Hamilton Sightings

[HamiltonIllinois]

My favorite watch in a movie is still the Movado PolyPlan worn by Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in "Raiders of the Lost Ark". In one scene Indy is hanging and his "Wind at 12" 56mm or so yellow gold PolyPlan is shown clearly. An amazing watch!!

[adam78]

Does anyone of you saw Boardwalk Empire or so? I still have to wait until it can be seen here in Germany. But since it plays in the right time I wonder if they may have used and shown some timepieces of that era, mabye even a Hamilton.

I love "Boardwalk Empire". The first season takes place in 1920, so the preponderance of men wearing wristwatches is a bit inaccurate, but at least they all seem to be '20s (albeit later '20s) pieces. Steve Buscemi's character (Nucky Thompson) does pull out a nice Elgin pocket watch in one of the later episodes.

[diver]

I was very disappointed in the watch shown on "Amelia Earhart's" wrist in the movie. It was a quartz watch with a jumping seconds hand. As far as I know, quartz watches had not yet been invented. That seems like a pretty big goof for the continuity experts working on a period movie!
best wishes,
Jeff

I was disappointed with the anachronistic watches shown in the 2009 flick "Amelia" with Tilda Swinton (as Amelia Earhart) and Richard Gere (as her husband George Putnam). As the most egregious example, she was shown while flying with a white faced watch, with the case worn along the inner arm. From a distance it looked like it could be a period aviator's watch. But I soon had a shock that the props people would put a modern Hamilton Kkaki with date on her wrist (several close-ups shown).

[Endicott]

I love "Boardwalk Empire". The first season takes place in 1920, so the preponderance of men wearing wristwatches is a bit inaccurate, but at least they all seem to be '20s (albeit later '20s) pieces. Steve Buscemi's character (Nucky Thompson) does pull out a nice Elgin pocket watch in one of the later episodes.

You are not the first I know and who likes it. It seems that I have to go after an UK version or an US release, because I think it will take years until some local TV shows it in German here. It was the same with BSG (yap, I like SciFi too). I already finished with seeing the whole series when they started here with the first part of the second season.

[INDY]

My favorite watch in a movie is still the Movado PolyPlan worn by Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in "Raiders of the Lost Ark". In one scene Indy is hanging and his "Wind at 12" 56mm or so yellow gold PolyPlan is shown clearly. An amazing watch!!

can you tell me in which scene exactly you spot movado watch in raiders ?

[HamiltonIllinois]

can you tell me in which scene exactly you spot movado watch in raiders ?

Sadly I don't own the movie, but it the the first Indiana Jones film. There is a scene when he is hanging in a pit.... perhaps the snake scene, I forget. A few years ago the photo was posted on the IHC 185 but when I tried to look for it last year or so I could not find it. It was clearly a long Polyplan... I remember because that watch is my grail!

[INDY]

Sadly I don't own the movie, but it the the first Indiana Jones film. There is a scene when he is hanging in a pit.... perhaps the snake scene, I forget. A few years ago the photo was posted on the IHC 185 but when I tried to look for it last year or so I could not find it. It was clearly a long Polyplan... I remember because that watch is my grail!

ok thanks

[INDY]

ok thanks

try watching movie on megavideo or somewhere, whatever, just find the scene where watch is shown

[HamiltonIllinois]

try watching movie on megavideo or somewhere, whatever, just find the scene where watch is shown

I suggest you do the same.

[INDY]

I suggest you do the same.

i just watched the scene at begining and then when climbing down the rope into the wail of souls and then the snake pit scene. I didnt spot the watch.

i think you bluffing, except if you prove different