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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz wears a Paul Newman Daytona on CBS This Morning.
Not much to see here other than espresso and style-icon Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is wearing his Rolex Paul Newman Daytona 6239 (?- Comment if you know.) on CBS This Morning. Also, he said he was stepping down and acted like he wasn’t going to run for President. His watch game is much stronger than the current President’s. No one can argue with that point. Full Interview here.
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Cristiano Ronaldo shows off a Jacob & Co piece on COMPLEX’s Sneaker Shopping
The newly-sold soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo appeared on last week’s installment of Sneaker Shopping. As you may know from previous posts, Sneaker Shopping is a Youtube based web series produced by Complex where celebrities are taking to a high-end street-wear / shoe store and interviewed while shopping for shoes. Host Joe La Puma met with Ronaldo at Honor 23 in Beijing, China. Check out the killer B-roll at the beginning of the episode! Ronaldo discussed his love for Nike while pawing some of their most coveted models. Funnily enough they are looking at a model from 2003 which look pretty beat, unworn but not aging well. He did all this while wearing…
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Another day, another Celebrity watch from Phillips/Bacs & Russo
I don’t know where Bacs & Russo keep digging up these gems, but they are truly the best in the business at the moment. The Paul Newman Paul Newman Daytona, the White Gold 6265 Daytona and now this Steve McQueen Submariner 5513. Currently owned by former stuntman Loren Janes’ family, McQueen gifted the watch to him after years of him serving as his stuntman in…wait for it…19 films. Janes’ home burned down in 2016 but they dug this watch out of the rubble. The story made its way to Rolex and they took care of restoring it. All of this is clearly documented by Rolex and seems on the up and…
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Elvis’ Omega Sold for $1.8 MILLION
That tatty old diamond-studded Omega H6582 signed and retailed by Tiffany sold for $1.8 million (CHF 1,812,500) in a Phillips auction earlier this month. The engraving is cool, the story is second to none, (well maybe the PNPND story). Phillips auction site here.
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Two New Floyd Mayweather Hublot Big Bang Unicos
Floyd Mayweather is a now-retired boxer with a 50-0 record. He was driven out of retirement by Irish MMA champion Conor McGregor after an almost two year absense in summer 2017 for probably the most watched boxing match of all time. Mayweather pocketed over $100 Million and according to certain sources, possibly even double that. The point here being the guy is big business. So, of course, he’s into watches and has some signature pieces with his name all over them. These two new models Big Bang Unico references from Hublot feature his TMT logo (The Money Team.) BIG BANG UNICO TMT CARBON GOLD Reference 411.QX.1180.PR.TMT18 Diameter 45mm Thickness…
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Mahershala Ali wore a huge IWC on Complex’s Sneaker Shopping
Mahershala Ali, actor, Academy Award winner and sneaker fan appeared on Complex‘s YouTube series Sneaker Shopping last month rocking an IWC Big Pilot ‘Le Petite Prince” reference. With an automatic movement, this thing is no joke coming in at 46.2 mm. No so petite…. Just look at the hands! Incredible. Would I wear this thing? I don’t think so, it’s really big. I’d try it on before outright turning it down. It’s got their nice blue dial that appears on a few of their references. It’s features a seven day power reserve…that’s 168 hours! Retailing for $12,900, it’s a decent value proposition for a big IWC automatic watch with an…
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Bella Hadid appears in London TAG Heuer Boutique to launch her new watch
DEC 8: The American high-fashion model appears at the TAG Heuer Boutique in London to launch her new watch! MSRP is approx. $5900 USD From TAG themselves: The launch took place during the opening event of the new TAG Heuer flagship boutique on Oxford Street, London’s most well-known and exciting shopping destination. Lucky customers who pre-ordered this Limited Edition were also invited to meet Bella personally and collect their purchases on the evening.
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Mark Wahlberg and watches
Mark Wahlberg has every Rolex watch you could ever want. He wears them, too. Daytona, Sky-Dweller, Day-Date you name it. The star of Boogie Nights and Three Kings has an affinity for the brand and watches in general. While wasting time online, as one does, I came across this video featuring Mark Wahlberg decoding bits of Boston slang for Vanity Fair. Having previously lived in Boston, I was intrigued. What’s that? One of the crazy Rolex Daytonas with the perfectly selected rainbow colored sapphires on the bezel. A search on Chrono24 shows pricing at around $180K for this gold reference. Other references in steel and white gold are priced…
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Usain Bolt rocks a Big Bang Sapphire on Complex’s Sneaker Shopping
Fast runner and all around cool-guy Usain Bolt was the guest on the November 13th episode of Complex’s web series Sneaker Shopping. I’m not a big fan of Sapphire cases, but this one looks great. It’s Hublot’s Big Bang Sapphire, Usain Bolt model. The gold pushers, skeletonized dial, even the green minutes track all work very well together. Those gold pushers in a sapphire case, wow! Check out the episode below, he’s a good guy who really gives back to the community. Run to your AD and buy one now! Here’s the episode Hublot has this promo about the watch on their youtube channel:
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Top Ten things of 2017
We here at Fake Alligator put together a list of the top 10 things in 2017. Trying to steer clear of watches and cars (for the most part) we wanted to showcase the biggest and most exciting things of the year. So without further ado: 10: Damien Hirst’s Venice show: Treasures From the Wreck of the Unbelievable 189 pieces in bronze, marble, malachite, rock crystal, silver and gold. The work took 10 years to produce at a cost of over $65million USD, that’s a few Paul Newman Daytonas. Love him or hate him, this show was the only thing I remember from Venice this year. 9: That fight scene in…
