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26 November 2020, 10:43 PM | #1 |
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Proof that Steve McQueen wore an Explorer II
Finally!! Photographic proof that Steve McQueen wore an Explorer II over at Esquire magazine...
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26 November 2020, 10:47 PM | #2 |
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He’s wearing his Sub in that photo, of course. There seems to be a lot of good research in that article, so surprising that it misses something so obvious!
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26 November 2020, 11:15 PM | #5 |
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Yeah, same photo and caption I saw in their "Big Watch book". Not the only error, BTW.
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Here is the photo with the proclaimed Explorer II on his wrist - which is not an Explorer II but a Submariner.
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It is infuriating...now all the dealers can start calling that model the Steve McQueen explorer II again...ugh
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27 November 2020, 01:33 AM | #8 |
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That’s his 5512, of course. Esquire is not the place I’d go for any watch advice/history.
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Lol!
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It’s been many years and I wonder how many gen x and gen z know of him and if so do they really care. He was only an actor, who happened to do his own driving stunts.
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lol
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I read somewhere McQueen actually owned a 1964 5513, possibly even the one pictured. My 5513 is a 1965, so cool we have the same watch. I think in the end his ended up even worse off than mine. Wasnt it destroyed in a house fire and restored?
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Click bait bs.
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And of course they mention the rare 5530 submariner :facepalm:
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And Churchill got the 100,000th of the just released in 1945 DateJust. Wonder if Eisenhower got the 99,999th or the 100,001 lol. So much BS. :)
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This McQueen photo was from the set of The Great Escape circa 1963. Therefore, his sub would have been pre 1963. For the record, I’m a millennial and I love Mcqeen’s work.
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You are spot on that is the movie set.
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Proof that Steve McQueen wore an Explorer II
So many great movies don't forget Bullit what was he wearing in that
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