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6 June 2015, 02:07 PM | #1 |
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Kent in "Real Genius" wearing a Daytona 6265 --Rolex Spotting
Was watching the 80's classic "Real Genius" and noticed an oyster bracelet on Kent, the antagonist in the movie.
Waited to see what he was wearing, and damn, a black dialed Daytona 6265. He wasn't even a star. |
6 June 2015, 02:09 PM | #2 |
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Maybe we should start calling the 6265, the "Kent Prescott Daytona".
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6 June 2015, 02:29 PM | #3 |
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Cool! Great catch!!
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Whoa, love that movie! Haven't seen it in many moons, though. Very cool there's a Daytona sighting in it!
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You have to remember, in the early 80s, sport Rolexes were only worth a few hundred bucks!
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May have been his own watch as well.
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8 June 2015, 09:13 AM | #7 |
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Watched that movie a few weeks ago and noticed he was wearing a nice Rolex. I would agree it was probably his own watch and not a movie prop!
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8 June 2015, 12:21 PM | #9 |
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That's so funny, I caught the movie this weekend as well...hadn't seen it in many years, well before I was into watches, but it didn't slip by me this time.
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Bumping this thread 5 year old thread...sorry....
I have watched and loved this movie since I was kid....haven’t watched it in a couple years and today was the first time that I noticed Kent wearing a watch with an oyster bracelet (which you can spot from a mile away) and what I thought was a daytona....sure enough quick google search and here we are. |
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Thanks for bumping this. Love this movie! He plays such a good dick alongside the ultimate 80s movie dick William Atherton. A milgauss would have been more appropriate though.
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I've seen this movie a thousand time and for whatever reason didn't notice it before. there is a good closeup towards the end when he is smearing the grease on the laser to make it meltdown.
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Hard to believe but they were not particularly expensive especially when heavily discounted...less than a GMT, sub, explorer as such.
Went into my AD in Upchurch in Colchester in UK in spring 1981, he had 3 Daytonas (2 *6263 and 1* 6265), that he'd taken out the window as they had not sold any at all in 6 months. They were retail price £404 at the time and he asked me if i wanted one at half price £202. However I was skint as I'd just bought two 1655 from him at half price earlier that year, so was not in a position to buy one...DOH !! :-/ Btw, £202 was about half about month's salary* in UK at the time, and was in today's money circa just £1200, so not a massive investment! * Note - Wage inflation over 40 yrs is about 1.5 times price inflation so that 50% discounted Rolex Daytona would be about £1800 in today's money....boy they were cheap !!!
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Thread starts mid 2015, haven’t seen film. Thread bumps mid 2020, still haven’t seen film, second rebump early 2024, don’t think I’m ever going to see this film!
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It’s not The Seventh Seal, but def. captures a moment in time. Plus, Val Kilmer has fantastic hair in it!
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10 years in the making LOL
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Funny. I went out for dinner and left the TV on by mistake. Came home and this was playing. Took me a second to figure out what it was. Really funny timing of this thread.
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I still want to call the 6265, the "Kent Prescott Daytona".
I think this movie got an Oscar for the best movie ever. |
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