotional pieces of filmmaking Elizabeth Doerr has perhaps ever seen: 'Bigger Than Us,' a doc...

https://quillandpad.com/2022/09/16/watches-and-culture-watch-forum-2022-on-sustainability-kicks-off-with-screening-of-bigger-than-us-by-flore-vasseur/