Sly’s Mille of choice was the Richard Mille RM 032, a skeletonized dive watch complete with a flyback chronograph and annual calendar. Houston, problem solved.įor his latest turn as Barney Ross, Stallone chose to wear a Richard Mille-a youngblood watchmaker known for blending old-world watchmaking expertise with new-world technical innovation. Lovell and his fellow astronauts used Swigert’s Omega Speedmaster chronograph to measure the short intervals of time. Once the spaceship lost power, the astronauts were only able to burn the engine for 14 seconds at a time to make navigational trajectory adjustments to return safely to Earth before turning it off. It was astronaut Jack Swigert’s Omega Speedmaster that saved the lives of everyone aboard Apollo 13. While it is most famous for having adorned the wrists and space suits of astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins for Apollo 11’s first lunar landing on July 20, 1969, it proved lifesaving for Apollo 13. The Omega Speedmaster was the timepiece of choice by NASA for astronauts venturing into the new space frontier thanks to its ability to withstand intense sunlight, cold, and g-force shock. Tom Hanks appropriately wore an Omega Speedmaster while re-creating astronaut Jim Lovell’s ill-fated journey aboard Apollo 13, when an oxygen-tank leak caused the crew to abort their lunar mission and return to Earth in a harrowing near-death experience. Here are the watches that made it to the big screen on Hollywood’s toughest heroes. 6538 Rolex Submariner has become a holy grail for collectors, while Omega has cornered modern-day James Bond with its Seamaster. Some watches that achieve a big-screen debut in an action film, however, take on a larger-than-life role beyond the screen, firmly cementing their status both in Hollywood history and in watch-collecting circles for decades. This $5 Million Roger Smith Pocket Watch Just Became the Most Expensive British Timepiece Ever Soldīut not every film’s wardrobe hits the mark-Ben Affleck wore a 2008 Rolex DeepSea Sea-Dweller in Argo when he played government extractor Tony Mendez, who famously rescued 66 hostages from the American embassy in Tehran in 1976. LeBron James Showed Off His Patek Philippe Nautilus With a Tiffany-Blue Dial at the 24 Hours of Le Mans

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